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Enrollment
671
Elementary
DISTRICT 584 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCHALMONT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362598003567
JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
100 PRINCETOWN RD, SCHENECTADY, NY 12306 · (518) 355-1342 · Schenectady County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL671 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 36% of New York public elementary schools
- B-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
13.0:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
198 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 | 128 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 128 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 145 | 22% |
| Grade 3 | 129 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 136 | 20% |
| Ungraded | 5 | 1% |
This year's kindergarten class (128) is 6% smaller than its 4th grade class (136).
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · 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 SCHALMONT 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
50.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
52.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 50 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 52.0% |
| 2023-24 | 48.0% | 45.0% |
% 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
48.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (48.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 671 | 29.5% | 48.7% |
| CLINTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEST SENECA | 629 | 28.3% | 55.6% |
| VICTOR PRIMARY SCHOOL VICTOR | 686 | 26.1% | 44.9% |
| STONEHEDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAMILLUS | 759 | 29.0% | 59.9% |
| HOMER BRINK SCHOOL ENDWELL | 731 | 31.5% | 63.8% |
| WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEST SENECA | 680 | 24.9% | 57.7% |
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 JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Schenectady County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.7% | #1,209 of 2,335 | #11 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #1,381 of 2,342 ▲ 119 | #12 of 24 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,349 of 2,343 ▼ 375 | #11 of 24 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 671 | #315 of 2,585 | #1 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #1,633 of 2,338 | #19 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.7% | #1,741 of 2,388 | #19 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.5% | #1,983 of 2,534 | #19 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.3% | #366 of 606 | #4 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
671
+56 (+9%) vs 2020
+53% since 1990-91, when it was 439
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 671 | 51.6 | 13.0:1 | 30% (198) |
| 2023-24 | 685 | 48.2 | 14.2:1 | 24% (165) |
| 2022-23 | 677 | 46.5 | 14.6:1 | 27% (183) |
| 2020-21 | 615 | 48 | 12.8:1 | 24% (146) |
| 2017-18 | 631 | 41 | 15.4:1 | 28% (178) |
| 2015-16 | 622 | 43 | 14.5:1 | 30% (187) |
| 2010-11 | 624 | 44 | 14.2:1 | 13% (78) |
| 2000-01 | 463 | 33 | 14.0:1 | 6% (27) |
| 1990-91 | 439 | 25 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, located in SCHENECTADY, New York, is a large elementary school. It covers kindergarten through 4, with a total enrollment of 671 students. Enrollment is 51% higher than the average for elementary schools in New York, which is about 443.
SCHALMONT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT operates 3 schools. Combined enrollment is 1,753 students.
White students are the majority at JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, with 79% of enrollment. The school is also 8% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 2% Asian, and 2% Black. The White share of the county population is lower, at 69%. JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's diversity index is 36%, against a US figure of 70%.
JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates with 51.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 13.0:1. For comparison, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. About 30% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. The average for public schools in Schenectady County is 50%.
The allk12 Grade for JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is C+. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 36% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL would be expected to post about 64.1%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 48.7%.
In Schenectady County (population about 160,369), the median household income is $79,623, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 40 public schools in the county.
The next-closest public school is VAN CORLAER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 1.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is ahead of the 38.8% nearby average, ranking 4th of 9.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show a 9% enrollment increase, from 615 in 2020-21 to 671 in 2024-25.
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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 SCHALMONT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SCHALMONT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 545 students
- SCHALMONT MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 537 students
Other schools in SCHENECTADY
- SCHENECTADY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,885 students
- NISKAYUNA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,379 students
- MOHONASEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 924 students
- ONEIDA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 657 students
- DRAPER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 655 students
- IROQUOIS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 614 students
Other Jefferson Elementary schools
143 other US public schools in 31 states are named Jefferson Elementary. JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 6th largest of the 144.
- JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLNEW ROCHELLE, NY · 500 students
- JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMASSENA, NY · 452 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolJefferson, GA · 1,011 students
- Jefferson ElementaryRiverside, CA · 886 students
- Jefferson ElementaryLennox, CA · 716 students
Nearby schools
- VAN CORLAER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 311
- SCHALMONT HIGH SCHOOL1.7 mi · 545
- SCHALMONT MIDDLE SCHOOL1.8 mi · 537
- HAMILTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 440
- DRAPER MIDDLE SCHOOL2.4 mi · 655
- PLEASANT VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 351
Frequently asked questions
About JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 671 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 13.0:1 (52 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 79% White, 6% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by SCHALMONT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.