NEW SCOTLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a medium-sized elementary school in ALBANY, New York, NEW SCOTLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL works with 451 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by ALBANY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.

Within ALBANY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 16 schools and 8,509 students, NEW SCOTLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, NEW SCOTLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 37% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 25% Black, 16% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 10% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 69% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 46% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, NEW SCOTLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 58.0%; this one delivers 51.1%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Albany County shows median household income runs about $85,333, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Albany County runs 75 public schools (combined enrollment of about 39,946 students), of which NEW SCOTLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

STEPHEN AND HARRIET MYERS MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around NEW SCOTLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NEW SCOTLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 40.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 10%: 501 students in 2018 compared to 451 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 47% to 37% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 today.

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