Enrollment
249
Elementary
DISTRICT 319 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TROY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362895003916
PS 16
40 COLLINS AVE, TROY, NY 12180 · (518) 328-5101 · Rensselaer County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL249 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 68% of New York public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
10.1:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
161 students
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 11 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 36 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 30 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 42 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 40 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 17% |
| Ungraded | 7 | 3% |
This year's kindergarten class (36) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (42).
Student demographics
70%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
63.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +9.0pp since 2023
Math
64.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 64.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 66.0% |
% 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
57.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 16
PS 16's state test result (57.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 16 this school | 249 | 64.7% | 57.9% |
| LAURELTON-PARDEE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 262 | 62.6% | 34.0% |
| BEVERLY J MARTIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ITHACA | 258 | 60.5% | 32.7% |
| HORACE MANN SCHOOL BINGHAMTON | 205 | 67.8% | 45.5% |
| THOMAS JEFFERSON SCHOOL BINGHAMTON | 267 | 58.4% | 52.6% |
| HELENDALE ROAD PRIMARY SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 311 | 60.8% | 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 16 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Rensselaer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.9% | #846 of 2,335 | #9 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #942 of 2,342 ▼ 226 | #10 of 21 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #822 of 2,343 ▼ 84 | #8 of 21 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 249 | #2,236 of 2,585 | #22 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.1:1 | #475 of 2,338 | #10 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.1% | #216 of 2,388 | #5 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.7% | #1,075 of 2,534 | #6 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.4% | #645 of 1,757 | #6 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
249
-1 (0%) vs 2020
-50% since 1990-91, when it was 500
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 10.9:1
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 | 249 | 24.7 | 10.1:1 | 65% (161) |
| 2023-24 | 242 | 29.5 | 8.2:1 | 62% (150) |
| 2022-23 | 248 | 28.3 | 8.8:1 | 60% (149) |
| 2020-21 | 250 | 23 | 10.9:1 | 55% (137) |
| 2017-18 | 309 | 26 | 11.9:1 | 62% (193) |
| 2015-16 | 314 | 26 | 12.1:1 | 63% (199) |
| 2010-11 | 301 | 23 | 13.1:1 | 43% (130) |
| 2000-01 | 328 | 23 | 14.3:1 | 29% (94) |
| 1990-91 | 500 | 26 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 16.
About PS 16
PS 16 is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in TROY, New York. It had 249 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in New York average about 443 students, which makes this school 44% below average.
PS 16 is a school in TROY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. The district has 7 schools and 3,522 students.
White students account for 43% of enrollment at PS 16, more than any other group. The remaining students are 26% Black, 15% Hispanic, and 15% multiracial. Among people living in Rensselaer County, the White share is about 80%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, PS 16 scores 70%.
There are 24.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 10.1:1. The average for elementary schools in New York, 12.8:1, is higher. Of all students at PS 16, 65% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Rensselaer County is 46%.
On the allk12 Grade, PS 16 lands at B+, ahead of 68% of New York public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, PS 16 would score about 51.2%. It scores 57.9%, 6.7 points above that figure.
Looking at the county, Rensselaer County, median household income comes to about $87,915, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. The county's public schools total 42, with about 19,274 students.
PS 16's nearest public school is PS 14 (about 0.8 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. PS 16 is 2nd of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Its NCES locale code is City: Small: the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 250 in 2020-21, 249 in 2024-25.
PS 16 has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
- PS 14Elementary · 460 students
- CARROLL HILL SCHOOLElementary · 325 students
- PS 18Elementary · 313 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
- PS 140.8 mi · 460
- TROY HIGH SCHOOL0.8 mi · 1,193
- CARROLL HILL SCHOOL0.8 mi · 325
- TROY MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 733
- PS 181.6 mi · 313
- GARDNER-DICKINSON SCHOOL1.6 mi · 306
Frequently asked questions
About PS 16What is the total enrollment at PS 16?
PS 16 enrolls approximately 249 students in grades PK-05.
Is PS 16 an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 16 is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does PS 16 have?
PS 16 employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.1:1.
How diverse is PS 16?
PS 16 reports a student body of 43% White, 15% Hispanic, 26% Black, 1% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 16?
PS 16 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.