WATERFORD-HALFMOON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

WATERFORD-HALFMOON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a reasonably sized primary school in WATERFORD, New York, one of the schools within WATERFORD-HALFMOON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school caters to 388 students in grades pre-K through 6.

WATERFORD-HALFMOON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 718 students; WATERFORD-HALFMOON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

On the student-mix side, WATERFORD-HALFMOON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (83%); the rest consists of 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Black.

Looking at school resources, On paper, WATERFORD-HALFMOON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.2:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 52% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Saratoga County's rate of about 30%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, WATERFORD-HALFMOON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.9%; this one delivers 43.3%.

In the area at large, census data for Saratoga County shows median household earnings sit near $100,787, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Saratoga County's 50 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,097 students), WATERFORD-HALFMOON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

WATERFORD-HALFMOON JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WATERFORD-HALFMOON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WATERFORD-HALFMOON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 45.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Five-year trend. WATERFORD-HALFMOON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has contracted 7% since 2018, when it stood at 419 (now 388). White enrollment moved from 95% to 83% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 11.6:1 in 2018 to 10.2:1 in 2025.

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