Enrollment
384
Elementary
DISTRICT 271 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COHOES CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360798004584
HARMONY HILL SCHOOL
MADELON K HICKEY WAY, COHOES, NY 12047 · (518) 233-1900 · Albany County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL384 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 22% of New York public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
12.4:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
230 students
DISTRICT 72% · 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 | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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 COHOES CITY 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
43.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +14.0pp since 2023
Math
44.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.0% | 44.0% |
| 2023-24 | 29.0% | 38.0% |
% 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
37.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 HARMONY HILL SCHOOL
HARMONY HILL SCHOOL's state test result (37.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARMONY HILL SCHOOL this school | 384 | 59.9% | 37.4% |
| SEVENTY NINTH STREET SCHOOL NIAGARA FALLS | 415 | 63.6% | 36.5% |
| NORMAN R KELLEY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL NEWARK | 363 | 55.4% | 29.1% |
| CHARLES A UPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LOCKPORT | 448 | 57.1% | 32.5% |
| ROY KELLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LOCKPORT | 392 | 58.9% | 41.8% |
| JACKSON SCHOOL BATAVIA | 397 | 55.9% | N/A |
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 HARMONY HILL SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Albany County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.4% | #1,743 of 2,335 | #36 of 46 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #1,685 of 2,342 ▲ 72 | #35 of 46 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #1,652 of 2,343 ▲ 156 | #37 of 46 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 384 | #1,454 of 2,585 | #20 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #1,411 of 2,338 | #24 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.9% | #814 of 2,388 | #28 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.9% | #1,163 of 2,534 | #15 of 47 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.5% | #1,506 of 1,757 | #24 of 31 |
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
384
+29 (+8%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 502
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 9.6:1
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 | 384 | 31 | 12.4:1 | 60% (230) |
| 2023-24 | 378 | 29.4 | 12.8:1 | 62% (236) |
| 2022-23 | 379 | 31 | 12.2:1 | 63% (239) |
| 2020-21 | 355 | 37 | 9.6:1 | 66% (233) |
| 2017-18 | 402 | 32 | 12.6:1 | 57% (228) |
| 2015-16 | 417 | 31 | 13.4:1 | 61% (253) |
| 2010-11 | 391 | 34 | 11.5:1 | 58% (228) |
| 2000-01 | 429 | 33 | 13.0:1 | 45% (194) |
| 1990-91 | 502 | 25 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HARMONY HILL SCHOOL.
About HARMONY HILL SCHOOL
HARMONY HILL SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school in COHOES, New York, one of the schools in COHOES CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrollment stands at 384 students, covering pre-K through 5.
HARMONY HILL SCHOOL is one of 5 schools in COHOES CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, which enrolls 1,847 students in total.
More than half of enrollment at HARMONY HILL SCHOOL is White: 61%. Enrollment also includes 15% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 9% Black, and 3% Asian. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 58%.
Teacher count: 31 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 12.4:1. The ratio is within a point of the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Roughly 60% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 45% for public schools in Albany County.
HARMONY HILL SCHOOL earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 22% of New York public elementary schools.
HARMONY HILL SCHOOL sits between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 37.4% and a predicted 53.0%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Albany County show that the median household earns about $85,333 a year, about 46% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Albany County has 75 public schools with about 39,946 students, including HARMONY HILL SCHOOL.
Among nearby public schools, COHOES HIGH SCHOOL is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. HARMONY HILL SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. HARMONY HILL SCHOOL comes in 9th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school grew from 355 students in 2020-21 to 384 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio rising from 9.6:1 to 12.4:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at HARMONY HILL SCHOOL. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Albany County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
317,018
Census ACS
Median income
$85,333
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
75
39,946 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in COHOES CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- COHOES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 607 students
- COHOES MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 427 students
- ABRAM LANSING SCHOOLElementary · 305 students
- VAN SCHAICK ISLAND SCHOOLElementary · 124 students
Other schools in COHOES
- COHOES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 607 students
- BOGHT HILLS SCHOOLElementary · 576 students
- COHOES MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 427 students
- ABRAM LANSING SCHOOLElementary · 305 students
- VAN SCHAICK ISLAND SCHOOLElementary · 124 students
Nearby schools
- COHOES HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 607
- COHOES MIDDLE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 427
- ABRAM LANSING SCHOOL0.8 mi · 305
- VAN SCHAICK ISLAND SCHOOL1.8 mi · 124
- BOGHT HILLS SCHOOL1.8 mi · 576
- LATHAM RIDGE SCHOOL1.8 mi · 433
Frequently asked questions
About HARMONY HILL SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at HARMONY HILL SCHOOL?
HARMONY HILL SCHOOL enrolls approximately 384 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does HARMONY HILL SCHOOL serve?
HARMONY HILL SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at HARMONY HILL SCHOOL?
Approximately 12.4:1 students per teacher at HARMONY HILL SCHOOL.
How diverse is HARMONY HILL SCHOOL?
HARMONY HILL SCHOOL reports a student body of 61% White, 15% Hispanic, 9% Black, 3% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees HARMONY HILL SCHOOL?
HARMONY HILL SCHOOL is overseen by COHOES CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT in Albany County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.