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Enrollment
560
Elementary
DISTRICT 511 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHENENDEHOWA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362667005972
SHATEKON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
35 MAXWELL RD, CLIFTON PARK, NY 12065 · (518) 881-0580 · Saratoga County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL560 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 62% 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.
- 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
13.2:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
182 students
DISTRICT 21% · 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 | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 101 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 98 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 98 | 18% |
| Ungraded | 15 | 3% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (98).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
64.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +14.0pp since 2023
Math
71.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 8 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.0% | 71.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 63.0% |
% 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
59.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 SHATEKON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SHATEKON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (59.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHATEKON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 560 | 32.5% | 59.9% |
| PADDY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 521 | 36.3% | 54.0% |
| KLEM ROAD SOUTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEBSTER | 517 | 31.3% | 57.3% |
| ARONGEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLIFTON PARK | 589 | 27.5% | 65.0% |
| PLANK ROAD NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEBSTER | 499 | 34.3% | 54.5% |
| RED MILL SCHOOL RENSSELAER | 473 | 27.5% | 69.3% |
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 SHATEKON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Saratoga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.9% | #750 of 2,335 | #18 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #688 of 2,342 ▲ 130 | #14 of 30 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #777 of 2,343 ▲ 106 | #17 of 30 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 560 | #603 of 2,585 | #5 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #1,680 of 2,338 | #19 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.1% | #1,103 of 2,388 | #5 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.5% | #1,914 of 2,534 | #13 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.5% | #595 of 606 | #9 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
560
+59 (+12%) vs 2020
-1% since 2010-11, when it was 565
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 560 | 42.4 | 13.2:1 | 33% (182) |
| 2023-24 | 550 | 42.5 | 12.9:1 | 30% (165) |
| 2022-23 | 532 | 40 | 13.3:1 | 29% (153) |
| 2020-21 | 501 | 40 | 12.5:1 | 27% (136) |
| 2017-18 | 557 | 36 | 15.5:1 | 21% (117) |
| 2015-16 | 544 | 34 | 16.0:1 | 22% (117) |
| 2010-11 | 565 | 37 | 15.3:1 | 20% (111) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SHATEKON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About SHATEKON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SHATEKON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school in CLIFTON PARK, New York. It enrolled 560 students in kindergarten through 5 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, elementary schools in New York average about 443 students each.
SHATEKON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one school in a 12-school district, SHENENDEHOWA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which enrolls 9,348 students.
A majority of students at SHATEKON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 66%, are White. Other reported shares: 10% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 9% multiracial, and 5% Black. Saratoga County's residents are about 88% White, 22 points above the school's share. SHATEKON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a diversity index of 53%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
SHATEKON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL counts 42.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 13.2 students for each one. Across elementary schools in New York, the average ratio is about 12.8:1. About 33% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch.
Measured against New York public elementary schools, SHATEKON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, SHATEKON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL would score about 63.0%. It scores 59.9%, 3.1 points below that figure.
According to the American Community Survey, in Saratoga County, median household income is about $100,787, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 45% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. SHATEKON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 50 public schools in Saratoga County, which together enroll about 30,097 students.
ARONGEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. SHATEKON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's average proficiency of 59.9% compares with 75.8% for its nearest scored neighbors.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, SHATEKON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL went from 501 students to 560.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Saratoga County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
238,284
Census ACS
Median income
$100,787
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
50
30,097 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SHENENDEHOWA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SHENENDEHOWA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,968 students
- KODA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 765 students
- GOWANA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 764 students
- ACADIA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 761 students
- ARONGEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 589 students
- ORENDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 548 students
Other schools in CLIFTON PARK
- SHENENDEHOWA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,968 students
- KODA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 765 students
- GOWANA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 764 students
- ACADIA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 761 students
- ARONGEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 589 students
- ORENDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 548 students
Nearby schools
- ARONGEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 589
- SHENENDEHOWA HIGH SCHOOL0.7 mi · 2,968
- GOWANA MIDDLE SCHOOL1.1 mi · 764
- KODA MIDDLE SCHOOL1.1 mi · 765
- TESAGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 361
- SKANO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 524
Frequently asked questions
About SHATEKON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is SHATEKON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SHATEKON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 560 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does SHATEKON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
SHATEKON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at SHATEKON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 13.2:1 students per teacher at SHATEKON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is SHATEKON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SHATEKON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 66% White, 10% Hispanic, 5% Black, 10% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is SHATEKON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
SHATEKON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by SHENENDEHOWA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.