WOOD ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

WOOD ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary-level community of mid-tier scale in BALLSTON SPA, New York, operated by BALLSTON SPA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, hosting 477 students in grades K through 5.

WOOD ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 6 schools operated by BALLSTON SPA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that works with 3,826 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, WOOD ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that nearly all students (83%) are White. The remainder is composed of 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 2% Asian.

Looking at school resources, WOOD ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting WOOD ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 46% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Saratoga County (around 30%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, WOOD ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 58.2%; this one delivers 47.9%.

Zooming out to the county, Saratoga County reports that the typical household earns roughly $100,787 per year, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Saratoga County runs 50 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,097 students), of which WOOD ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: MILTON TERRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. On composite proficiency, WOOD ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 67.4%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WOOD ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has shrank 11%, going from 537 students in 2018 to 477 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 95% to 83% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 today.

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