VAN CORLAER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

VAN CORLAER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, an intimate elementary-level community in SCHENECTADY, New York, operated by SCHENECTADY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, serves 311 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 30% leaner than typical.

Within SCHENECTADY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 15 schools and 8,948 students, VAN CORLAER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, VAN CORLAER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (26%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 24% Asian, 20% Black, 17% White, 11% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 8%.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.2:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 84% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Schenectady County's rate of about 50%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), VAN CORLAER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.1%; this one delivers 26.8%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Schenectady County indicate the typical household earns roughly $79,623 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Schenectady County's 40 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,555 students), VAN CORLAER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: HAMILTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around VAN CORLAER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), VAN CORLAER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 35.9%.

VAN CORLAER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a city-core location.

Looking at the recent track record. VAN CORLAER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has shrank 20% since 2018, when it stood at 389 (now 311). The White share of enrollment fell from 36% to 17% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 9.2:1 today.

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