Enrollment
403
Elementary
DISTRICT 282 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CANAJOHARIE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360630000412
EAST HILL SCHOOL
25 SCHOOL DISTRICT RD, CANAJOHARIE, NY 13317 · (518) 673-6310 · Montgomery County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL403 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% 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.
- BBeats 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
12.3:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
202 students
DISTRICT 48% · 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 | 51 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 15% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (59).
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · 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
Based on grade levels within CANAJOHARIE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
64.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +19.0pp since 2023
Math
64.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 64 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 19 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.0% | 64.0% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 62.0% |
% 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
58.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 EAST HILL SCHOOL
EAST HILL SCHOOL's state test result (58.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| EAST HILL SCHOOL this school | 403 | 50.1% | 58.0% |
| DANSVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL DANSVILLE | 393 | 49.9% | N/A |
| J E LANIGAN SCHOOL FULTON | 436 | 49.8% | 28.8% |
| SINCLAIRVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SINCLAIRVILLE | 413 | 48.2% | 44.8% |
| BENTON HALL ACADEMY LITTLE FALLS | 441 | 49.0% | 44.5% |
| KENDALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KENDALL | 368 | 48.6% | 61.5% |
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 EAST HILL SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #837 of 2,335 | #2 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #925 of 2,342 ▼ 73 | #2 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #759 of 2,343 ▲ 313 | #1 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 403 | #1,343 of 2,585 | #5 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #1,384 of 2,338 | #2 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.1% | #2,101 of 2,388 | #6 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.1% | #1,405 of 2,534 | #6 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.5% | #1,373 of 1,757 | N/A |
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
403
+29 (+8%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 468
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 403 | 32.8 | 12.3:1 | 50% (202) |
| 2023-24 | 405 | 34.7 | 11.7:1 | 48% (193) |
| 2022-23 | 386 | 31.2 | 12.4:1 | 45% (174) |
| 2020-21 | 374 | 27 | 13.8:1 | 42% (156) |
| 2017-18 | 431 | 29 | 14.9:1 | 52% (222) |
| 2015-16 | 419 | 27 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 433 | 32 | 13.5:1 | 41% (176) |
| 2000-01 | 423 | 31 | 13.7:1 | 31% (132) |
| 1990-91 | 468 | 28 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for EAST HILL SCHOOL.
About EAST HILL SCHOOL
EAST HILL SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school that serves part of CANAJOHARIE, New York. It reports enrollment of 403 students in pre-K through 5.
EAST HILL SCHOOL is part of a district of 3 schools: CANAJOHARIE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 845 students.
A large majority of enrollment at EAST HILL SCHOOL is White, at 89%. It is also 6% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Montgomery County's residents are about 81% White, 8 points below the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 20, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 32.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 12.3:1. The ratio is within a point of the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Of all students at EAST HILL SCHOOL, 50% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 62% average for public schools in Montgomery County, the school's rate is lower.
On the allk12 Grade, EAST HILL SCHOOL lands at B, ahead of 64% of New York public elementary schools.
EAST HILL SCHOOL sits between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 58.0% and a predicted 56.6%.
The school's county is Montgomery County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $64,943 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. EAST HILL SCHOOL shares Montgomery County with 15 other public schools.
The closest school to EAST HILL SCHOOL is CANAJOHARIE MIDDLE SCHOOL, located less than a tenth of a mile away. In all, 4 other public schools sit within five miles of EAST HILL SCHOOL. Among its closest neighbors with test data, EAST HILL SCHOOL is 4th of 9 on proficiency.
The NCES locale for EAST HILL SCHOOL is Town: Distant, which covers schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 403, up from 374 in 2020-21. The school's ratio dropped from 13.8:1 to 12.3:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
49,528
Census ACS
Median income
$64,943
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
7,225 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CANAJOHARIE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CANAJOHARIE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 249 students
- CANAJOHARIE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 193 students
Other schools in CANAJOHARIE
- CANAJOHARIE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 249 students
- CANAJOHARIE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 193 students
Nearby schools
- CANAJOHARIE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 193
- CANAJOHARIE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 249
- FORT PLAIN JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL4.1 mi · 316
- HARRY HOAG SCHOOL4.4 mi · 341
- SHARON SPRINGS CENTRAL SCHOOL8.3 mi · 264
- OPPENHEIM-EPHRATAH-ST JOHNSVILLE JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL9.1 mi · 349
Frequently asked questions
About EAST HILL SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at EAST HILL SCHOOL?
EAST HILL SCHOOL enrolls approximately 403 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does EAST HILL SCHOOL serve?
EAST HILL SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at EAST HILL SCHOOL?
Approximately 12.3:1 students per teacher at EAST HILL SCHOOL.
How diverse is EAST HILL SCHOOL?
EAST HILL SCHOOL reports a student body of 89% White, 6% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees EAST HILL SCHOOL?
EAST HILL SCHOOL is overseen by CANAJOHARIE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Montgomery County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.