HARMONY HILL SCHOOL

Located at MADELON K HICKEY WAY, in COHOES, New York, HARMONY HILL SCHOOL is a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus that educates 384 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within COHOES CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.

Across the 5 schools in COHOES CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (1,847 students total), HARMONY HILL SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, HARMONY HILL SCHOOL records that 61% of the student body identifies as White; the rest breaks down as 15% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 9% Black, 3% Asian.

On the income-and-resources front, HARMONY HILL SCHOOL lists 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.4:1. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 60% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Albany County (around 45%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, HARMONY HILL SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.0%, the actual is 37.4%, a residual of -15.6 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Albany County indicate median household income runs about $85,333, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Albany County's 75 public schools (combined enrollment of about 39,946 students), HARMONY HILL SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: COHOES HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, HARMONY HILL SCHOOL comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 51.7%.

HARMONY HILL SCHOOL operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 4%: 402 students in 2018 compared to 384 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 72% to 61% over that span.

Inside the community feed, the feed for HARMONY HILL SCHOOL typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.