Enrollment
376
Elementary
DISTRICT 376 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NISKAYUNA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362088002960
ROSENDALE SCHOOL
2445 ROSENDALE RD, SCHENECTADY, NY 12309 · (518) 377-3123 · Schenectady County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL376 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 83% of New York public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
10.6:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.8:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
66 students
DISTRICT 20% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 21% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 1% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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 NISKAYUNA 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
79.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
80.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.0% | 80.0% |
| 2023-24 | 71.0% | 77.0% |
% 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
74.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 ROSENDALE SCHOOL
ROSENDALE SCHOOL's state test result (74.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROSENDALE SCHOOL this school | 376 | 17.6% | 74.5% |
| LYNNWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCHENECTADY | 405 | 18.5% | 66.8% |
| TECUMSEH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JAMESVILLE | 332 | 20.8% | 77.3% |
| GLENCLIFF SCHOOL REXFORD | 368 | 21.7% | 59.8% |
| BIRCHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCHENECTADY | 376 | 15.4% | 71.8% |
| PS 39 HENRY BRISTOW BROOKLYN | 365 | 15.3% | 89.9% |
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 ROSENDALE SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Schenectady County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.5% | #272 of 2,335 | #1 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #358 of 2,342 ▲ 23 | #2 of 24 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #279 of 2,343 ▼ 30 | #1 of 24 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 376 | #1,516 of 2,585 | #14 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #633 of 2,338 | #5 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.6% | #1,207 of 2,388 | #15 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.6% | #2,288 of 2,534 | #23 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.3% | #545 of 606 | #6 of 7 |
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
376
-23 (-6%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 543
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 17.4:1
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 | 376 | 35.6 | 10.6:1 | 18% (66) |
| 2023-24 | 374 | 33.9 | 11.0:1 | 14% (53) |
| 2022-23 | 394 | 35.1 | 11.2:1 | 15% (58) |
| 2020-21 | 399 | 23 | 17.4:1 | 17% (68) |
| 2017-18 | 371 | 25.4 | 14.6:1 | 11% (40) |
| 2015-16 | 331 | 24 | 13.8:1 | 8% (27) |
| 2010-11 | 385 | 27 | 14.3:1 | 6% (25) |
| 2000-01 | 393 | 22 | 17.9:1 | 2% (7) |
| 1990-91 | 543 | 26 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ROSENDALE SCHOOL.
About ROSENDALE SCHOOL
ROSENDALE SCHOOL is a small elementary school located in SCHENECTADY, New York. Its 376 students are spread across kindergarten through 5.
NISKAYUNA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 4,315 students in 8 schools, including ROSENDALE SCHOOL.
White students are the majority at ROSENDALE SCHOOL, with 68% of enrollment. Other groups make up 15% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 4% Black. County-wide, about 69% of residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 51% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teacher staffing is 35.6 full-time equivalents, or about 10.6 students per teacher. This ratio sits 2.3 below the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 18%. Compared with the 50% average for public schools in Schenectady County, the school's rate is lower.
The allk12 Grade for ROSENDALE SCHOOL is A-. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 83% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, ROSENDALE SCHOOL falls in the middle 80% of New York schools: 74.5% actual against 68.5% predicted.
Among Schenectady County residents, the median household income is $79,623, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Besides ROSENDALE SCHOOL, Schenectady County has 39 other public schools.
The nearest other public school, IROQUOIS MIDDLE SCHOOL, is about 0.1 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, ROSENDALE SCHOOL places 3rd out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
ROSENDALE SCHOOL falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 23 fewer students in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 17.4:1 to 10.6:1.
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Schenectady County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
160,369
Census ACS
Median income
$79,623
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
40
21,555 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NISKAYUNA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- NISKAYUNA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,379 students
- IROQUOIS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 614 students
- VAN ANTWERP MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 442 students
- HILLSIDE SCHOOLElementary · 383 students
- CRAIG ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 377 students
- BIRCHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 376 students
Other schools in SCHENECTADY
- SCHENECTADY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,885 students
- NISKAYUNA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,379 students
- MOHONASEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 924 students
- JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 671 students
- ONEIDA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 657 students
- DRAPER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 655 students
Nearby schools
- IROQUOIS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 614
- HILLSIDE SCHOOL1.5 mi · 383
- VAN ANTWERP MIDDLE SCHOOL1.6 mi · 442
- NISKAYUNA HIGH SCHOOL1.8 mi · 1,379
- HOWE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 390
- PAIGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 468
Frequently asked questions
About ROSENDALE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at ROSENDALE SCHOOL?
ROSENDALE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 376 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does ROSENDALE SCHOOL serve?
ROSENDALE SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ROSENDALE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ROSENDALE SCHOOL is approximately 10.6:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at ROSENDALE SCHOOL?
At ROSENDALE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 68% White, 7% Hispanic, 4% Black, 15% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is ROSENDALE SCHOOL in?
ROSENDALE SCHOOL is part of NISKAYUNA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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