RENSSELAER PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

RENSSELAER PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a mid-sized elementary school in TROY, New York, part of LANSINGBURGH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, hosts 419 students, covering grades K through 5.

Within LANSINGBURGH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 4 schools and 2,060 students, RENSSELAER PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, RENSSELAER PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that 52% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 16% Hispanic, 16% Black, 15% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 80% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 66% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Rensselaer County's rate of about 46%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, RENSSELAER PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.8%; this one delivers 32.5%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Rensselaer County indicate median household income runs about $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. In all, Rensselaer County runs 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,274 students), of which RENSSELAER PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: KNICKERBACKER MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), RENSSELAER PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 41.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 22%: 535 students in 2018 compared to 419 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 57% to 52%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.