KARIGON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

KARIGON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school in CLIFTON PARK, New York, part of SHENENDEHOWA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school educates 479 students in grades K through 5.

Within SHENENDEHOWA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 12 schools and 9,348 students, KARIGON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, KARIGON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 76% of the student body identifies as White; the rest breaks down as 11% Asian, 5% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 3% Black. By comparison, Saratoga County as a whole is about 88% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.9:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 12% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Saratoga County runs at roughly 30%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, KARIGON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 70.7%, the actual is 71.9%, a residual of +1.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Saratoga County indicate median household earnings sit near $100,787, roughly 45% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. KARIGON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 50 public schools in Saratoga County (combined enrollment of about 30,097 students).

ORENDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around KARIGON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), KARIGON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 75.2%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 5%: 458 students in 2018 compared to 479 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 in 2025.

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