MALTA AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

MALTA AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a compact elementary-level community in BALLSTON SPA, New York, run under BALLSTON SPA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 345 students spanning grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 22% smaller than the state mean of about 443.

Within BALLSTON SPA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 6 schools and 3,826 students, MALTA AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, MALTA AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that 75% of the student body identifies as White; the rest breaks down as 10% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 5% Asian, 3% Black. By comparison, Saratoga County as a whole is about 88% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.3:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 31% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, MALTA AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 63.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 62.7%.

Across the wider county, census data for Saratoga County shows median household earnings sit near $100,787, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Saratoga County runs 50 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,097 students), of which MALTA AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: BALLSTON SPA MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 1.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MALTA AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 65.5%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MALTA AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has stayed largely flat, going from 339 students in 2018 to 345 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 87% to 75% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

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