Enrollment
228
Elementary
DISTRICT 266 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKE PLACID CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361650001459
LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
318 OLD MILITARY RD, LAKE PLACID, NY 12946 · (518) 523-3640 · Essex County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL228 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 61% 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.
- 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
8.7:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 7.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
72 students
DISTRICT 32% · 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 | 31 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 36 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 42 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 34 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (31) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (34).
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · 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
LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→LAKE PLACID JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within LAKE PLACID CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. 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
62.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
66.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.0% | 66.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.0% | 63.0% |
% 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
59.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (59.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 228 | 31.6% | 59.8% |
| DONALD P SUTHERLAND SCHOOL NASSAU | 250 | 32.8% | 64.3% |
| GREENE PRIMARY SCHOOL GREENE | 238 | 34.0% | N/A |
| ELLICOTTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ELLICOTTVILLE | 218 | 34.9% | 67.3% |
| COLDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COLDEN | 213 | 33.3% | 36.0% |
| PETERBORO STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CANASTOTA | 260 | 30.8% | 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 PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Essex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.8% | #752 of 2,335 | #1 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #854 of 2,342 ▼ 41 | #1 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #857 of 2,343 ▼ 200 | #1 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 228 | #2,295 of 2,585 | #4 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.7:1 | #127 of 2,338 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.8% | #2,128 of 2,388 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.6% | #1,933 of 2,534 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.9% | #860 of 1,757 | N/A |
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
228
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 423
Student : Teacher
8.7:1
was 7.2:1
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 | 228 | 26.4 | 8.7:1 | 32% (72) |
| 2023-24 | 235 | 26.5 | 8.9:1 | 35% (83) |
| 2022-23 | 244 | 28 | 8.7:1 | 33% (80) |
| 2020-21 | 231 | 32 | 7.2:1 | 35% (80) |
| 2017-18 | 268 | 29 | 9.2:1 | 44% (117) |
| 2015-16 | 271 | 28 | 9.7:1 | 35% (96) |
| 2010-11 | 310 | 28 | 11.1:1 | 22% (69) |
| 2000-01 | 375 | 24 | 15.6:1 | 23% (87) |
| 1990-91 | 423 | 35 | 12.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, located in LAKE PLACID, New York, is a small elementary school. The school teaches kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 228 students. That is 49% below the average of about 443 students for elementary schools in New York.
LAKE PLACID CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 532 students in 2 schools, including LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
At LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 90% of students are White. The remaining students are 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 2% Black. Census estimates put Essex County at about 93% White, close to the school's figure. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 19%.
A staff of 26.4 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 8.7:1. Compared with the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York, this school's ratio is lower. By family income, 32% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Essex County is 41%.
LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 61% of New York public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 59.8%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 63.4%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Essex County show that the median household earns about $71,661 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 33%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Across Essex County, 16 public schools serve about 3,746 students.
LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.9 miles from LAKE PLACID JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, its nearest public school. LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 4 other public schools within ten miles. LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 59.8% against a local average of 57.7%.
LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has an NCES locale of Town: Remote.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 231 in 2020-21, 228 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio rising from 7.2:1 to 8.7:1.
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Essex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
36,973
Census ACS
Median income
$71,661
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
3,746 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LAKE PLACID CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- LAKE PLACID JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 304 students
Other schools in LAKE PLACID
- LAKE PLACID JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 304 students
Other Lake Placid Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Lake Placid Elementary. LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLAKE PLACID, FL · 569 students
Nearby schools
- LAKE PLACID JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.9 mi · 304
- PETROVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL8.0 mi · 291
- SARANAC LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL8.0 mi · 282
- SARANAC LAKE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL8.4 mi · 360
- BLOOMINGDALE SCHOOL10.5 mi · 103
- KEENE CENTRAL SCHOOL11.6 mi · 170
Frequently asked questions
About LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 228 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 8.7:1 students per teacher at LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 90% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of LAKE PLACID CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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