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
A-
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Scored higher than 79% 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.
- B+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
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
26%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 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.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.0% | 76.0% |
| 2023-24 | 65.0% | 79.0% |
% 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
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 →
Schools most like LAKE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LAKE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (70.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAKE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 382 | 25.1% | 70.9% |
| BIG FLATS SCHOOL BIG FLATS | 372 | 25.0% | 54.3% |
| RICHARD MANN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WALWORTH | 407 | 27.3% | 46.9% |
| PRIMARY EDUCATION CENTER YOUNGSTOWN | 378 | 23.0% | N/A |
| WEST SAND LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEST SAND LAKE | 354 | 24.9% | 59.6% |
| GEORGE D RYDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COBLESKILL | 364 | 28.0% | N/A |
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 LAKE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Saratoga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.9% | #370 of 2,335 | #6 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #507 of 2,342 ▼ 167 | #9 of 30 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #661 of 2,343 ▼ 280 | #16 of 30 ▼ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 382 | #1,471 of 2,585 | #21 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #1,283 of 2,338 | #10 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.5% | #1,991 of 2,388 | #17 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.1% | #2,093 of 2,534 | #19 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.2% | #1,462 of 1,757 | #17 of 21 |
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
382
+11 (+3%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 623
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 10.6:1
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 | 382 | 31.8 | 12.0:1 | 25% (96) |
| 2023-24 | 385 | 34.6 | 11.1:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 393 | 33.5 | 11.7:1 | 21% (82) |
| 2020-21 | 371 | 35 | 10.6:1 | 11% (42) |
| 2017-18 | 403 | 29 | 13.9:1 | 9% (37) |
| 2015-16 | 409 | 29 | 14.1:1 | 16% (66) |
| 2010-11 | 460 | 31 | 14.8:1 | 14% (65) |
| 2000-01 | 465 | 33 | 14.1:1 | 22% (103) |
| 1990-91 | 623 | 39 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LAKE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About LAKE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LAKE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a medium-sized elementary school, is located in SARATOGA SPRINGS, New York. The school enrolls 382 students, from kindergarten through 5.
A total of 8 schools make up SARATOGA SPRINGS CITY SD, with 5,750 students enrolled.
The large majority of students at LAKE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 86%, are White. Other reported shares: 6% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. That is close to the 88% White share among all Saratoga County residents. LAKE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a diversity index of 26%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The teaching staff at LAKE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 31.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 12.0:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1, higher than at this school. About 25% of students, or 96, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Measured against New York public elementary schools, LAKE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
LAKE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 70.9% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 65.8%.
In the county around the school, Saratoga County, median household income is about $100,787, about 45% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. A total of 50 public schools operate in Saratoga County, serving about 30,097 students.
The closest public school, CAROLINE STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is about 0.6 miles from LAKE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Around the school, 6 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, LAKE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Small. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
The number of students grew from 371 to 382 over 4 years. The school's ratio rose from 10.6:1 to 12.0:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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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