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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the PS 14 administration to hear?
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Enrollment
460
Elementary
DISTRICT 319 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TROY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362895003915
PS 14
1700 TIBBITS AVE, TROY, NY 12180 · (518) 328-5801 · Rensselaer County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL460 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 36% of New York public elementary schools
- CTest 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
10.0:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
346 students
DISTRICT 72% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 24 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 16% larger than its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within TROY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
47.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +15.0pp since 2023
Math
50.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.0% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 32.0% | 47.0% |
% 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
40.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 PS 14
PS 14's state test result (40.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 14 this school | 460 | 75.2% | 40.5% |
| BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BINGHAMTON | 403 | 80.1% | 27.2% |
| THEODORE ROOSEVELT SCHOOL BINGHAMTON | 352 | 80.7% | 18.4% |
| CATARACT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NIAGARA FALLS | 496 | 70.8% | 18.0% |
| WOODROW WILSON SCHOOL BINGHAMTON | 355 | 82.0% | 35.5% |
| BLONEVA BOND PRIMARY SCHOOL NIAGARA FALLS | 476 | 69.1% | N/A |
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 PS 14 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Rensselaer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.5% | #1,589 of 2,335 | #16 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,462 of 2,342 ▼ 27 | #15 of 21 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #1,478 of 2,343 ▲ 214 | #15 of 21 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 460 | #1,028 of 2,585 | #6 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.0:1 | #425 of 2,338 | #8 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.4% | #58 of 2,388 | #2 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.2% | #890 of 2,534 | #3 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.0% | #371 of 1,757 | #3 of 17 |
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
460
+34 (+8%) vs 2020
+20% since 1990-91, when it was 384
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
was 10.4:1
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 | 460 | 46.1 | 10.0:1 | 75% (346) |
| 2023-24 | 457 | 43.4 | 10.5:1 | 74% (338) |
| 2022-23 | 425 | 47.9 | 8.9:1 | 76% (323) |
| 2020-21 | 426 | 41 | 10.4:1 | 79% (336) |
| 2017-18 | 630 | 48.5 | 13.0:1 | 81% (512) |
| 2015-16 | 570 | 46 | 12.4:1 | 82% (465) |
| 2010-11 | 466 | 32 | 14.6:1 | 72% (335) |
| 2000-01 | 562 | 45 | 12.5:1 | 69% (389) |
| 1990-91 | 384 | 25 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 14.
About PS 14
PS 14 is classified as an elementary school. It is located in TROY, New York. The school serves 460 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
The district, TROY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, has 3,522 students enrolled across 7 schools.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at PS 14 is White (31%). Other students are 28% Black, 24% Hispanic, and 14% multiracial. That is lower than the 80% White share among all Rensselaer County residents. By the diversity index, PS 14 comes in at 74%.
Its teaching staff equals 46.1 full-time positions, a ratio of 10.0:1. That ratio is under the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Around 75% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. The 46% average for public schools in Rensselaer County is 29 points lower.
The allk12 Grade for PS 14 is C+. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 36% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 47.3% at PS 14; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 40.5%.
Among Rensselaer County residents, median household income is about $87,915, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 42 public schools in Rensselaer County, with a combined enrollment of about 19,274.
The nearest other public school, TROY HIGH SCHOOL, is about 0.1 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of PS 14. By average proficiency, PS 14 is 6th among 9 schools close by.
PS 14 falls in the City: Small locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
PS 14 saw enrollment rise 8% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
If you have questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at PS 14, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Rensselaer County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
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
Related schools
Other schools in TROY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- TROY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,193 students
- TROY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 733 students
- CARROLL HILL SCHOOLElementary · 325 students
- PS 18Elementary · 313 students
- PS 16Elementary · 249 students
- PS 2Elementary · 249 students
Other schools in TROY
- TROY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,193 students
- KIPP TROY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOLCombined · 762 students
- TROY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 733 students
- LANSINGBURGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 625 students
- TAMARAC MIDDLE SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOLCombined · 576 students
- TURNPIKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 542 students
Nearby schools
- TROY HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 1,193
- TROY MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 733
- PS 160.8 mi · 249
- PS 180.9 mi · 313
- CARROLL HILL SCHOOL1.2 mi · 325
- PS 21.3 mi · 249
Frequently asked questions
About PS 14How large is PS 14?
PS 14 enrolls approximately 460 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PS 14 serve?
PS 14 serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does PS 14 have?
PS 14 employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 14?
At PS 14, the student body is approximately 31% White, 24% Hispanic, 28% Black, 2% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 14?
PS 14 is overseen by TROY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT in Rensselaer County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.