PS 16

PS 16 is an intimate primary school in TROY, New York, operated by TROY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school instructs 249 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 44% below typical.

Across the 7 schools in TROY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (3,522 students total), PS 16 accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PS 16 records that 43% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 26% Black, 15% Hispanic, 15% multiracial. By comparison, Rensselaer County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, PS 16 logs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting PS 16 tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Rensselaer County runs at roughly 46%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PS 16 sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.2%; this one delivers 57.9%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Rensselaer County) reports that median household earnings sit near $87,915, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. PS 16 is one of 42 public schools in Rensselaer County (combined enrollment of about 19,274 students).

PS 14 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, PS 16 comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 47.5%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 19%: 309 students in 2018 compared to 249 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 48% to 43% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 11.9:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the feed for PS 16 typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.