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NURSES MIDDLE COLLEGE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL-CAPITAL REGION

199 WASHINGTON AVE, RENSSELAER, NY 12144 · (518) 918-4705 · Rensselaer County
GRADES 09–10HIGH21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL83 STUDENTS
Enrollment
83
High
STATE 668
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
5 FTE teachers
STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
70 students
STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Grade 9
46
Grade 10
37
Student demographics
White
34%
STATE 39%
Hispanic
1822%
STATE 31%
Black
5364%
STATE 16%
Two+
911%
STATE 4%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
1619%
Female
6781%

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Test scores

NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)
English Language Arts
83.0%
NY avg 58.3%
Math
16.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -19.0pp since 2023

What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Math scores are down about 19 points since 2023.

Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
44.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.7pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 →

About NURSES MIDDLE COLLEGE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL-CAPITAL REGION

NURSES MIDDLE COLLEGE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL-CAPITAL REGION, a minimally staffed senior high in RENSSELAER, New York, operated by NURSES MIDDLE COLLEGE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL-CAPITAL REGION, educates 83 students, covering grades 9 through 10. Enrollment runs roughly 88% leaner than the state mean of about 668.

NURSES MIDDLE COLLEGE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL-CAPITAL REGION is the operating authority for NURSES MIDDLE COLLEGE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL-CAPITAL REGION, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

On demographics, NURSES MIDDLE COLLEGE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL-CAPITAL REGION lists that 64% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest breaks down as 22% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 7% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. Roughly 84% of students at NURSES MIDDLE COLLEGE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL-CAPITAL REGION qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Rensselaer County runs at roughly 46%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, NURSES MIDDLE COLLEGE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL-CAPITAL REGION performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.0%, the actual is 44.7%, a residual of +0.7 points.

Around the school, census data for Rensselaer County shows median household income runs about $87,915, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Rensselaer County's 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,274 students), NURSES MIDDLE COLLEGE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL-CAPITAL REGION is one campus in the mix.

VAN RENSSELAER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around NURSES MIDDLE COLLEGE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL-CAPITAL REGION. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts NURSES MIDDLE COLLEGE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL-CAPITAL REGION at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 32.4%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site. NURSES MIDDLE COLLEGE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL-CAPITAL REGION is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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Rensselaer County at a glance

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Population
160,332
Census ACS
Median income
$87,915
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
19,274 students

Quick facts

School name
NURSES MIDDLE COLLEGE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL-CAPITAL REGION
District
NURSES MIDDLE COLLEGE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL-CAPITAL REGION
Address
199 WASHINGTON AVE, RENSSELAER, NY 12144
Phone
(518) 918-4705
County
Rensselaer County
Level
High
Grade range
09–10
Total enrollment
83
Teachers (FTE)
5
Student–teacher ratio
16.6:1
Free/Reduced lunch
70 (84%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
368097706777
Charter school
Yes
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About NURSES MIDDLE COLLEGE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL-CAPITAL REGION
How many students attend NURSES MIDDLE COLLEGE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL-CAPITAL REGION?
NURSES MIDDLE COLLEGE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL-CAPITAL REGION enrolls approximately 83 students in grades 09-10.
Is NURSES MIDDLE COLLEGE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL-CAPITAL REGION an elementary, middle, or high school?
NURSES MIDDLE COLLEGE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL-CAPITAL REGION is a high school covering grades 09-10.
How many teachers does NURSES MIDDLE COLLEGE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL-CAPITAL REGION have?
NURSES MIDDLE COLLEGE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL-CAPITAL REGION employs 5 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
What is the student diversity at NURSES MIDDLE COLLEGE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL-CAPITAL REGION?
Student demographics at NURSES MIDDLE COLLEGE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL-CAPITAL REGION are roughly 4% White, 22% Hispanic, 64% Black, 11% Two or more.
What district is NURSES MIDDLE COLLEGE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL-CAPITAL REGION in?
NURSES MIDDLE COLLEGE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL-CAPITAL REGION is part of NURSES MIDDLE COLLEGE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL-CAPITAL REGION.
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