GLENCLIFF SCHOOL
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 60% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About GLENCLIFF SCHOOL
GLENCLIFF SCHOOL is one of the low-enrollment K-5 schools in REXFORD, New York, operated by NISKAYUNA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 368 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.
GLENCLIFF SCHOOL is one of 8 schools operated by NISKAYUNA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that educates 4,315 students overall.
Demographically, GLENCLIFF SCHOOL shows that 63% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 14% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 8% Black, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 88% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 32 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. About 22% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
After controlling for student poverty, GLENCLIFF SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 67.0%; this one delivers 59.8%.
In the surrounding community, census data for Saratoga County shows the typical household earns roughly $100,787 per year, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Saratoga County runs 50 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,097 students), of which GLENCLIFF SCHOOL is one.
CRAIG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), GLENCLIFF SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 55.0%.
The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at GLENCLIFF SCHOOL has held roughly steady, going from 362 students in 2018 to 368 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 73% to 63% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 in 2025.
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