FOREST PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

FOREST PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary campus of small scale in ALBANY, New York, run under SOUTH COLONIE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, caters to 311 students in grades pre-K through 4. That puts it 30% smaller than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

Across the 8 schools in SOUTH COLONIE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (5,040 students total), FOREST PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, FOREST PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the most-represented group is White (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 16% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 10% Black. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

Looking at school resources, FOREST PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Around 45% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, FOREST PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 58.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 54.4%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Albany County shows median household income runs about $85,333, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Albany County runs 75 public schools (combined enrollment of about 39,946 students), of which FOREST PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is SADDLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 1.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, FOREST PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 62.0%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 11%: 279 students in 2018 compared to 311 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 69% to 54% over that span.

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