SACANDAGA SCHOOL

SACANDAGA SCHOOL is one of the tight-knit elementary-level communitys in SCOTIA, New York, part of SCOTIA-GLENVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 319 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so SACANDAGA SCHOOL sits 28% smaller than that benchmark.

SACANDAGA SCHOOL is one of 6 schools operated by SCOTIA-GLENVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that hosts 2,102 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, SACANDAGA SCHOOL logs that nearly all students (82%) are White. Beyond that, the school logs 10% Hispanic, 6% Black. The wider county runs roughly 69% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, SACANDAGA SCHOOL has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 37% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Schenectady County's rate of about 50%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SACANDAGA SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.4%; this one delivers 48.3%.

Around the school, census data for Schenectady County shows median household income runs about $79,623, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Schenectady County's 40 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,555 students), SACANDAGA SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: SCOTIA-GLENVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SACANDAGA SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, SACANDAGA SCHOOL comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 50.0%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 5%: 335 students in 2018 compared to 319 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 88% to 82%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 today.

On allk12, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.