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Enrollment
503
Elementary
DISTRICT 377 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH COLONIE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362721004494
VEEDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
25 VEEDER DR, ALBANY, NY 12205 · (518) 869-4661 · Albany County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL503 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 56% of New York public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
14.9:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
190 students
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 18 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 90 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 98 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 104 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 98 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (90) is 8% smaller than its 4th grade class (98).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
54.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +18.0pp since 2023
Math
75.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +14.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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 18 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.0% | 75.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 61.0% |
% 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
56.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 VEEDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
VEEDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (56.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEEDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 503 | 37.8% | 56.4% |
| FLOYD S WINSLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HENRIETTA | 505 | 37.0% | 59.8% |
| NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEST SENECA | 437 | 38.4% | 41.3% |
| PADDY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 521 | 36.3% | 54.0% |
| WESTMERE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ALBANY | 528 | 31.6% | 58.3% |
| SHATEKON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLIFTON PARK | 560 | 32.5% | 59.9% |
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 VEEDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Albany County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.4% | #913 of 2,335 | #23 of 46 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #539 of 2,342 ▲ 364 | #12 of 46 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #1,199 of 2,343 ▲ 296 | #30 of 46 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 503 | #809 of 2,585 | #7 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #2,026 of 2,338 | #39 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.3% | #737 of 2,388 | #25 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.8% | #1,752 of 2,534 | #26 of 47 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +19.2% | #145 of 606 | #2 of 14 |
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
503
+92 (+22%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 517
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 503 | 33.7 | 14.9:1 | 38% (190) |
| 2023-24 | 484 | 26.1 | 18.5:1 | 37% (177) |
| 2022-23 | 436 | 24.4 | 17.9:1 | 32% (141) |
| 2020-21 | 411 | 24 | 17.1:1 | 24% (100) |
| 2017-18 | 422 | 31 | 13.6:1 | 26% (108) |
| 2015-16 | 429 | 28 | 15.3:1 | 20% (86) |
| 2010-11 | 460 | 41 | 11.2:1 | 19% (89) |
| 2000-01 | 522 | 34 | 15.3:1 | 7% (37) |
| 1990-91 | 517 | 22 | 23.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for VEEDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About VEEDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
A mid-sized elementary school in ALBANY, New York, VEEDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of SOUTH COLONIE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. There are 503 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 4.
SOUTH COLONIE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT has 5,040 students in 8 schools, and VEEDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those schools.
White students are 61% of those enrolled at VEEDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The remaining shares are 13% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 9% Black, and 8% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Albany County's population at about 69%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 59%.
Its ratio of 14.9:1 is based on 33.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1, so this school has more students per teacher. In all, 38% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
VEEDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 56% of New York public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, VEEDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 4.7 points below its prediction. Actual: 56.4%. Predicted: 61.1%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Albany County show that the median household earns about $85,333 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 46%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Across Albany County, 75 public schools serve about 39,946 students.
The closest school to VEEDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is LISHA KILL MIDDLE SCHOOL, located about 0.5 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 56.4% is above the 53.5% average for nearby schools.
Locale data from NCES put VEEDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 503, up from 411 in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 17.1:1 to 14.9:1.
The VEEDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 SOUTH COLONIE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- COLONIE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,640 students
- SAND CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 873 students
- LISHA KILL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 640 students
- ROESSLEVILLE SCHOOLElementary · 368 students
- SHAKER ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 354 students
- SADDLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 351 students
Other schools in ALBANY
- ALBANY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,937 students
- COLONIE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,640 students
- SAND CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 873 students
- KIPP TECH VALLEY CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · 840 students
- KIPP ALBANY COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · 688 students
- LISHA KILL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 640 students
Nearby schools
- LISHA KILL MIDDLE SCHOOL0.5 mi · 640
- BIRCHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 376
- SADDLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 351
- WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.3 mi · 502
- ALBANY-SCHOHARIE-SCHENECTADY-SARATOGA BOCES2.4 mi · 294
- PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.8 mi · 591
Frequently asked questions
About VEEDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend VEEDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
VEEDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 503 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does VEEDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
VEEDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-04.
How many students per teacher at VEEDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 14.9:1 students per teacher at VEEDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is VEEDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
VEEDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 61% White, 10% Hispanic, 9% Black, 13% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees VEEDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
VEEDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by SOUTH COLONIE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Albany County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.