YATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in SCHENECTADY, New York, YATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a low-enrollment K-5 school, run under SCHENECTADY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. It hosts 327 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 26% leaner than the state mean of about 443.

YATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 15 schools operated by SCHENECTADY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that caters to 8,948 students overall.

Demographically, YATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (32%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 25% Black, 18% White, 14% Asian, 10% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 8% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, YATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting YATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 83% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Schenectady County (around 50%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, YATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.4%; this one delivers 33.3%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Schenectady County put median household income runs about $79,623, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Schenectady County runs 40 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,555 students), of which YATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: ONEIDA MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around YATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, YATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 50.4%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 18%: 399 students in 2018 compared to 327 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment rose from 7% to 14% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 in 2025.

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