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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at NEW SCOTLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this year?
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Enrollment
451
Elementary
DISTRICT 317 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALBANY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360246000023
NEW SCOTLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
385 NEW SCOTLAND AVE, ALBANY, NY 12208 · (518) 475-6775 · Albany County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL451 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% 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.
- 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
15.2:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
208 students
DISTRICT 67% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
75%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
58.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +10.0pp since 2023
Math
57.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 57.0% |
| 2023-24 | 48.0% | 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
51.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 NEW SCOTLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
NEW SCOTLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (51.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEW SCOTLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 451 | 46.1% | 51.1% |
| PS 889 BROOKLYN | 423 | 49.2% | 55.8% |
| PS 38 PACIFIC (THE) BROOKLYN | 546 | 44.1% | 71.4% |
| BROOKSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAMPUS ROCHESTER | 400 | 44.3% | 40.1% |
| ROESSLEVILLE SCHOOL ALBANY | 368 | 50.3% | 46.4% |
| PAUL ROAD SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 426 | 45.8% | 43.8% |
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 NEW SCOTLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Albany County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.1% | #1,114 of 2,335 | #29 of 46 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,182 of 2,342 ▲ 147 | #31 of 46 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #1,027 of 2,343 ▼ 69 | #27 of 46 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 451 | #1,071 of 2,585 | #10 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #2,070 of 2,338 | #41 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.4% | #39 of 2,388 | #4 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.1% | #1,516 of 2,534 | #20 of 47 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.0% | #1,144 of 1,757 | #15 of 31 |
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
451
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 723
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 451 | 29.6 | 15.2:1 | 46% (208) |
| 2023-24 | 459 | 34.6 | 13.3:1 | 40% (183) |
| 2022-23 | 473 | 32.1 | 14.7:1 | 48% (227) |
| 2020-21 | 450 | 31 | 14.5:1 | 46% (209) |
| 2017-18 | 501 | 30 | 16.7:1 | 26% (132) |
| 2015-16 | 508 | 32 | 15.9:1 | 26% (132) |
| 2010-11 | 484 | 33 | 14.7:1 | 36% (172) |
| 2000-01 | 695 | 48 | 14.5:1 | 41% (285) |
| 1990-91 | 723 | 32 | 22.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NEW SCOTLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About NEW SCOTLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
NEW SCOTLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the public schools in ALBANY, New York. It is a mid-sized elementary school. Total enrollment is 451 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5.
NEW SCOTLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the 16 schools that make up ALBANY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (8,509 students in total).
No group is above 50% at NEW SCOTLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL; the largest is White, at 37%. The rest of enrollment is 25% Black, 16% Hispanic, 11% Asian, and 10% multiracial. Among all residents of Albany County, the White share is about 69%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 75%.
The school's 29.6 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1. Statewide, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. Income data for the school show 46% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Albany County is close, at 45%.
NEW SCOTLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 48% of New York public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, NEW SCOTLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 6.9 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New York schools.
The school is in Albany County, where median household income comes to about $85,333, roughly 46% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Albany County's 75 public schools enroll about 39,946 students and include NEW SCOTLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
The closest school to NEW SCOTLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is STEPHEN AND HARRIET MYERS MIDDLE SCHOOL, located about 0.8 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 40.5% on proficiency, and NEW SCOTLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is above that at 51.1%.
The school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Mid-size).
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (450) to 2024-25 (451).
Anyone can start a thread about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at NEW SCOTLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Albany County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
317,018
Census ACS
Median income
$85,333
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
75
39,946 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ALBANY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- ALBANY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,937 students
- WILLIAM S HACKETT MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 615 students
- NORTH ALBANY ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 588 students
- STEPHEN AND HARRIET MYERS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 570 students
- GIFFEN MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 387 students
- ALBANY SCHOOL OF HUMANITIESElementary · 378 students
Other schools in ALBANY
- ALBANY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,937 students
- COLONIE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,640 students
- SAND CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 873 students
- KIPP TECH VALLEY CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · 840 students
- KIPP ALBANY COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · 688 students
- LISHA KILL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 640 students
Nearby schools
- STEPHEN AND HARRIET MYERS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 570
- ALBANY SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES0.9 mi · 378
- PINE HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 363
- ALBANY LEADERSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL FOR GIRLS1.0 mi · 383
- ALBANY HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 2,937
- DELAWARE COMMUNITY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 276
Frequently asked questions
About NEW SCOTLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is NEW SCOTLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
NEW SCOTLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 451 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does NEW SCOTLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
NEW SCOTLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at NEW SCOTLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 15.2:1 students per teacher at NEW SCOTLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is NEW SCOTLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
NEW SCOTLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 37% White, 16% Hispanic, 25% Black, 11% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees NEW SCOTLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
NEW SCOTLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by ALBANY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT in Albany County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.