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Enrollment
446
Elementary
DISTRICT 425 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AMSTERDAM CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360297000072
MARIE CURIE INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND COMMUNICATION
9 BRICE ST, AMSTERDAM, NY 12010 · (518) 843-2871 · Montgomery County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL446 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 43% of New York public elementary schools
- C+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
18.6:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
358 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 18 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 16% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 9% larger than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
MARIE CURIE INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND COMMUNICATION→WILBUR H LYNCH LITERACY ACADEMY→AMSTERDAM HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within AMSTERDAM CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
48.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +11.0pp since 2023
Math
48.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 48.0% |
| 2023-24 | 37.0% | 49.0% |
% 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
42.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 MARIE CURIE INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND COMMUNICATION
MARIE CURIE INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND COMMUNICATION's state test result (42.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARIE CURIE INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND COMMUNICATION this school | 446 | 80.3% | 42.7% |
| KENNETH L RUTHERFORD SCHOOL MONTICELLO | 466 | 79.4% | 18.8% |
| PS 71 FOREST RIDGEWOOD | 468 | 80.1% | 45.5% |
| DUNKIRK INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DUNKIRK | 575 | 79.3% | 29.8% |
| PS 145 BLOOMINGDALE SCHOOL (THE) NEW YORK | 490 | 75.9% | 37.0% |
| RAPHAEL J MCNULTY ACADEMY FOR INTERN STUDIES & LITERACY AMSTERDAM | 503 | 90.3% | 19.1% |
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 MARIE CURIE INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND COMMUNICATION ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.7% | #1,488 of 2,335 | #3 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,526 of 2,342 ▼ 190 | #3 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,420 of 2,343 ▲ 17 | #3 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 446 | #1,094 of 2,585 | #4 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.6:1 | #2,272 of 2,338 | #7 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.2% | #794 of 2,388 | #3 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.3% | #761 of 2,534 | #2 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.3% | #1,514 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
446
+15 (+3%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 535
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
was 18.0:1
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 | 446 | 24 | 18.6:1 | 80% (358) |
| 2023-24 | 433 | 24 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 443 | 23.4 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 431 | 24 | 18.0:1 | 72% (311) |
| 2017-18 | 466 | 35 | 13.3:1 | 74% (345) |
| 2015-16 | 465 | 29 | 16.0:1 | 67% (311) |
| 2010-11 | 451 | 34 | 13.3:1 | 61% (273) |
| 2000-01 | 382 | 31 | 12.3:1 | 57% (218) |
| 1990-91 | 535 | 31 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MARIE CURIE INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND COMMUNICATION.
About MARIE CURIE INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND COMMUNICATION
MARIE CURIE INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND COMMUNICATION sits in AMSTERDAM, New York, and is classified as an elementary school. Its 446 students are spread across pre-K through 5.
A total of 6 schools make up AMSTERDAM CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 3,663 students enrolled.
Hispanic students make up a majority at MARIE CURIE INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND COMMUNICATION, at 54%. The next largest groups are 34% White, 5% multiracial, and 4% Black. In Montgomery County overall, about 15% of residents are Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 58%, meaning two students picked at random have a 58% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school employs the equivalent of 24 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 18.6:1. That is 5.7 students per teacher above the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at MARIE CURIE INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND COMMUNICATION is 80%. On average, public schools in Montgomery County report 62%.
Measured against New York public elementary schools, MARIE CURIE INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND COMMUNICATION receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 42.7%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 45.5%.
Federal survey data for Montgomery County show that the median household income is $64,943, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. There are 16 public schools in Montgomery County, enrolling about 7,225 students in all.
Nearby, WILLIAM B TECLER ARTS IN EDUCATION is about 1.3 miles away. Within five miles of MARIE CURIE INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND COMMUNICATION, there are 5 other public schools. MARIE CURIE INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND COMMUNICATION is 2nd of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
NCES describes the area around MARIE CURIE INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND COMMUNICATION as Town: Distant, meaning in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
The school enrolled 446 students in 2024-25, 15 more than the 431 it had in 2020-21.
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Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
49,528
Census ACS
Median income
$64,943
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
7,225 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in AMSTERDAM CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- AMSTERDAM HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,192 students
- WILBUR H LYNCH LITERACY ACADEMYMiddle · 772 students
- RAPHAEL J MCNULTY ACADEMY FOR INTERN STUDIES & LITERACYElementary · 503 students
- WILLIAM B TECLER ARTS IN EDUCATIONElementary · 465 students
- WILLIAM H BARKLEY MICROSOCIETYElementary · 285 students
Other schools in AMSTERDAM
- AMSTERDAM HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,192 students
- BROADALBIN-PERTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 879 students
- WILBUR H LYNCH LITERACY ACADEMYMiddle · 772 students
- RAPHAEL J MCNULTY ACADEMY FOR INTERN STUDIES & LITERACYElementary · 503 students
- WILLIAM B TECLER ARTS IN EDUCATIONElementary · 465 students
- WILLIAM H BARKLEY MICROSOCIETYElementary · 285 students
Nearby schools
- WILLIAM B TECLER ARTS IN EDUCATION1.3 mi · 465
- WILBUR H LYNCH LITERACY ACADEMY1.6 mi · 772
- RAPHAEL J MCNULTY ACADEMY FOR INTERN STUDIES & LITERACY1.7 mi · 503
- AMSTERDAM HIGH SCHOOL1.8 mi · 1,192
- WILLIAM H BARKLEY MICROSOCIETY2.0 mi · 285
- BROADALBIN-PERTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.5 mi · 879
Frequently asked questions
About MARIE CURIE INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND COMMUNICATIONHow large is MARIE CURIE INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND COMMUNICATION?
MARIE CURIE INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND COMMUNICATION enrolls approximately 446 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does MARIE CURIE INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND COMMUNICATION serve?
MARIE CURIE INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND COMMUNICATION serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at MARIE CURIE INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND COMMUNICATION?
Approximately 18.6:1 students per teacher at MARIE CURIE INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND COMMUNICATION.
How diverse is MARIE CURIE INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND COMMUNICATION?
MARIE CURIE INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND COMMUNICATION reports a student body of 34% White, 54% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is MARIE CURIE INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND COMMUNICATION public or private?
MARIE CURIE INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND COMMUNICATION is a public K-12 school, overseen by AMSTERDAM CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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