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LYNNWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
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Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 72 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About LYNNWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Set in SCHENECTADY, New York, LYNNWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-tier K-5 school, overseen by GUILDERLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. It enrolls 405 students across grades K through 5.
GUILDERLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 4,822 students. LYNNWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, LYNNWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that 74% of the student body identifies as White; the rest is composed of 11% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Black.
On the income-and-resources front, LYNNWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting LYNNWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 19% of students at LYNNWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Albany County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, LYNNWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 68.2%; this one delivers 66.8%.
In the broader community, ACS estimates for Albany County put the typical household earns roughly $85,333 per year, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. LYNNWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 75 public schools in Albany County (combined enrollment of about 39,946 students).
PINE BUSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LYNNWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LYNNWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 63.6%.
The school occupies a commuter-belt site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LYNNWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has held roughly steady, going from 406 students in 2018 to 405 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 80% to 74% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 in 2025.
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