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QUEENSBURY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 59 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.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About QUEENSBURY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
QUEENSBURY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a heavily attended primary school in QUEENSBURY, New York, run under QUEENSBURY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, hosts 952 students, covering grades pre-K through 4. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so QUEENSBURY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 115% larger than that benchmark.
Across the 4 schools in QUEENSBURY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT (3,028 students total), QUEENSBURY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Looking at the student body, QUEENSBURY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 2% Asian, 2% Black.
Looking at school resources, QUEENSBURY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 36% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
After controlling for student poverty, QUEENSBURY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.9%; this one delivers 47.2%.
In the area at large, census data for Warren County shows the typical household earns roughly $78,442 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Warren County's 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,825 students), QUEENSBURY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is WILLIAM H BARTON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), QUEENSBURY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 60.0%.
The school occupies a bedroom-community site.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 4%: 918 students in 2018 compared to 952 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 94% to 87% over that span.
On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
Warren County at a glance
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