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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at WATERVLIET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this year?
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Enrollment
670
Elementary
DISTRICT 728 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WATERVLIET CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 363021004060
WATERVLIET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2557 10TH AVE, WATERVLIET, NY 12189 · (518) 629-3400 · Albany County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL670 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 11% of New York public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
14.6:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
483 students
DISTRICT 71% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 113 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 103 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 122 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 111 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 98 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 119 | 18% |
| Ungraded | 4 | 1% |
This year's kindergarten class (113) is 5% smaller than its 5th grade class (119).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
WATERVLIET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→WATERVLIET JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within WATERVLIET 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
33.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
33.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.0% | 33.0% |
| 2023-24 | 26.0% | 31.0% |
% 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
29.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 WATERVLIET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WATERVLIET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (29.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WATERVLIET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 670 | 72.1% | 29.9% |
| JOHNSON CITY ELEMENTARY/PRIMARY SCHOOL JOHNSON CITY | 560 | 69.3% | N/A |
| MONTGOMERY C SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HUDSON | 689 | 63.4% | 27.6% |
| JOHNSON CITY ELEMENTARY/INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL JOHNSON CITY | 509 | 71.5% | 31.8% |
| LONGRIDGE SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 754 | 63.5% | 32.3% |
| EAST MAIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PORT JERVIS | 702 | 67.8% | 42.0% |
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 WATERVLIET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Albany County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.9% | #2,013 of 2,335 | #41 of 46 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #2,040 of 2,342 ▼ 49 | #40 of 46 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #2,057 of 2,343 ▼ 72 | #41 of 46 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 670 | #316 of 2,585 | #3 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #1,970 of 2,338 | #38 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.2% | #100 of 2,388 | #7 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.1% | #943 of 2,534 | #12 of 47 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.5% | #1,689 of 1,757 | #29 of 31 |
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
670
-85 (-11%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 752
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 670 | 46 | 14.6:1 | 72% (483) |
| 2023-24 | 662 | 46 | 14.4:1 | 75% (494) |
| 2022-23 | 661 | 47 | 14.1:1 | 72% (476) |
| 2020-21 | 755 | 48 | 15.7:1 | 61% (458) |
| 2017-18 | 680 | 55.6 | 12.2:1 | 64% (438) |
| 2015-16 | 680 | 49 | 13.9:1 | 74% (500) |
| 2010-11 | 751 | 61 | 12.3:1 | 66% (498) |
| 2000-01 | 818 | 51 | 16.0:1 | 61% (499) |
| 1990-91 | 752 | 45 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WATERVLIET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About WATERVLIET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WATERVLIET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a high-enrollment elementary school that serves part of WATERVLIET, New York. The school serves 670 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. For comparison, elementary schools in New York average about 443 students.
WATERVLIET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one school in WATERVLIET CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, a system of 2 schools with 1,455 students.
White students form the largest group at WATERVLIET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 41% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 23% Hispanic, 15% Black, 11% multiracial, and 10% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Albany County's population at about 69%. WATERVLIET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a diversity index of 73%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reported 46 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 14.6:1. The 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is lower than this school's figure. Eligible students account for 72% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. The average for public schools in Albany County is 45%.
The allk12 Grade for WATERVLIET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is D. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 11% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
A school with WATERVLIET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's lunch-eligibility share in New York is predicted to score 48.5%. WATERVLIET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 29.9%, 18.6 points below that line.
According to the American Community Survey, in Albany County, median household income is about $85,333, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 75 public schools operate in Albany County, serving about 39,946 students.
Nearby, WATERVLIET JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is about 0.5 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, WATERVLIET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 8th of 9 on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes WATERVLIET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, WATERVLIET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL went from 755 students to 670. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 15.7:1 to 14.6:1.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 WATERVLIET CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WATERVLIET JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 785 students
Other schools in WATERVLIET
- WATERVLIET JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 785 students
Nearby schools
- WATERVLIET JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 785
- HEATLY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 223
- PS 21.7 mi · 249
- SHAKER HIGH SCHOOL1.9 mi · 2,138
- KIPP TROY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL1.9 mi · 762
- LATHAM RIDGE SCHOOL1.9 mi · 433
Frequently asked questions
About WATERVLIET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is WATERVLIET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WATERVLIET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 670 students in grades PK-05.
Is WATERVLIET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
WATERVLIET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at WATERVLIET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at WATERVLIET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 14.6:1 (46 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at WATERVLIET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At WATERVLIET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 41% White, 23% Hispanic, 15% Black, 10% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is WATERVLIET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
WATERVLIET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by WATERVLIET CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.