Enrollment
345
Elementary
DISTRICT 411 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALLSTON SPA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360393000150
MALTA AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
70 MALTA AVE, BALLSTON SPA, NY 12020 · (518) 884-7250 · Saratoga County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL345 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 66% 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.
- BBeats 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
12.3:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
107 students
DISTRICT 33% · 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 | 58 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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 BALLSTON SPA 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% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
70.0%
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 70 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 8 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% | 70.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 67.0% |
% 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
62.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 MALTA AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MALTA AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (62.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MALTA AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 345 | 31.0% | 62.7% |
| CAROLINE STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SARATOGA SPRINGS | 372 | 30.4% | 62.8% |
| MYLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEW HARTFORD | 357 | 29.7% | 48.4% |
| RAYMOND C BUCKLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LANSING | 392 | 28.6% | 70.3% |
| PS 5 HUGUENOT STATEN ISLAND | 317 | 29.3% | 89.8% |
| LENAPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEW PALTZ | 368 | 30.4% | 59.5% |
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 MALTA AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Saratoga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.7% | #651 of 2,335 | #16 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #704 of 2,342 ▼ 52 | #15 of 30 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #852 of 2,343 ▼ 139 | #18 of 30 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 345 | #1,700 of 2,585 | #27 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #1,395 of 2,338 | #16 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.2% | #1,523 of 2,388 | #8 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.0% | #1,948 of 2,534 | #14 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.8% | #514 of 606 | #6 of 9 |
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
345
-17 (-5%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 537
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 345 | 28 | 12.3:1 | 31% (107) |
| 2023-24 | 336 | 30.3 | 11.1:1 | 30% (102) |
| 2022-23 | 342 | 31.3 | 10.9:1 | 29% (99) |
| 2020-21 | 362 | 32 | 11.3:1 | 27% (98) |
| 2017-18 | 339 | 25 | 13.6:1 | 19% (66) |
| 2015-16 | 377 | 24 | 15.7:1 | 23% (87) |
| 2010-11 | 373 | 28 | 13.3:1 | 15% (55) |
| 2000-01 | 464 | 27 | 17.2:1 | 18% (85) |
| 1990-91 | 537 | 38 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MALTA AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About MALTA AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MALTA AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school in BALLSTON SPA, New York, (ZIP code 12020). The school serves 345 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in New York is roughly 443 students; this school is 22% smaller than that.
BALLSTON SPA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT has 3,826 students in 6 schools, and MALTA AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those schools.
White students are the majority at MALTA AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, with 75% of enrollment. It is also 10% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 5% Asian, and 3% Black. Saratoga County's residents are about 88% White, 13 points above the school's share. MALTA AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's diversity index is 42%, against a US figure of 70%.
MALTA AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates with 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 12.3:1. For comparison, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. About 31% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. For comparison, public schools in Saratoga County average 30%.
MALTA AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 66% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 62.7%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 63.6%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Saratoga County, the median household income is $100,787, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 45% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. There are 50 public schools in Saratoga County, enrolling about 30,097 students in all.
The next-closest public school is BALLSTON SPA MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 1.0 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 6. Its average proficiency rate of 62.7% is below the 65.5% average for nearby schools.
Under the NCES locale system, MALTA AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Suburb: Small.
Enrollment dropped 5% from its 2020-21 level of 362. The ratio of students to teachers went from 11.3:1 to 12.3:1 over the same years.
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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 BALLSTON SPA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- BALLSTON SPA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,300 students
- BALLSTON SPA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 883 students
- WOOD ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 477 students
- GORDON CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 451 students
- MILTON TERRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 370 students
Other schools in BALLSTON SPA
- BALLSTON SPA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,300 students
- BALLSTON SPA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 883 students
- WOOD ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 477 students
- GORDON CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 451 students
- MILTON TERRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 370 students
Nearby schools
- BALLSTON SPA MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 883
- GORDON CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 451
- MILTON TERRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 370
- WOOD ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 477
- BALLSTON SPA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.1 mi · 1,300
- GEYSER ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.8 mi · 337
Frequently asked questions
About MALTA AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is MALTA AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MALTA AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 345 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does MALTA AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
MALTA AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at MALTA AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 12.3:1 students per teacher at MALTA AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is MALTA AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MALTA AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 75% White, 10% Hispanic, 3% Black, 5% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees MALTA AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MALTA AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by BALLSTON SPA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Saratoga County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.