Enrollment
383
Elementary
DISTRICT 376 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NISKAYUNA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362088002957
HILLSIDE SCHOOL
1100 CORNELIUS AVE, SCHENECTADY, NY 12309 · (518) 377-1856 · Schenectady County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL383 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 70% 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.
- BBeats 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
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.8:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
97 students
DISTRICT 20% · 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 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 20% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 1% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 32% smaller than its 5th grade class (78).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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 NISKAYUNA 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
69.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
68.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.0% | 68.0% |
| 2023-24 | 63.0% | 68.0% |
% 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
65.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 HILLSIDE SCHOOL
HILLSIDE SCHOOL's state test result (65.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HILLSIDE SCHOOL this school | 383 | 25.3% | 65.6% |
| GLENCLIFF SCHOOL REXFORD | 368 | 21.7% | 59.8% |
| SOUTH HILL SCHOOL ITHACA | 363 | 24.2% | 64.6% |
| HAGAN SCHOOL POUGHKEEPSIE | 342 | 23.4% | 61.3% |
| TECUMSEH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JAMESVILLE | 332 | 20.8% | 77.3% |
| RED MILL SCHOOL RENSSELAER | 473 | 27.5% | 69.3% |
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 HILLSIDE SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Schenectady County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.6% | #539 of 2,335 | #3 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #779 of 2,342 ▼ 147 | #7 of 24 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #574 of 2,343 ▼ 127 | #4 of 24 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 383 | #1,465 of 2,585 | #11 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.8:1 | #363 of 2,338 | #4 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.2% | #996 of 2,388 | #14 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.3% | #2,090 of 2,534 | #21 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.3% | #1,517 of 1,757 | #14 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
383
+11 (+3%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 438
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 383 | 39.2 | 9.8:1 | 25% (97) |
| 2023-24 | 381 | 37 | 10.3:1 | 24% (90) |
| 2022-23 | 389 | 33.7 | 11.5:1 | 21% (83) |
| 2020-21 | 372 | 27 | 13.8:1 | 18% (66) |
| 2017-18 | 400 | 22 | 18.2:1 | 12% (47) |
| 2015-16 | 373 | 23 | 16.2:1 | 13% (48) |
| 2010-11 | 340 | 22 | 15.4:1 | 10% (33) |
| 2000-01 | 425 | 23 | 18.5:1 | 5% (23) |
| 1990-91 | 438 | 25 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HILLSIDE SCHOOL.
About HILLSIDE SCHOOL
At 1100 CORNELIUS AVE in SCHENECTADY, New York, HILLSIDE SCHOOL operates as a mid-sized elementary school. The school runs kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 383 students.
Federal data list 8 schools in NISKAYUNA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 4,315 students enrolled.
About 64% of the student body at HILLSIDE SCHOOL is White. Other groups include 12% Asian, 9% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, and 6% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 55, compared with 70 nationally.
HILLSIDE SCHOOL has 39.2 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.8:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1. At HILLSIDE SCHOOL, 25% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The gap from the 50% average for public schools in Schenectady County is 25 points.
On the allk12 Grade, HILLSIDE SCHOOL lands at B+, ahead of 70% of New York public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, HILLSIDE SCHOOL is within a point of the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 65.6% actual, 65.7% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New York.
The county, Schenectady County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $79,623, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. The county's public schools total 40, with about 21,555 students.
HILLSIDE SCHOOL's nearest public school is VAN ANTWERP MIDDLE SCHOOL (about 0.1 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of HILLSIDE SCHOOL. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, HILLSIDE SCHOOL ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
From 372 students in 2020-21, enrollment rose to 383 by 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 9.8:1, from 13.8:1.
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Schenectady County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
160,369
Census ACS
Median income
$79,623
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
40
21,555 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NISKAYUNA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- NISKAYUNA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,379 students
- IROQUOIS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 614 students
- VAN ANTWERP MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 442 students
- CRAIG ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 377 students
- BIRCHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 376 students
- ROSENDALE SCHOOLElementary · 376 students
Other schools in SCHENECTADY
- SCHENECTADY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,885 students
- NISKAYUNA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,379 students
- MOHONASEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 924 students
- JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 671 students
- ONEIDA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 657 students
- DRAPER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 655 students
Other Hillside schools
One other US public school is named Hillside. HILLSIDE SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Hillside SchoolWEST VALLEY CITY, UT · 470 students
Nearby schools
- VAN ANTWERP MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 442
- HOWE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 390
- NISKAYUNA HIGH SCHOOL0.8 mi · 1,379
- SCHENECTADY HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 2,885
- JESSIE T ZOLLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 439
- CENTRAL PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL1.2 mi · 600
Frequently asked questions
About HILLSIDE SCHOOLHow large is HILLSIDE SCHOOL?
HILLSIDE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 383 students in grades KG-05.
Is HILLSIDE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
HILLSIDE SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at HILLSIDE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at HILLSIDE SCHOOL is approximately 9.8:1 (39 FTE teachers).
How diverse is HILLSIDE SCHOOL?
HILLSIDE SCHOOL reports a student body of 64% White, 8% Hispanic, 6% Black, 12% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees HILLSIDE SCHOOL?
HILLSIDE SCHOOL is overseen by NISKAYUNA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Schenectady County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.