Enrollment
327
Elementary
DISTRICT 385 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCHENECTADY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362601003593
YATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
725 SALINA ST, SCHENECTADY, NY 12308 · (518) 382-2686 · Schenectady County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL327 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 22% of New York public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
11.8:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
272 students
DISTRICT 80% · 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 | 31 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 15% |
| Ungraded | 11 | 3% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 8% larger than its 5th grade class (49).
Student demographics
77%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 79% · 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
38.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +12.0pp since 2023
Math
40.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.0% | 40.0% |
| 2023-24 | 26.0% | 37.0% |
% 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
33.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 YATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
YATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (33.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| YATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 327 | 83.2% | 33.3% |
| DELAWARE COMMUNITY SCHOOL ALBANY | 276 | 81.5% | 21.7% |
| THOMAS JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL UTICA | 390 | 79.5% | 34.3% |
| HOWE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCHENECTADY | 390 | 79.0% | 28.7% |
| HAMILTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCHENECTADY | 440 | 85.0% | 13.5% |
| JOHN F HUGHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL UTICA | 347 | 80.1% | 30.7% |
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 YATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Schenectady County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #1,908 of 2,335 | #15 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #1,865 of 2,342 ▼ 57 | #15 of 24 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #1,899 of 2,343 ▲ 79 | #16 of 24 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 327 | #1,827 of 2,585 | #17 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #1,208 of 2,338 | #16 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 77.2% | #13 of 2,388 | #10 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.2% | #673 of 2,534 | #6 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.0% | #713 of 1,757 | #6 of 17 |
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
327
+9 (+3%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 358
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 10.3:1
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 | 327 | 27.6 | 11.8:1 | 83% (272) |
| 2023-24 | 318 | 26.8 | 11.9:1 | 69% (221) |
| 2022-23 | 310 | 30.7 | 10.1:1 | 74% (230) |
| 2020-21 | 318 | 31 | 10.3:1 | 77% (246) |
| 2017-18 | 399 | 30 | 13.3:1 | 86% (345) |
| 2015-16 | 349 | 27 | 12.9:1 | 76% (265) |
| 2010-11 | 390 | 29 | 13.4:1 | 84% (327) |
| 2000-01 | 382 | 28 | 13.6:1 | 60% (228) |
| 1990-91 | 358 | 27 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for YATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About YATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
YATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a low-enrollment elementary school serving families in SCHENECTADY, New York. The latest federal count shows 327 students in pre-K through 5. Against the 443-student average for elementary schools in New York, enrollment here is 26% lower.
SCHENECTADY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 8,948 students, and its 15 schools include YATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Federal enrollment data show Hispanic students as the largest group at YATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, at 32%. Other groups include 25% Black, 18% White, 14% Asian, and 10% multiracial. By comparison, Schenectady County residents are about 8% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 77% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal data list 27.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at YATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in 2024-25, for a ratio of 11.8:1. That is 1.0 students per teacher below the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 83%. The rate at public schools in Schenectady County averages 50%, lower than here.
The allk12 Grade for YATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is C-. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 22% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
YATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 11.2 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (33.3% versus 44.4%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New York.
Census Bureau estimates for Schenectady County show that the median household income is $79,623, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. There are 40 public schools in Schenectady County, enrolling about 21,555 students in all.
Nearby, ONEIDA MIDDLE SCHOOL is about 0.8 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 50.4% on proficiency, and YATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is below that at 33.3%.
The federal government classifies YATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's location as City: Small.
Enrollment is up 3% from 2020-21, when YATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL had 318 students, to 2024-25, when it had 327. The ratio was 10.3:1 in 2020-21 and 11.8:1 in 2024-25.
Discussions about YATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL may include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Schenectady County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
160,369
Census ACS
Median income
$79,623
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
40
21,555 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SCHENECTADY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SCHENECTADY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,885 students
- ONEIDA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 657 students
- CENTRAL PARK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 600 students
- MONT PLEASANT MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 569 students
- WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 502 students
- PAIGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 468 students
Other schools in SCHENECTADY
- SCHENECTADY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,885 students
- NISKAYUNA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,379 students
- MOHONASEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 924 students
- JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 671 students
- ONEIDA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 657 students
- DRAPER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 655 students
Other Yates Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Yates Elementary. YATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- YATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBRANDON, FL · 548 students
- Yates Elementary SchoolLexington, KY · 438 students
- Yates Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 268 students
Nearby schools
- ONEIDA MIDDLE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 657
- JESSIE T ZOLLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 439
- SCHENECTADY HIGH SCHOOL1.1 mi · 2,885
- CRAIG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 377
- DESTINE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL1.5 mi · 213
- NISKAYUNA HIGH SCHOOL1.7 mi · 1,379
Frequently asked questions
About YATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at YATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
YATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 327 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does YATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
YATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at YATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at YATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 11.8:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at YATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At YATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 18% White, 32% Hispanic, 25% Black, 14% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is YATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
YATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by SCHENECTADY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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