MARIE CURIE INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND COMMUNICATION

MARIE CURIE INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND COMMUNICATION is a mid-tier primary school in AMSTERDAM, New York, run under AMSTERDAM CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school educates 446 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 6 schools in AMSTERDAM CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (3,663 students total), MARIE CURIE INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND COMMUNICATION accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, MARIE CURIE INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND COMMUNICATION records that 54% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 34% White, 5% multiracial, 4% Black. By comparison, Montgomery County as a whole is about 15% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting MARIE CURIE INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND COMMUNICATION higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 80% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Montgomery County's rate of about 62%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MARIE CURIE INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND COMMUNICATION tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.7%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Montgomery County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $64,943 per year, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Montgomery County's 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,225 students), MARIE CURIE INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND COMMUNICATION is one campus in the mix.

WILLIAM B TECLER ARTS IN EDUCATION is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MARIE CURIE INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND COMMUNICATION ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 37.0%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 4%: 466 students in 2018 compared to 446 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 18.6:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.