Enrollment
319
Elementary
DISTRICT 231 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCOTIA-GLENVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362631003608
SACANDAGA SCHOOL
300 WREN ST, SCOTIA, NY 12302 · (518) 382-1282 · Schenectady County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL319 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 39% of New York public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
11.8:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
118 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 | 54 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · 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 SCOTIA-GLENVILLE 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
60.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +14.0pp since 2023
Math
55.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +12.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 55.0% |
| 2023-24 | 46.0% | 43.0% |
% 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
48.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 SACANDAGA SCHOOL
SACANDAGA SCHOOL's state test result (48.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SACANDAGA SCHOOL this school | 319 | 37.0% | 48.3% |
| AVON PRIMARY SCHOOL AVON | 316 | 37.7% | 55.2% |
| WESTMORELAND ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHITESBORO | 335 | 37.9% | 41.2% |
| GEYSER ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SARATOGA SPRINGS | 337 | 37.1% | 56.9% |
| HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DERBY | 344 | 36.3% | 56.5% |
| WEEDSPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEEDSPORT | 324 | 36.4% | 50.0% |
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 SACANDAGA SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Schenectady County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #1,230 of 2,335 | #12 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #1,265 of 2,342 ▲ 308 | #11 of 24 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #952 of 2,343 ▲ 97 | #9 of 24 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 319 | #1,879 of 2,585 | #18 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #1,200 of 2,338 | #15 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.7% | #1,844 of 2,388 | #20 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.0% | #1,780 of 2,534 | #16 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.8% | #1,493 of 1,757 | #13 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
319
-6 (-2%) vs 2020
-44% since 1990-91, when it was 571
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 319 | 27 | 11.8:1 | 37% (118) |
| 2023-24 | 313 | 29.1 | 10.7:1 | 35% (111) |
| 2022-23 | 320 | 29.2 | 10.9:1 | 37% (118) |
| 2020-21 | 325 | 24 | 13.5:1 | 34% (109) |
| 2017-18 | 335 | 25 | 13.4:1 | 33% (111) |
| 2015-16 | 337 | 24 | 14.0:1 | 33% (110) |
| 2010-11 | 379 | 29 | 13.1:1 | 32% (121) |
| 2000-01 | 527 | 33 | 16.0:1 | 15% (79) |
| 1990-91 | 571 | 27 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SACANDAGA SCHOOL.
About SACANDAGA SCHOOL
SACANDAGA SCHOOL, a small elementary school, is located in SCOTIA, New York. The school serves 319 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. For comparison, elementary schools in New York average about 443 students.
SACANDAGA SCHOOL is one school in a 6-school district, SCOTIA-GLENVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which enrolls 2,102 students.
White students are the large majority at SACANDAGA SCHOOL, with 82% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 10% Hispanic and 6% Black. In Schenectady County overall, about 69% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at SACANDAGA SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 32%.
The school has about 11.8 students per teacher and 27 full-time-equivalent teachers. That ratio is under the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 37%. The rate at public schools in Schenectady County averages 50%, higher than here.
allk12 grades SACANDAGA SCHOOL a C+. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for SACANDAGA SCHOOL is 61.4%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 48.3%.
SACANDAGA SCHOOL is located in Schenectady County, where median household income is about $79,623, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 40 public schools in Schenectady County, with a combined enrollment of about 21,555.
The closest public school, SCOTIA-GLENVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL, is about 0.2 miles from SACANDAGA SCHOOL. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, SACANDAGA SCHOOL ranks 6th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Federal data place SACANDAGA SCHOOL in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (325) and 2024-25 (319). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.5:1 in 2020-21 to 11.8:1 in 2024-25.
Discussions about SACANDAGA SCHOOL may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 SCOTIA-GLENVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SCOTIA-GLENVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 689 students
- SCOTIA-GLENVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 489 students
- GLENDAAL SCHOOLElementary · 224 students
- GLEN-WORDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 196 students
- LINCOLN SCHOOLElementary · 185 students
Other schools in SCOTIA
- SCOTIA-GLENVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 689 students
- SCOTIA-GLENVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 489 students
- PASHLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 470 students
- GLENDAAL SCHOOLElementary · 224 students
- GLEN-WORDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 196 students
- LINCOLN SCHOOLElementary · 185 students
Nearby schools
- SCOTIA-GLENVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 489
- SCOTIA-GLENVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 689
- LINCOLN SCHOOL0.5 mi · 185
- GLEN-WORDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 196
- DESTINE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL2.4 mi · 213
- JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.7 mi · 671
Frequently asked questions
About SACANDAGA SCHOOLHow large is SACANDAGA SCHOOL?
SACANDAGA SCHOOL enrolls approximately 319 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does SACANDAGA SCHOOL serve?
SACANDAGA SCHOOL serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SACANDAGA SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SACANDAGA SCHOOL is approximately 11.8:1 (27 FTE teachers).
How diverse is SACANDAGA SCHOOL?
SACANDAGA SCHOOL reports a student body of 82% White, 10% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees SACANDAGA SCHOOL?
SACANDAGA SCHOOL is overseen by SCOTIA-GLENVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Schenectady County.
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