Enrollment
359
Elementary
DISTRICT 359 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SARANAC CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360000904668
SARANAC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
18 PICKETTS CRNRS RD, SARANAC, NY 12981 · (518) 565-5900 · Clinton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL359 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% of New York public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
12.0:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
135 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 27 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 14% |
| Ungraded | 4 | 1% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (49).
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 10% · 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 SARANAC 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
41.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
42.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 42.0% |
| 2023-24 | 34.0% | 42.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
40.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 61% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 SARANAC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SARANAC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (40.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SARANAC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 359 | 37.6% | 40.3% |
| BERNE-KNOX-WESTERLO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BERNE | 365 | 37.3% | 76.0% |
| WEST CANADA VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEWPORT | 365 | 37.0% | 48.9% |
| BREWERTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BREWERTON | 384 | 37.8% | 63.5% |
| GREENFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GREENFIELD CENTER | 377 | 38.2% | 63.6% |
| NORTHERN ADIRONDACK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ELLENBURG DEPOT | 375 | 35.2% | 37.3% |
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 SARANAC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Clinton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.3% | #1,600 of 2,335 | #6 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #1,750 of 2,342 ▼ 160 | #6 of 12 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #1,720 of 2,343 ▼ 176 | #9 of 12 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 359 | #1,611 of 2,585 | #7 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #1,250 of 2,338 | #10 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.6% | #2,325 of 2,388 | #8 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.6% | #1,759 of 2,534 | #11 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.2% | #1,583 of 1,757 | #7 of 9 |
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
359
-5 (-1%) vs 2020
+69% since 1990-91, when it was 212
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
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 | 359 | 30 | 12.0:1 | 38% (135) |
| 2023-24 | 366 | 29 | 12.6:1 | 41% (151) |
| 2022-23 | 351 | 29 | 12.1:1 | 34% (121) |
| 2020-21 | 364 | 27 | 13.5:1 | 31% (114) |
| 2017-18 | 371 | 32 | 11.6:1 | 42% (154) |
| 2015-16 | 361 | 32 | 11.3:1 | 42% (151) |
| 2010-11 | 327 | 34 | 9.6:1 | 35% (116) |
| 2000-01 | 370 | 29 | 12.8:1 | 40% (147) |
| 1990-91 | 212 | 16 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SARANAC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About SARANAC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SARANAC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public low-enrollment elementary school in SARANAC, New York. The school had 359 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
SARANAC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of SARANAC CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, where 4 schools serve 1,546 students.
SARANAC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls a student body that is 96% White. After that, the student body is 3% multiracial. The chance that two students picked at random at SARANAC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 9%.
The count of teachers at SARANAC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 30 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 12.0:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1, higher than at this school. Around 38% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in Clinton County average 50%.
allk12 grades SARANAC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL a C-. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
After accounting for student poverty, SARANAC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of New York schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests of 40.3% is 20.9 points below the 61.2% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
Clinton County has about 78,493 residents, and median household income is about $71,224, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Clinton County number 29 and enroll about 10,729.
The closest public school, SARANAC HIGH SCHOOL, is about 0.2 miles from SARANAC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Around the school, 2 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, SARANAC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 7th on average proficiency.
The school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Distant).
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 364 to 359. By 2024-25, the school had 12.0 students per teacher, compared with 13.5 in 2020-21.
The discussion area below is open to posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Clinton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
78,493
Census ACS
Median income
$71,224
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
10,729 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SARANAC CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SARANAC HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 468 students
- SARANAC MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 361 students
- MORRISONVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 358 students
Other schools in SARANAC
- SARANAC HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 468 students
- SARANAC MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 361 students
Other Saranac Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Saranac Elementary. SARANAC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Saranac Elementary SchoolSARANAC, MI · 433 students
Nearby schools
- SARANAC HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 468
- SARANAC MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 361
- MORRISONVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL8.1 mi · 358
- CLINTON-ESSEX-WARREN-WASHINGTON BOCES10.7 mi · 237
- PERU ELEMENTARY SCHOOL11.1 mi · 832
- PERU HIGH SCHOOL11.2 mi · 555
Frequently asked questions
About SARANAC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend SARANAC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SARANAC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 359 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does SARANAC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
SARANAC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does SARANAC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
SARANAC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at SARANAC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At SARANAC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 96% White, 1% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees SARANAC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SARANAC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by SARANAC CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Clinton County.
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