RAPHAEL J MCNULTY ACADEMY FOR INTERN STUDIES & LITERACY

RAPHAEL J MCNULTY ACADEMY FOR INTERN STUDIES & LITERACY is one of the moderately sized primary schools in AMSTERDAM, New York, one of the schools within AMSTERDAM CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 503 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 6 schools in AMSTERDAM CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (3,663 students total), RAPHAEL J MCNULTY ACADEMY FOR INTERN STUDIES & LITERACY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, RAPHAEL J MCNULTY ACADEMY FOR INTERN STUDIES & LITERACY reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 62% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 24% White, 7% Black, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 15% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, RAPHAEL J MCNULTY ACADEMY FOR INTERN STUDIES & LITERACY lists 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.7:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 90% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Montgomery County's rate of about 62%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, RAPHAEL J MCNULTY ACADEMY FOR INTERN STUDIES & LITERACY falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 41.8%; this one comes in at 19.1%, -22.7 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Montgomery County put median household earnings sit near $64,943, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Montgomery County's 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,225 students), RAPHAEL J MCNULTY ACADEMY FOR INTERN STUDIES & LITERACY is one campus in the mix.

WILBUR H LYNCH LITERACY ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around RAPHAEL J MCNULTY ACADEMY FOR INTERN STUDIES & LITERACY. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts RAPHAEL J MCNULTY ACADEMY FOR INTERN STUDIES & LITERACY at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 40.4%.

RAPHAEL J MCNULTY ACADEMY FOR INTERN STUDIES & LITERACY operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at RAPHAEL J MCNULTY ACADEMY FOR INTERN STUDIES & LITERACY has expanded 5%, going from 477 students in 2018 to 503 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 31% to 24% over that span.

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