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Niskayuna High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
1626 Balltown Rd
Schenectady, NY 12309
Phone
(518) 382-2511
District
NISKAYUNA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
SCHENECTADY COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1375
Classroom Teachers
101

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New York

10

(10 is best)

Better than 92.8% of all NY schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Niskayuna High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

100 80 60 40 20 0
94%
65%
93%
78%
94%
53%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
14
12
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 338 24.6%
Grade 10 355 25.8%
Grade 11 332 24.1%
Grade 12 336 24.4%
Total 1375 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 67.2% 67.6% 42.2%
Black 5.6% 6.1% 16.4%
Hispanic 8.3% 7.6% 30.1%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 18.6% 18.4% 10.3%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.2% 0.3% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 24.5% 22.6% 53.7%
Free lunch eligible 23.2% 21.1% 51.2%
Reduced lunch eligible 1.3% 1.5% 2.6%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 24,542 19,677,151
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,260.4 416
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.1% 5.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 22.3% 17.7%
20-44 YEARS OLD 25.0% 33.7%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.0% 26.0%
65 OR OLDER 19.6% 17.0%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 9,116 7,604,523
Single Parent Households With Children 3.0% 7.8%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 97.6% 87.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 65.8% 38.8%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 43.1% 24.9%
$100,000 - $149,999 23.2% 16.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 11.7% 11.5%
$50,000 - $74,999 9.5% 14.1%
$30,000 - $49,999 7.9% 12.4%
$15,000 - $29,999 2.1% 10.4%
$15,000 or less 2.5% 9.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,689 $46,574,000 57.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $936 $4,080,000 5.0%
Staff $1,196 $5,209,000 6.4%
General Administration $415 $1,806,000 2.2%
School Administration $673 $2,934,000 3.6%
Operation $1,199 $5,223,000 6.4%
Transportation $1,153 $5,025,000 6.2%
Other $338 $1,473,000 1.8%
Total Support $5,910 $25,750,000 31.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,021 $8,807,000 10.9%
Total Expenditures $18,621 $81,131,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $18,290 $46,325,753,000 57.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $766 $1,940,420,000 2.4%
Staff $1,213 $3,072,691,000 3.8%
General Administration $408 $1,032,797,000 1.3%
School Administration $1,144 $2,897,632,000 3.6%
Operation $2,258 $5,718,874,000 7.1%
Transportation $1,460 $3,697,044,000 4.6%
Other $779 $1,972,819,000 2.4%
Total Support $8,027 $20,332,277,000 25.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $5,552 $14,062,158,000 17.4%
Total Expenditures $31,869 $80,720,188,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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