Enrollment
345
Elementary
DISTRICT 373 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST GREENBUSH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360963000733
GREEN MEADOW SCHOOL
234 SCHUURMAN RD, CASTLETON, NY 12033 · (518) 207-2640 · Rensselaer County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL345 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 69% of New York public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
9.8:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
53 students
DISTRICT 24% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within EAST GREENBUSH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
63.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
73.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 73.0% |
| 2023-24 | 57.0% | 74.0% |
% 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
66.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 GREEN MEADOW SCHOOL
GREEN MEADOW SCHOOL's state test result (66.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GREEN MEADOW SCHOOL this school | 345 | 15.4% | 66.8% |
| HAMAGRAEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DELMAR | 319 | 12.9% | 62.8% |
| DOGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SMITHTOWN | 350 | 13.1% | 62.1% |
| EAST HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAMILLUS | 336 | 19.6% | 55.3% |
| OCEAN AVENUE SCHOOL NORTHPORT | 346 | 12.1% | 69.4% |
| SUNRISE DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SAYVILLE | 388 | 13.1% | 59.4% |
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 GREEN MEADOW SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Rensselaer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.8% | #500 of 2,335 | #4 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #596 of 2,342 ▼ 145 | #5 of 21 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #801 of 2,343 ▼ 185 | #7 of 21 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 345 | #1,701 of 2,585 | #13 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.8:1 | #367 of 2,338 | #7 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.2% | #1,831 of 2,388 | #12 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.4% | #2,338 of 2,534 | #22 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.0% | #903 of 1,757 | #7 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
345
-34 (-9%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 570
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
was 10.8:1
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 | 345 | 35.2 | 9.8:1 | 15% (53) |
| 2023-24 | 367 | 35.3 | 10.4:1 | 20% (74) |
| 2022-23 | 362 | 38 | 9.5:1 | 19% (70) |
| 2020-21 | 379 | 35 | 10.8:1 | 18% (68) |
| 2017-18 | 401 | 29.6 | 13.6:1 | 20% (80) |
| 2015-16 | 386 | 26 | 14.8:1 | 19% (73) |
| 2010-11 | 433 | 36 | 12.0:1 | 12% (53) |
| 2000-01 | 412 | 31 | 13.3:1 | 6% (25) |
| 1990-91 | 570 | 36 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GREEN MEADOW SCHOOL.
About GREEN MEADOW SCHOOL
GREEN MEADOW SCHOOL is a low-enrollment elementary school with its address in CASTLETON, New York. Its enrollment is 345 students, spread over pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 443 students for elementary schools in New York.
Enrollment across the 7 schools in EAST GREENBUSH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT totals 4,085 students.
By race and ethnicity, GREEN MEADOW SCHOOL is 82% White. Other groups make up 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian, and 2% Black. In Rensselaer County overall, the White share is about 80%. A diversity index of 32% means there is a 32% chance two randomly chosen students at GREEN MEADOW SCHOOL are from different groups.
A staff of 35.2 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 9.8:1. Across elementary schools in New York, the average ratio is 12.8:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 15%. The average for public schools in Rensselaer County is 46%.
GREEN MEADOW SCHOOL holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 69% of New York public elementary schools.
A school with GREEN MEADOW SCHOOL's lunch-eligibility share in New York is predicted to score 69.3%. GREEN MEADOW SCHOOL scores 66.8%, 2.6 points below that line.
In the wider Rensselaer County area, the median household earns about $87,915 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. GREEN MEADOW SCHOOL shares Rensselaer County with 41 other public schools.
About 1.0 miles separate GREEN MEADOW SCHOOL from the closest public school, RENSSELAER-COLUMBIA-GREENE BOCES. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 71.8%; GREEN MEADOW SCHOOL's is 66.8%, ranking 6th of 8.
For locale, NCES codes GREEN MEADOW SCHOOL as Suburb: Large.
A 9% decline took enrollment from 379 in 2020-21 to 345 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 10.8:1; by 2024-25 it was 9.8:1.
On allk12, people connected to GREEN MEADOW SCHOOL can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 EAST GREENBUSH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,272 students
- HOWARD L GOFF SCHOOLMiddle · 948 students
- CITIZEN EDMOND GENET SCHOOLElementary · 493 students
- RED MILL SCHOOLElementary · 473 students
- BELL TOP SCHOOLElementary · 304 students
- DONALD P SUTHERLAND SCHOOLElementary · 250 students
Other schools in CASTLETON
- RENSSELAER-COLUMBIA-GREENE BOCESCombined · 506 students
- CASTLETON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 443 students
- MAPLE HILL JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 399 students
Other Green Meadow schools
One other US public school is named Green Meadow. GREEN MEADOW SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Green MeadowMaynard, MA · 456 students
Nearby schools
- RENSSELAER-COLUMBIA-GREENE BOCES1.0 mi · 506
- HOWARD L GOFF SCHOOL2.3 mi · 948
- CITIZEN EDMOND GENET SCHOOL2.8 mi · 493
- MAPLE HILL JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL3.0 mi · 399
- CASTLETON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.8 mi · 443
- COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOL4.3 mi · 1,272
Frequently asked questions
About GREEN MEADOW SCHOOLHow many students attend GREEN MEADOW SCHOOL?
GREEN MEADOW SCHOOL enrolls approximately 345 students in grades PK-05.
Is GREEN MEADOW SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
GREEN MEADOW SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at GREEN MEADOW SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at GREEN MEADOW SCHOOL is approximately 9.8:1 (35 FTE teachers).
How diverse is GREEN MEADOW SCHOOL?
GREEN MEADOW SCHOOL reports a student body of 82% White, 7% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is GREEN MEADOW SCHOOL public or private?
GREEN MEADOW SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by EAST GREENBUSH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.