FRANCIS L STEVENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in BALLSTON LAKE, New York, FRANCIS L STEVENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized primary school, one of the schools within BURNT HILLS-BALLSTON LAKE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. It teaches 468 students across grades K through 5.

BURNT HILLS-BALLSTON LAKE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 3,105 students; FRANCIS L STEVENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

On the student-mix side, FRANCIS L STEVENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder reads as 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 19% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Saratoga County (around 30%), the school's rate is south of typical.

With demographic context factored in, FRANCIS L STEVENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 68.0%; this one delivers 75.0%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Saratoga County put median household earnings sit near $100,787, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. FRANCIS L STEVENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 50 public schools in Saratoga County (combined enrollment of about 30,097 students).

The closest other public school is BURNT HILLS-BALLSTON LAKE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts FRANCIS L STEVENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 69.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Trend over the last 7 years. FRANCIS L STEVENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has increased 17% since 2018, when it stood at 401 (now 468). Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for FRANCIS L STEVENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.