GLEN-WORDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

GLEN-WORDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school of cozy scale in SCOTIA, New York, part of SCOTIA-GLENVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, teacheing 196 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 56% leaner than the state mean of about 443.

SCOTIA-GLENVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 2,102 students; GLEN-WORDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

Looking at the student body, GLEN-WORDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 9% Hispanic, 6% Black, 3% Asian. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, GLEN-WORDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting GLEN-WORDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 35% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Schenectady County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, GLEN-WORDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 62.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 52.9%.

Across the wider county, Schenectady County reports that the typical household earns roughly $79,623 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Schenectady County's 40 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,555 students), GLEN-WORDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: LINCOLN SCHOOL, around 1.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, GLEN-WORDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 57.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 16%: 232 students in 2018 compared to 196 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 88% to 82% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 8.3:1 today.

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