SOUTHGATE SCHOOL

Located at 30 SOUTHGATE RD, in LOUDONVILLE, New York, SOUTHGATE SCHOOL is a small elementary campus that instructs 369 students (grades K through 5), run under NORTH COLONIE CSD.

Across the 8 schools in NORTH COLONIE CSD (6,145 students total), SOUTHGATE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, SOUTHGATE SCHOOL records that 57% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school lists 20% Asian, 8% Black, 8% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Albany County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, SOUTHGATE SCHOOL lists 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting SOUTHGATE SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 25% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Albany County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, SOUTHGATE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 65.6%, the actual is 70.8%, a residual of +5.2 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Albany County indicate median household income runs about $85,333, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Albany County runs 75 public schools (combined enrollment of about 39,946 students), of which SOUTHGATE SCHOOL is one.

SHAKER ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SOUTHGATE SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SOUTHGATE SCHOOL at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 63.6%.

SOUTHGATE SCHOOL operates from an outer-ring location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 10%: 410 students in 2018 compared to 369 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 65% to 57% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 today.

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