TESAGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

TESAGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary campus of small scale in CLIFTON PARK, New York, overseen by SHENENDEHOWA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, caters to 361 students in grades K through 5.

Across the 12 schools in SHENENDEHOWA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (9,348 students total), TESAGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, TESAGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that White students make up the majority at 60%; the rest consists of 26% Asian, 7% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black. By comparison, Saratoga County as a whole is about 88% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, TESAGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.8:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 15% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Saratoga County (around 30%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), TESAGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 69.6%; this one delivers 80.6%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Saratoga County) shows that median household earnings sit near $100,787, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Saratoga County runs 50 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,097 students), of which TESAGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: SKANO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, TESAGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 74.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Trend over the last 7 years. TESAGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has declined 6% since 2018, when it stood at 385 (now 361).

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