PINE BUSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

PINE BUSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a moderately sized elementary-level community in SCHENECTADY, New York, run under GUILDERLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, serves 462 students, covering grades K through 5.

PINE BUSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 7 schools operated by GUILDERLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that works with 4,822 students overall.

Looking at the student body, PINE BUSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 69% of the student body identifies as White; the rest looks like 14% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Albany County as a whole.

On the resource side, On paper, PINE BUSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.1:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 21% of students at PINE BUSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Albany County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, PINE BUSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 67.2%; this one delivers 68.2%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Albany County put the typical household earns roughly $85,333 per year, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Albany County's 75 public schools (combined enrollment of about 39,946 students), PINE BUSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is LYNNWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 1.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PINE BUSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 44.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PINE BUSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has rose 12%, going from 411 students in 2018 to 462 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 80% to 69%. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.