TURNPIKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

TURNPIKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a medium-sized primary school in TROY, New York, run under LANSINGBURGH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, enrolls 542 students, covering grades pre-K through 2. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so TURNPIKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 22% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 4 schools in LANSINGBURGH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (2,060 students total), TURNPIKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, TURNPIKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is White at 52%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 21% Black, 15% Hispanic, 10% multiracial. By comparison, Rensselaer County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, TURNPIKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 54% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Rensselaer County's rate of about 46%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Rensselaer County put median household earnings sit near $87,915, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Rensselaer County's 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,274 students), TURNPIKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: RENSSELAER PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 1.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around TURNPIKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Over the past 7-year window. TURNPIKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has edged down 11% since 2018, when it stood at 606 (now 542). Over the same period, the Black share grew from 16% to 21%. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 10.0:1 in 2025.

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