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Enrollment
419
Elementary
DISTRICT 481 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LANSINGBURGH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361674001495
RENSSELAER PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
70 110TH ST, TROY, NY 12182 · (518) 233-6823 · Rensselaer County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL419 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 14% of New York public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
9.6:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.8:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
276 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 1 | 3 | 1% |
| Grade 2 | 2 | 0% |
| Grade 3 | 120 | 29% |
| Grade 4 | 135 | 32% |
| Grade 5 | 144 | 34% |
| Ungraded | 14 | 3% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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 LANSINGBURGH CENTRAL 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
43.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +15.0pp since 2023
Math
38.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.0% | 38.0% |
| 2023-24 | 28.0% | 31.0% |
% 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
32.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% 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 RENSSELAER PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
RENSSELAER PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (32.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RENSSELAER PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 419 | 65.9% | 32.5% |
| BUCKMAN HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 378 | 65.9% | 32.6% |
| MACARTHUR SCHOOL BINGHAMTON | 399 | 62.7% | 28.1% |
| SEVENTY NINTH STREET SCHOOL NIAGARA FALLS | 415 | 63.6% | 36.5% |
| HARMONY HILL SCHOOL COHOES | 384 | 59.9% | 37.4% |
| NEIL ARMSTRONG SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 400 | 60.3% | 37.0% |
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 RENSSELAER PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Rensselaer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.5% | #1,937 of 2,335 | #19 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #1,918 of 2,342 ▲ 65 | #19 of 21 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #1,662 of 2,343 ▲ 195 | #16 of 21 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 419 | #1,263 of 2,585 | #9 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.6:1 | #325 of 2,338 | #6 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.0% | #418 of 2,388 | #6 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.9% | #1,055 of 2,534 | #5 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.7% | #559 of 1,757 | #4 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
419
-21 (-5%) vs 2020
-45% since 1990-91, when it was 755
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
was 9.6:1
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 | 419 | 43.6 | 9.6:1 | 66% (276) |
| 2023-24 | 447 | 44.8 | 10.0:1 | 68% (303) |
| 2022-23 | 441 | 48.8 | 9.0:1 | 73% (321) |
| 2020-21 | 440 | 46 | 9.6:1 | 76% (334) |
| 2017-18 | 535 | 43 | 12.4:1 | 77% (411) |
| 2015-16 | 491 | 41 | 12.0:1 | 69% (337) |
| 2010-11 | 506 | N/A | N/A | 57% (286) |
| 2000-01 | 588 | 38 | 15.5:1 | 40% (235) |
| 1990-91 | 755 | 50 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RENSSELAER PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About RENSSELAER PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
RENSSELAER PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school in TROY, New York. Students in kindergarten through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 419 students.
LANSINGBURGH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (4 schools, 2,060 students) runs RENSSELAER PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
More than half of the students at RENSSELAER PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are White (52%). The remaining shares are 16% Hispanic, 16% Black, and 15% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Rensselaer County's population at about 80%. The diversity index for RENSSELAER PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 66%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school's 43.6 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.6:1. Elementary schools in New York have an average ratio of 12.8:1. At RENSSELAER PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 66% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The rate at public schools in Rensselaer County averages 46%, lower than here.
RENSSELAER PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 14% of New York public elementary schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, RENSSELAER PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 32.5%; the prediction is 50.8%.
Looking at the county, Rensselaer County, the median household earns about $87,915 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Counting RENSSELAER PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Rensselaer County has 42 public schools.
The closest school to RENSSELAER PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is KNICKERBACKER MIDDLE SCHOOL, located about 0.2 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of RENSSELAER PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, RENSSELAER PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 6th on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Small, or inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The school shrank from 440 students in 2020-21 to 419 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at RENSSELAER PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 LANSINGBURGH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- LANSINGBURGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 625 students
- TURNPIKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 542 students
- KNICKERBACKER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 474 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
- KNICKERBACKER MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 474
- LANSINGBURGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 625
- VAN SCHAICK ISLAND SCHOOL0.8 mi · 124
- PS 21.5 mi · 249
- HEATLY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 223
- TURNPIKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 542
Frequently asked questions
About RENSSELAER PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at RENSSELAER PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
RENSSELAER PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 419 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does RENSSELAER PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
RENSSELAER PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at RENSSELAER PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at RENSSELAER PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 9.6:1 (44 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at RENSSELAER PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At RENSSELAER PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 52% White, 16% Hispanic, 16% Black, 1% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Is RENSSELAER PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
RENSSELAER PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by LANSINGBURGH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.