Enrollment
260
Elementary
DISTRICT 245 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GLENS FALLS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361224000982
JACKSON HEIGHTS SCHOOL
24 JACKSON AVE, GLENS FALLS, NY 12801 · (518) 792-1071 · Warren County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL260 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 42% of New York public elementary schools
- C+Test 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
9.3:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
143 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 18 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 58 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 38% larger than its 4th grade class (42).
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · 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 GLENS FALLS 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
55.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +24.0pp since 2023
Math
52.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 24 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.0% | 52.0% |
| 2023-24 | 31.0% | 48.0% |
% 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
46.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 JACKSON HEIGHTS SCHOOL
JACKSON HEIGHTS SCHOOL's state test result (46.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JACKSON HEIGHTS SCHOOL this school | 260 | 55.0% | 46.4% |
| DRAKE SCHOOL NORTH TONAWANDA | 242 | 56.2% | 35.5% |
| PLEASANT AVENUE SCHOOL JOHNSTOWN | 259 | 53.3% | N/A |
| ELIZABETH CADY STANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SENECA FALLS | 272 | 52.2% | 33.0% |
| FRANK M KNIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SENECA FALLS | 268 | 53.4% | N/A |
| FRANKLINVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FRANKLINVILLE | 279 | 52.3% | 43.3% |
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 JACKSON HEIGHTS SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Warren County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.4% | #1,316 of 2,335 | #5 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #1,366 of 2,342 ▲ 19 | #5 of 9 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #1,145 of 2,343 ▲ 566 | #5 of 9 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 260 | #2,193 of 2,585 | #7 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.3:1 | #228 of 2,338 | #2 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.1% | #1,925 of 2,388 | #2 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.0% | #1,272 of 2,534 | #3 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.5% | #1,686 of 1,757 | #7 of 7 |
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
260
+27 (+12%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 282
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
was 9.7:1
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 | 260 | 28.1 | 9.3:1 | 55% (143) |
| 2023-24 | 267 | 26.8 | 10.0:1 | 46% (124) |
| 2022-23 | 251 | 26.2 | 9.6:1 | 65% (163) |
| 2020-21 | 233 | 24 | 9.7:1 | 58% (136) |
| 2017-18 | 264 | 15 | 17.6:1 | 41% (108) |
| 2015-16 | 273 | 17 | 16.1:1 | 44% (119) |
| 2010-11 | 182 | 14 | 13.0:1 | 59% (108) |
| 2000-01 | 278 | 16 | 17.4:1 | 26% (72) |
| 1990-91 | 282 | 16 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JACKSON HEIGHTS SCHOOL.
About JACKSON HEIGHTS SCHOOL
JACKSON HEIGHTS SCHOOL serves students in GLENS FALLS, New York, as a small elementary school. Enrollment totals 260 students across pre-K through 4. That puts enrollment 41% below the 443-student average for elementary schools in New York.
GLENS FALLS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT is the local district for JACKSON HEIGHTS SCHOOL. It runs 5 schools with 1,972 students.
JACKSON HEIGHTS SCHOOL is 84% White by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 7% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. In Warren County overall, about 92% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 28%.
With 28.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 9.3:1. Elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1, 3.6 more students per teacher than here. Roughly 55% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 41% average for public schools in Warren County.
Among New York public elementary schools, JACKSON HEIGHTS SCHOOL outscored 42%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for JACKSON HEIGHTS SCHOOL is -8.3 points: 46.4% actual, 54.8% predicted.
For Warren County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $78,442, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. There are 19 public schools in the county, enrolling about 7,825, JACKSON HEIGHTS SCHOOL among them.
Of the public schools around it, JACKSON HEIGHTS SCHOOL is closest to ABRAHAM WING SCHOOL, about 0.7 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 56.7%; JACKSON HEIGHTS SCHOOL's is 46.4%, ranking 7th of 9.
In the federal locale system, JACKSON HEIGHTS SCHOOL is coded City: Small, for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The school's enrollment increased 12% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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Warren County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
65,517
Census ACS
Median income
$78,442
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
7,825 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in GLENS FALLS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- GLENS FALLS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 628 students
- GLENS FALLS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 610 students
- KENSINGTON ROAD SCHOOLElementary · 263 students
- BIG CROSS STREET SCHOOLElementary · 211 students
Other schools in GLENS FALLS
- GLENS FALLS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 628 students
- GLENS FALLS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 610 students
- KENSINGTON ROAD SCHOOLElementary · 263 students
- BIG CROSS STREET SCHOOLElementary · 211 students
- ABRAHAM WING SCHOOLElementary · 139 students
Nearby schools
- ABRAHAM WING SCHOOL0.7 mi · 139
- KENSINGTON ROAD SCHOOL1.3 mi · 263
- GLENS FALLS MIDDLE SCHOOL1.4 mi · 610
- GLENS FALLS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.4 mi · 628
- BIG CROSS STREET SCHOOL1.7 mi · 211
- OLIVER W WINCH MIDDLE SCHOOL1.8 mi · 631
Frequently asked questions
About JACKSON HEIGHTS SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at JACKSON HEIGHTS SCHOOL?
JACKSON HEIGHTS SCHOOL enrolls approximately 260 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does JACKSON HEIGHTS SCHOOL serve?
JACKSON HEIGHTS SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at JACKSON HEIGHTS SCHOOL?
Approximately 9.3:1 students per teacher at JACKSON HEIGHTS SCHOOL.
How diverse is JACKSON HEIGHTS SCHOOL?
JACKSON HEIGHTS SCHOOL reports a student body of 84% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees JACKSON HEIGHTS SCHOOL?
JACKSON HEIGHTS SCHOOL is overseen by GLENS FALLS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT in Warren County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.