PS 14

PS 14 is an elementary-level community of middle-of-the-pack scale in TROY, New York, part of TROY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, teacheing 460 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Within TROY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 7 schools and 3,522 students, PS 14 is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PS 14 logs that the largest single group is White at 31%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 28% Black, 24% Hispanic, 14% multiracial. By comparison, Rensselaer County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, PS 14 has 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Around 75% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Rensselaer County (around 46%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, PS 14 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.3%, the actual is 40.5%, a residual of -6.8 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Rensselaer County) shows that median household earnings sit near $87,915, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. PS 14 is one of 42 public schools in Rensselaer County (combined enrollment of about 19,274 students).

Nearest neighbor: TROY HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 14. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS 14 at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 43.1%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Five-year trend. PS 14's enrollment has decreased 27% since 2018, when it stood at 630 (now 460). Over the same period, the White share fell from 39% to 31%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 10.0:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for PS 14 typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.