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Enrollment
524
Elementary
DISTRICT 511 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHENENDEHOWA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362667003641
SKANO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
970 RT 146, CLIFTON PARK, NY 12065 · (518) 881-0560 · Saratoga County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL524 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% of New York public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
14.1:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
98 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 | 58 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 104 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 102 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 43% smaller than its 5th grade class (102).
Student demographics
54%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
76.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
88.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 88 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.0% | 88.0% |
| 2023-24 | 68.0% | 82.0% |
% 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
75.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 SKANO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SKANO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (75.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SKANO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 524 | 18.7% | 75.7% |
| WILLIAM SIDNEY MOUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STONY BROOK | 525 | 20.4% | 61.0% |
| PS 59 BEEKMAN HILL INTERNATIONAL NEW YORK | 531 | 13.0% | 81.2% |
| HARBOR HILL SCHOOL GREENVALE | 582 | 12.7% | 76.0% |
| COUNTRY PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WILLIAMSVILLE | 566 | 14.8% | 80.2% |
| CITIZEN EDMOND GENET SCHOOL EAST GREENBUSH | 493 | 21.3% | 69.8% |
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 SKANO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Saratoga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.7% | #247 of 2,335 | #3 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 88.0% | #185 of 2,342 ▲ 76 | #2 of 30 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #359 of 2,343 ▼ 49 | #5 of 30 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 524 | #719 of 2,585 | #7 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #1,896 of 2,338 | #26 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.2% | #1,043 of 2,388 | #4 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.7% | #2,265 of 2,534 | #26 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.6% | #1,503 of 1,757 | #18 of 21 |
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
524
-43 (-8%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 549
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 524 | 37.1 | 14.1:1 | 19% (98) |
| 2023-24 | 548 | 36.8 | 14.9:1 | 14% (79) |
| 2022-23 | 543 | 37.3 | 14.6:1 | 14% (78) |
| 2020-21 | 567 | 40 | 14.2:1 | 15% (86) |
| 2017-18 | 549 | 31 | 17.7:1 | 11% (63) |
| 2015-16 | 509 | 29 | 17.6:1 | 12% (59) |
| 2010-11 | 519 | 35 | 14.8:1 | 7% (35) |
| 2000-01 | 590 | 36 | 16.4:1 | 9% (55) |
| 1990-91 | 549 | 35 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SKANO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About SKANO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SKANO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school serving families in CLIFTON PARK, New York. It serves 524 students in kindergarten through 5.
SHENENDEHOWA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which runs SKANO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, has 12 schools and 9,348 students.
Roughly 63% of students at SKANO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are White. Other groups include 23% Asian, 7% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. By comparison, Saratoga County residents are about 88% White. SKANO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's diversity index is 54%, against a US figure of 70%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 14.1:1, with 37.1 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That is 1.3 students per teacher above the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 19%. Among public schools in Saratoga County, the average eligibility rate is 30%.
Measured against New York public elementary schools, SKANO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for SKANO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 68.1%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 75.7%.
County data help place the school in context: in Saratoga County, the median household income is $100,787, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 45%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. In all, Saratoga County has 50 public schools and roughly 30,097 students.
The nearest other public school, TESAGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. On state test proficiency, SKANO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 6th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 524 students in 2024-25, 43 fewer than the 567 it had in 2020-21.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
- SHATEKON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 560 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
- SHATEKON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 560 students
Nearby schools
- TESAGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.0 mi · 361
- KODA MIDDLE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 765
- ORENDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 548
- ACADIA MIDDLE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 761
- GOWANA MIDDLE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 764
- KARIGON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 479
Frequently asked questions
About SKANO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is SKANO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SKANO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 524 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does SKANO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
SKANO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at SKANO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 14.1:1 students per teacher at SKANO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at SKANO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At SKANO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 63% White, 7% Hispanic, 2% Black, 23% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is SKANO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
SKANO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of SHENENDEHOWA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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