Enrollment
356
Elementary
DISTRICT 323 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DUANESBURG CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360936000714
DUANESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
165 CHADWICK RD, DELANSON, NY 12053 · (518) 895-2580 · Schenectady County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL356 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 55% of New York public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
108 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 31 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 47 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 35 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 44 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 7% larger than its 6th grade class (44).
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
DUANESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→DUANESBURG HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within DUANESBURG CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
63.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +12.0pp since 2023
Math
64.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 64.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 59.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
57.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like DUANESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DUANESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (57.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUANESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 356 | 30.3% | 57.3% |
| MILLER HILL SCHOOL AVERILL PARK | 377 | 29.7% | 55.5% |
| TULLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TULLY | 370 | 31.1% | 50.1% |
| ALDEN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL ALDEN | 344 | 31.7% | 56.7% |
| GEORGE D RYDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COBLESKILL | 364 | 28.0% | N/A |
| OHIO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NORTH TONAWANDA | 367 | 31.1% | 49.3% |
Matched among New York elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where DUANESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Schenectady County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.3% | #879 of 2,335 | #8 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #927 of 2,342 ▲ 35 | #8 of 24 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #800 of 2,343 ▲ 33 | #8 of 24 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 356 | #1,628 of 2,585 | #15 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #1,871 of 2,338 | #21 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.7% | #2,225 of 2,388 | #23 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.3% | #1,966 of 2,534 | #18 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.1% | #556 of 606 | #7 of 7 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
356
+37 (+12%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 487
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 14.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 356 | 25.4 | 14.0:1 | 30% (108) |
| 2023-24 | 363 | 27.7 | 13.1:1 | 31% (112) |
| 2022-23 | 332 | 22.9 | 14.5:1 | 26% (87) |
| 2020-21 | 319 | 22 | 14.5:1 | 19% (61) |
| 2017-18 | 352 | 29 | 12.1:1 | 24% (86) |
| 2015-16 | 373 | 29 | 12.9:1 | 24% (90) |
| 2010-11 | 371 | 30 | 12.4:1 | 16% (61) |
| 2000-01 | 429 | 26 | 16.5:1 | 7% (30) |
| 1990-91 | 487 | 26 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DUANESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About DUANESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DUANESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL runs as a small elementary school in DELANSON, New York. The school counted 356 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 6.
DUANESBURG CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT oversees DUANESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL and 1 other school, with 646 students in total.
DUANESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 93% White by enrollment. The remaining students are 6% Hispanic. Census figures show Schenectady County is about 69% White. The diversity index for DUANESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 14%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
A staff of 25.4 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 14.0:1. The average for elementary schools in New York, 12.8:1, is lower. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 30%. It compares with 50% for public schools in Schenectady County.
DUANESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 55% of New York public elementary schools.
Compared with New York schools that have similar shares of low-income students, DUANESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's results are 6.6 points below predicted: 57.3% against 63.8%.
For the population of Schenectady County, the median household earns about $79,623 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Across Schenectady County, 40 public schools serve about 21,555 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, DUANESBURG HIGH SCHOOL, is about 0.9 miles. Within ten miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 58.5%; DUANESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's is 57.3%, ranking 6th of 9.
Its location is classified as Rural: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The school's student count rose 12% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
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Schenectady County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
160,369
Census ACS
Median income
$79,623
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
40
21,555 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DUANESBURG CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- DUANESBURG HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 290 students
Nearby schools
- DUANESBURG HIGH SCHOOL0.9 mi · 290
- ALTAMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL7.9 mi · 295
- BERNE-KNOX-WESTERLO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL8.2 mi · 365
- BERNE-KNOX-WESTERLO JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL8.2 mi · 311
- SCHALMONT MIDDLE SCHOOL8.3 mi · 537
- SCHALMONT HIGH SCHOOL8.3 mi · 545
Frequently asked questions
About DUANESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at DUANESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
DUANESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 356 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does DUANESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
DUANESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-06.
How many teachers does DUANESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
DUANESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
What is the student diversity at DUANESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at DUANESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 93% White, 6% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is DUANESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
DUANESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of DUANESBURG CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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