GORDON CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

GORDON CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a moderately sized elementary campus in BALLSTON SPA, New York, part of BALLSTON SPA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, enrolls 451 students, covering grades K through 5.

Across the 6 schools in BALLSTON SPA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (3,826 students total), GORDON CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, GORDON CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 85% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder consists of 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Saratoga County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, On paper, GORDON CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Roughly 25% of students at GORDON CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, GORDON CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 65.9%; this one delivers 58.5%.

Across the wider county, Saratoga County reports that the typical household earns roughly $100,787 per year, roughly 45% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Saratoga County's 50 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,097 students), GORDON CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: MILTON TERRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GORDON CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 66.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 12%: 512 students in 2018 compared to 451 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 94% to 85%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 today.

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