Enrollment
365
Elementary
DISTRICT 302 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHATHAM CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360711000502
MARY E DARDESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
50 WOODBRIDGE AVE, CHATHAM, NY 12037 · (518) 392-1530 · Columbia County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL365 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 33% 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.
- C-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
10.3:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
131 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 36 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 16% larger than its 5th grade class (55).
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · 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 CHATHAM 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
52.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +14.0pp since 2023
Math
48.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 52 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 48.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38.0% | 41.0% |
% 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
46.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 MARY E DARDESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MARY E DARDESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (46.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARY E DARDESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 365 | 35.9% | 46.1% |
| COMO PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LANCASTER | 352 | 36.1% | 57.8% |
| MILTON TERRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BALLSTON SPA | 370 | 33.5% | 70.0% |
| GEYSER ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SARATOGA SPRINGS | 337 | 37.1% | 56.9% |
| STOKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROME | 368 | 39.4% | 31.6% |
| WEEDSPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEEDSPORT | 324 | 36.4% | 50.0% |
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 MARY E DARDESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Columbia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.1% | #1,333 of 2,335 | #5 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,531 of 2,342 ▲ 110 | #4 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #1,259 of 2,343 ▲ 130 | #4 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 365 | #1,579 of 2,585 | #4 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #553 of 2,338 | #4 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.5% | #2,093 of 2,388 | #5 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.9% | #1,812 of 2,534 | #5 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.7% | #557 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
365
-13 (-3%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 587
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 9.9:1
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 | 365 | 35.3 | 10.3:1 | 36% (131) |
| 2023-24 | 381 | 38.5 | 9.9:1 | 45% (171) |
| 2022-23 | 360 | 36.5 | 9.9:1 | 45% (161) |
| 2020-21 | 378 | 38 | 9.9:1 | 40% (153) |
| 2017-18 | 466 | 39 | 11.9:1 | 45% (208) |
| 2015-16 | 482 | 38 | 12.7:1 | 43% (207) |
| 2010-11 | 405 | 34 | 11.9:1 | 24% (97) |
| 2000-01 | 549 | 40 | 13.7:1 | 42% (228) |
| 1990-91 | 587 | 42 | 14.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MARY E DARDESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About MARY E DARDESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MARY E DARDESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL runs as a small elementary school in CHATHAM, New York. Students in pre-K through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 365 students.
Across its 3 schools, CHATHAM CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 907 students. MARY E DARDESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those schools.
White students are 89% of those enrolled at MARY E DARDESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The remaining shares are 8% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 20, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 35.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 10.3:1. Across elementary schools in New York, the average ratio is 12.8:1. Of all students at MARY E DARDESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 36% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Columbia County is 48%.
MARY E DARDESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 33% of New York public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, MARY E DARDESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL would score about 61.8%. It scores 46.1%, 15.7 points below that figure.
The school's county is Columbia County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $81,528, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Columbia County's 17 public schools enroll about 6,006 students and include MARY E DARDESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
CHATHAM HIGH SCHOOL is about 0.1 miles from MARY E DARDESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 2 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, MARY E DARDESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 8th on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Distant: the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment decreased 3% over 4 years, reaching 365 in 2024-25.
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Columbia County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
61,100
Census ACS
Median income
$81,528
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
17
6,006 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CHATHAM CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CHATHAM HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 316 students
- CHATHAM MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 226 students
Other schools in CHATHAM
- CHATHAM HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 316 students
- CHATHAM MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 226 students
Nearby schools
- CHATHAM HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 316
- CHATHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 226
- ICHABOD CRANE MIDDLE SCHOOL5.9 mi · 647
- ICHABOD CRANE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL6.0 mi · 557
- ICHABOD CRANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.1 mi · 475
- COXSACKIE-ATHENS HIGH SCHOOL10.4 mi · 379
Frequently asked questions
About MARY E DARDESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend MARY E DARDESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MARY E DARDESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 365 students in grades PK-05.
Is MARY E DARDESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
MARY E DARDESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at MARY E DARDESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 10.3:1 students per teacher at MARY E DARDESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at MARY E DARDESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At MARY E DARDESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 89% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is MARY E DARDESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
MARY E DARDESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by CHATHAM CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.