Enrollment
306
Elementary
STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WYNANTSKILL UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 363183004238
GARDNER-DICKINSON SCHOOL
25 EAST AVE, TROY, NY 12180 · (518) 283-4600 · Rensselaer County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL306 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 54% 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.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
13.3:1
23 FTE teachers
STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
66 students
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 | 15 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 24 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 34 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 20 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 33 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 36 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 35 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 28 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 37 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (24) is 35% smaller than its 8th grade class (37).
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
66.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +14.0pp since 2023
Math
65.9%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.0% | 65.9% |
| 2023-24 | 52.0% | 62.3% |
% 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
58.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 GARDNER-DICKINSON SCHOOL
GARDNER-DICKINSON SCHOOL's state test result (58.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GARDNER-DICKINSON SCHOOL this school | 306 | 21.6% | 58.1% |
| LAKE GEORGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKE GEORGE | 296 | 21.6% | 71.5% |
| IROQUOIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL ELMA | 301 | 22.9% | 61.7% |
| DEERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL UTICA | 320 | 22.8% | 72.5% |
| LIMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LIMA | 298 | 20.1% | N/A |
| MARCY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MARCY | 288 | 20.5% | 63.5% |
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 GARDNER-DICKINSON SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Rensselaer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.1% | #827 of 2,335 | #8 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.9% | #869 of 2,342 ▼ 39 | #8 of 21 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #703 of 2,343 ▲ 106 | #5 of 21 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 306 | #1,960 of 2,585 | #17 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #1,715 of 2,338 | #15 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.0% | #2,188 of 2,388 | #17 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.6% | #2,197 of 2,534 | #19 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.9% | #623 of 1,757 | #5 of 17 |
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
306
-64 (-17%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 411
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 306 | 23 | 13.3:1 | 22% (66) |
| 2023-24 | 311 | 21 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 333 | 24 | 13.9:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 370 | 28 | 13.2:1 | 20% (75) |
| 2017-18 | 382 | 31.7 | 12.1:1 | 29% (109) |
| 2015-16 | 337 | 31 | 10.9:1 | 23% (79) |
| 2010-11 | 325 | 25 | 13.0:1 | 17% (55) |
| 2000-01 | 359 | 31 | 11.6:1 | 6% (20) |
| 1990-91 | 411 | 27 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GARDNER-DICKINSON SCHOOL.
About GARDNER-DICKINSON SCHOOL
GARDNER-DICKINSON SCHOOL, a small elementary school, is located in TROY, New York. It offers pre-K through 8 and has 306 students enrolled. Elementary schools in New York have about 443 students on average; enrollment here is 31% lower.
GARDNER-DICKINSON SCHOOL belongs to WYNANTSKILL UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
The share of students at GARDNER-DICKINSON SCHOOL who are White is 92%. The remaining students are 6% multiracial. Among people living in Rensselaer County, the White share is about 80%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 16%.
Teacher count: 23 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 13.3:1. It is about the same as the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Roughly 22% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 46% average for public schools in Rensselaer County is 24 points.
GARDNER-DICKINSON SCHOOL holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 54% of New York public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, GARDNER-DICKINSON SCHOOL falls in the middle 80% of New York schools: 58.1% actual against 67.1% predicted.
Census data for Rensselaer County show the median household earns about $87,915 a year, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting GARDNER-DICKINSON SCHOOL, Rensselaer County has 42 public schools.
A public school about 1.4 miles away, NORTH GREENBUSH SCHOOL, is the closest to GARDNER-DICKINSON SCHOOL. GARDNER-DICKINSON SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, GARDNER-DICKINSON SCHOOL ranks 2nd on proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes GARDNER-DICKINSON SCHOOL as Suburb: Large.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 17% decline, from 370 to 306.
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Rensselaer County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
160,332
Census ACS
Median income
$87,915
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
19,274 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in TROY
- TROY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,193 students
- KIPP TROY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOLCombined · 762 students
- TROY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 733 students
- LANSINGBURGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 625 students
- TAMARAC MIDDLE SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOLCombined · 576 students
- TURNPIKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 542 students
Nearby schools
- NORTH GREENBUSH SCHOOL1.4 mi · 35
- PS 161.6 mi · 249
- CARROLL HILL SCHOOL1.7 mi · 325
- BELL TOP SCHOOL2.1 mi · 304
- KIPP TROY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL2.3 mi · 762
- PS 142.4 mi · 460
Frequently asked questions
About GARDNER-DICKINSON SCHOOLHow large is GARDNER-DICKINSON SCHOOL?
GARDNER-DICKINSON SCHOOL enrolls approximately 306 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does GARDNER-DICKINSON SCHOOL serve?
GARDNER-DICKINSON SCHOOL serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at GARDNER-DICKINSON SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at GARDNER-DICKINSON SCHOOL is approximately 13.3:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at GARDNER-DICKINSON SCHOOL?
Student demographics at GARDNER-DICKINSON SCHOOL are roughly 92% White, 1% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees GARDNER-DICKINSON SCHOOL?
GARDNER-DICKINSON SCHOOL is overseen by WYNANTSKILL UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Rensselaer County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.