Enrollment
238
Elementary
DISTRICT 206 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW LEBANON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362043001887
WALTER B HOWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1478 RTE 20, NEW LEBANON, NY 12125 · (518) 794-7600 · Columbia County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL238 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% 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.
- C+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
9.9:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
110 students
DISTRICT 45% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 17 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 30 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 29 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 34 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 35 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 31 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 33 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 29 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (30) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (29).
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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
WALTER B HOWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→NEW LEBANON JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within NEW LEBANON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
53.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +9.0pp since 2023
Math
54.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.0% | 54.0% |
| 2023-24 | 44.0% | 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
49.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 WALTER B HOWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WALTER B HOWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (49.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WALTER B HOWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 238 | 46.2% | 49.9% |
| NEW HAVEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEW HAVEN | 239 | 47.3% | 30.9% |
| THOMAS E GLASGOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PLATTSBURGH | 248 | 46.8% | N/A |
| FLANDERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MALONE | 213 | 46.0% | 23.0% |
| HONEOYE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HONEOYE | 254 | 43.7% | 51.2% |
| LINCOLN STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAVERLY | 212 | 46.7% | N/A |
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 WALTER B HOWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Columbia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.9% | #1,170 of 2,335 | #2 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #1,294 of 2,342 ▼ 386 | #2 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #1,228 of 2,343 ▼ 100 | #3 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 238 | #2,266 of 2,585 | #6 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.9:1 | #410 of 2,338 | #1 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.6% | #2,173 of 2,388 | #6 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.2% | #1,512 of 2,534 | #3 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.7% | #298 of 606 | N/A |
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
238
+15 (+7%) vs 2020
-44% since 1990-91, when it was 426
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
was 9.3:1
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 | 238 | 24 | 9.9:1 | 46% (110) |
| 2023-24 | 220 | 24 | 9.2:1 | 42% (92) |
| 2022-23 | 230 | 24 | 9.6:1 | 47% (108) |
| 2020-21 | 223 | 24 | 9.3:1 | 49% (110) |
| 2017-18 | 219 | 19.1 | 11.5:1 | 48% (106) |
| 2015-16 | 203 | 21 | 9.7:1 | 41% (83) |
| 2010-11 | 240 | 23 | 10.4:1 | 39% (93) |
| 2000-01 | 335 | 29 | 11.6:1 | 21% (72) |
| 1990-91 | 426 | 24 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WALTER B HOWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About WALTER B HOWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WALTER B HOWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a low-enrollment elementary school in NEW LEBANON, New York, one of the schools in NEW LEBANON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Students in pre-K through 6 attend the school, which enrolls 238 students. The average among elementary schools in New York is roughly 443 students; this school is 46% smaller than that.
NEW LEBANON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 411 students, and its 2 schools include WALTER B HOWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
WALTER B HOWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment is 91% White. After that, the student body is 5% multiracial. The school's diversity index is 17%, meaning two students picked at random have a 17% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The ratio of students to teachers is 9.9:1, with 24 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Lunch subsidy eligibility at WALTER B HOWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 46%. For comparison, public schools in Columbia County average 48%.
Measured against New York public elementary schools, WALTER B HOWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, WALTER B HOWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the middle 80% of New York schools: 49.9% actual against 58.0% predicted.
Census Bureau estimates for Columbia County show that the median household income is $81,528, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. There are 17 public schools in Columbia County, enrolling about 6,006 students in all.
The school nearest to WALTER B HOWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is NEW LEBANON JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, at a distance of about 4.4 miles. A ten-mile radius around the school includes 5 other public schools.
WALTER B HOWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is coded as Rural: Distant in federal locale data.
The school enrolled 238 students in 2024-25, 15 more than the 223 it had in 2020-21.
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Columbia County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
61,100
Census ACS
Median income
$81,528
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
17
6,006 students
Quick facts
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Other schools in NEW LEBANON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- NEW LEBANON JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 173 students
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- NEW LEBANON JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 173 students
Nearby schools
- NEW LEBANON JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL4.4 mi · 173
- DONALD P SUTHERLAND SCHOOL7.8 mi · 250
- Richmond Consolidated8.9 mi · 157
- Stearns9.1 mi · 224
- Taconic High10.0 mi · 824
- Crosby Educational Academy10.2 mi · 24
Frequently asked questions
About WALTER B HOWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at WALTER B HOWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WALTER B HOWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 238 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does WALTER B HOWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
WALTER B HOWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at WALTER B HOWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 9.9:1 students per teacher at WALTER B HOWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is WALTER B HOWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WALTER B HOWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 91% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees WALTER B HOWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WALTER B HOWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by NEW LEBANON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Columbia County.
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