SHATEKON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a reasonably sized K-5 school in CLIFTON PARK, New York, SHATEKON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL works with 560 students from grades K through 5, overseen by SHENENDEHOWA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so SHATEKON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 26% bigger than that benchmark.

SHENENDEHOWA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 9,348 students. SHATEKON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, SHATEKON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that White students make up the majority at 66%. Beyond that, the school records 10% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 9% multiracial, 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 88% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 33% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SHATEKON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 63.0%; this one delivers 59.9%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Saratoga County put median household income runs about $100,787, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. SHATEKON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 50 public schools in Saratoga County (combined enrollment of about 30,097 students).

The closest other public school is ARONGEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SHATEKON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 75.8%.

SHATEKON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a residential location.

Over the past 7-year window. SHATEKON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 557 (now 560). The White share of enrollment fell from 72% to 66% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.

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