Enrollment
382
Elementary
DISTRICT 413 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SARATOGA SPRINGS CITY SD·NCES 362577003541
LAKE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
126 LAKE AVE, SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY 12866 · (518) 584-3678 · Saratoga County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL382 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
96 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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 SARATOGA SPRINGS CITY SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
67.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
76.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 down about 3 points.
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
70.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
382
-21 (-5%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 13.9:1
% White
86%
was 89%
% Hispanic
6%
was 4%
% Black
1%
was 1%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About LAKE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LAKE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the middle-of-the-pack elementary schools in SARATOGA SPRINGS, New York, overseen by SARATOGA SPRINGS CITY SD, with 382 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.
Within SARATOGA SPRINGS CITY SD, which oversees 8 schools and 5,750 students, LAKE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.
Demographically, LAKE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (86%); the rest reads as 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 25% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), LAKE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 65.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 70.9%.
Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Saratoga County) logs that median household income runs about $100,787, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Saratoga County's 50 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,097 students), LAKE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: CAROLINE STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LAKE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 67.2%.
The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.
Over the past 7-year window. LAKE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has declined 5% since 2018, when it stood at 403 (now 382). Class-load math has fell: from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 in 2025.
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Saratoga County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
238,284
Census ACS
Median income
$100,787
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
50
30,097 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SARATOGA SPRINGS CITY SD
- SARATOGA SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,847 students
- MAPLE AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,426 students
- DOROTHY NOLAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 616 students
- DIVISION STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 393 students
- GREENFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 377 students
- CAROLINE STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 372 students
Other schools in SARATOGA SPRINGS
- SARATOGA SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,847 students
- MAPLE AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,426 students
- DOROTHY NOLAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 616 students
- DIVISION STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 393 students
- CAROLINE STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 372 students
- GEYSER ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 337 students
Nearby schools
- CAROLINE STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 372
- DIVISION STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 393
- SARATOGA SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL1.2 mi · 1,847
- MAPLE AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL1.8 mi · 1,426
- GEYSER ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.0 mi · 337
- DOROTHY NOLAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.4 mi · 616
Frequently asked questions
About LAKE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at LAKE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LAKE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 382 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does LAKE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
LAKE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does LAKE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
LAKE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
What is the student diversity at LAKE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at LAKE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 86% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is LAKE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
LAKE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of SARATOGA SPRINGS CITY SD.
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