Enrollment
124
Elementary
DISTRICT 271 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COHOES CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360798000572
VAN SCHAICK ISLAND SCHOOL
150 CONTINENTAL AVE, COHOES, NY 12047 · (518) 237-2828 · Albany County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL124 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 55% of New York public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
8.0:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
97 students
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 28 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 20 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 16 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 20 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 22 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 18 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (28) is 56% larger than its 5th grade class (18).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within COHOES CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
59.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +20.0pp since 2023
Math
61.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +11.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 20 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.0% | 61.0% |
| 2023-24 | 39.0% | 50.0% |
% 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
49.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 VAN SCHAICK ISLAND SCHOOL
VAN SCHAICK ISLAND SCHOOL's state test result (49.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| VAN SCHAICK ISLAND SCHOOL this school | 124 | 78.2% | 49.2% |
| STARBUCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WATERTOWN | 153 | 71.9% | 29.6% |
| ENFIELD SCHOOL ITHACA | 165 | 66.7% | 33.4% |
| PHILADELPHIA PRIMARY SCHOOL PHILADELPHIA | 122 | 61.5% | 51.3% |
| OAK STREET SCHOOL PLATTSBURGH | 218 | 72.0% | 33.8% |
| RIPLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL RIPLEY | 147 | 60.5% | 46.3% |
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 VAN SCHAICK ISLAND SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Albany County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.2% | #1,194 of 2,335 | #30 of 46 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #1,037 of 2,342 ▲ 252 | #28 of 46 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #984 of 2,343 ▲ 342 | #25 of 46 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 124 | #2,526 of 2,585 | #47 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.2% | #823 of 2,534 | #11 of 47 |
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
124
-11 (-8%) vs 2020
-44% since 1990-91, when it was 221
Student : Teacher
8.0:1
was 7.9:1
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 | 124 | 15.5 | 8.0:1 | 78% (97) |
| 2023-24 | 137 | 10.5 | 13.0:1 | 75% (103) |
| 2022-23 | 137 | 13.7 | 10.0:1 | 70% (96) |
| 2020-21 | 135 | 17 | 7.9:1 | 71% (96) |
| 2017-18 | 154 | 15 | 10.3:1 | 57% (88) |
| 2015-16 | 137 | 12 | 11.4:1 | 60% (82) |
| 2010-11 | 147 | 14 | 10.5:1 | 57% (84) |
| 2000-01 | 162 | 14 | 11.6:1 | 64% (103) |
| 1990-91 | 221 | 12 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for VAN SCHAICK ISLAND SCHOOL.
About VAN SCHAICK ISLAND SCHOOL
At 150 CONTINENTAL AVE in COHOES, New York, VAN SCHAICK ISLAND SCHOOL operates as a small elementary school. Enrolled students number 124 students, in pre-K through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in New York average about 443 students each.
Federal data list 5 schools in COHOES CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 1,847 students enrolled.
White students make up a majority at VAN SCHAICK ISLAND SCHOOL, at 62%. The remaining shares are 15% multiracial, 13% Black, and 9% Hispanic. VAN SCHAICK ISLAND SCHOOL's diversity index is 57%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at VAN SCHAICK ISLAND SCHOOL total 15.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 8.0:1. That is 4.8 students per teacher below the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 78%. The 45% average for public schools in Albany County is 33 points lower.
allk12 grades VAN SCHAICK ISLAND SCHOOL a B. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
In New York, VAN SCHAICK ISLAND SCHOOL is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 49.2% actual against a predicted 46.2%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Albany County show that the median household income is $85,333, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. VAN SCHAICK ISLAND SCHOOL is one of 75 public schools in the county.
Of nearby public schools, LANSINGBURGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is the closest, at about 0.7 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of VAN SCHAICK ISLAND SCHOOL. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, VAN SCHAICK ISLAND SCHOOL ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
VAN SCHAICK ISLAND SCHOOL is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Enrollment is down 8% from 2020-21, when VAN SCHAICK ISLAND SCHOOL had 135 students, to 2024-25, when it had 124.
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Albany County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
317,018
Census ACS
Median income
$85,333
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
75
39,946 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in COHOES CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- COHOES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 607 students
- COHOES MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 427 students
- HARMONY HILL SCHOOLElementary · 384 students
- ABRAM LANSING SCHOOLElementary · 305 students
Other schools in COHOES
- COHOES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 607 students
- BOGHT HILLS SCHOOLElementary · 576 students
- COHOES MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 427 students
- HARMONY HILL SCHOOLElementary · 384 students
- ABRAM LANSING SCHOOLElementary · 305 students
Nearby schools
- LANSINGBURGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.7 mi · 625
- KNICKERBACKER MIDDLE SCHOOL0.7 mi · 474
- RENSSELAER PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 419
- ABRAM LANSING SCHOOL1.1 mi · 305
- COHOES MIDDLE SCHOOL1.2 mi · 427
- HEATLY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 223
Frequently asked questions
About VAN SCHAICK ISLAND SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at VAN SCHAICK ISLAND SCHOOL?
VAN SCHAICK ISLAND SCHOOL enrolls approximately 124 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does VAN SCHAICK ISLAND SCHOOL serve?
VAN SCHAICK ISLAND SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at VAN SCHAICK ISLAND SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at VAN SCHAICK ISLAND SCHOOL is approximately 8.0:1 (15 FTE teachers).
How diverse is VAN SCHAICK ISLAND SCHOOL?
VAN SCHAICK ISLAND SCHOOL reports a student body of 62% White, 9% Hispanic, 13% Black, 2% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Who oversees VAN SCHAICK ISLAND SCHOOL?
VAN SCHAICK ISLAND SCHOOL is overseen by COHOES CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT in Albany County.
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