GREEN MEADOW SCHOOL

Set in CASTLETON, New York, GREEN MEADOW SCHOOL is a modestly sized elementary-level community, overseen by EAST GREENBUSH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. It hosts 345 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so GREEN MEADOW SCHOOL sits 22% below that benchmark.

GREEN MEADOW SCHOOL is one of 7 schools operated by EAST GREENBUSH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that works with 4,085 students overall.

On demographics, GREEN MEADOW SCHOOL lists that nearly all students (82%) are White. Other groups include 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian, 2% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, On paper, GREEN MEADOW SCHOOL has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.8:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 15% of students at GREEN MEADOW SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Rensselaer County (around 46%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, GREEN MEADOW SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 69.3%; this one delivers 66.8%.

In the broader community, census data for Rensselaer County shows the typical household earns roughly $87,915 per year, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. GREEN MEADOW SCHOOL is one of 42 public schools in Rensselaer County (combined enrollment of about 19,274 students).

RENSSELAER-COLUMBIA-GREENE BOCES is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), GREEN MEADOW SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 71.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at GREEN MEADOW SCHOOL has edged down 14%, going from 401 students in 2018 to 345 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the GREEN MEADOW SCHOOL community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.