PINE HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

PINE HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the cozy elementary campuss in ALBANY, New York, run under ALBANY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 363 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

ALBANY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 16 schools in total, collectively educating 8,509 students. PINE HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PINE HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 36% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 24% Hispanic, 18% White, 13% Asian, 9% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 12%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, PINE HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 68% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Albany County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, PINE HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.0%; this one delivers 32.2%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Albany County put median household income runs about $85,333, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. PINE HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 75 public schools in Albany County (combined enrollment of about 39,946 students).

Nearest neighbor: ALBANY HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.4 miles off. 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 HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 48.7%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. PINE HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has contracted 4% since 2018, when it stood at 377 (now 363). Over the same period, the Asian share grew from 8% to 13%.

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