Is Watervliet Elementary School a good school?

Watervliet Elementary School ranks in the bottom 15.6% of New York elementary schools.

How many students attend Watervliet Elementary School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 662 students attended Watervliet Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Watervliet Elementary School?

Students at Watervliet Elementary School are 42% White, 23% Hispanic, 15% African American, 10% Asian, 10% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Watervliet Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Watervliet Elementary School usually go on to attend: High : Watervliet Junior-Senior High School

Watervliet Elementary School

Summary:

Watervliet Elementary School is a public elementary school serving grades PK-5 in the Watervliet City School District, with 661 students located in Watervliet, NY. The school consistently performs below the state average on New York State Assessments across all grade levels and subjects, with proficiency rates ranging from 21.59% to 39.66% compared to state averages of 42.6% to 58.03%.

Watervliet Elementary School also struggles across most student subgroups, ranking in the bottom quartile of New York elementary schools and maintaining a 1 or 2 star rating out of 5 from SchoolDigger over the past 10 years. The school has a very high percentage of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 60.66% to 72.01% over the past 3 years, significantly higher than the state average. Despite increased per-student spending and a relatively low student-teacher ratio, the school has not been able to improve its academic outcomes.

In comparison, nearby schools such as Harmony Hill School, PS 16, and Latham Ridge School generally have higher academic proficiency rates, better student group performance, and higher school rankings than Watervliet Elementary School. Addressing the needs of its diverse student population, particularly its high percentage of economically disadvantaged students, will be critical for Watervliet Elementary School to improve its performance.

Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

2557 10th Ave
Watervliet, NY 12189-1798

(518) 629-3400

District: Watervliet City School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
2063^rd of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $8,242

Students who attend Watervliet Elementary School usually attend:

High:

Watervliet Junior-Senior High School

Student/teacher ratio: 14.3

Number of students: 662

Racial breakdown:

White:

42.1%

Hispanic:

23.1%

African American:

14.5%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 74.6%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Watervliet Elementary School ranks worse than 84.4% of elementary schools in New York. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 19.92. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Student population at Watervliet Elementary School is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (42.1%), Hispanic (23.1%), African American (14.5%). (See more...)

Compare Details 74.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Watervliet Elementary School is 14.3. (See more...)

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Watervliet Elementary School is $8,242.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Watervliet Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Watervliet Elementary School 2063^rd of 2445 New York public elementary schools. (See Watervliet Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Watervliet City School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Watervliet City School District 811^th of 865 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Watervliet Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Watervliet Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2006	36.35	1625^th	2206	26.3%
2007	41.11	1533^rd	2219	30.9%
2008	43.37	1507^th	2227	32.3%
2009	48.19	1445^th	2257	36.0%
2010	48.61	1325^th	2263	41.4%
2011	42.18	1476^th	2286	35.4%
2012	36.62	1623^rd	2320	30.0%
2013	40.61	1389^th	2325	40.3%
2014	38.13	1507^th	2345	35.7%
2015	35.11	1570^th	2352	33.2%
2016	35.67	1573^rd	2366	33.5%
2017	38.20	1483^rd	2386	37.8%
2018	32.54	1677^th	2395	30.0%
2019	34.44	1593^rd	2413	34.0%
2021	29.34	1629^th	2201	26.0%
2022	24.37	1924^th	2434	21.0%
2023	18.52	2085^th	2439	14.5%
2024	19.92	2063^rd	2445	15.6%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Watervliet Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	41.25	120^th	202	40.6%
2019	27.05	125^th	180	30.6%
2021	28.68	102^nd	143	28.7%
2022	25.29	219^th	289	24.2%
2023	23.51	165^th	223	26.0%
2024	23.08	206^th	279	26.2%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Watervliet Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	61.80	225^th	938	76.0%
2019	65.74	143^rd	860	83.4%
2021	49.61	193^rd	454	57.5%
2022	41.73	527^th	1027	48.7%
2023	48.35	408^th	1001	59.2%
2024	44.90	484^th	1066	54.6%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Watervliet Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	36.30	1234^th	1941	36.4%
2019	31.59	1281^st	1859	31.1%
2021	34.68	697^th	1044	33.2%
2022	27.57	1651^st	2031	18.7%
2023	27.26	1568^th	2016	22.2%
2024	25.26	1749^th	2110	17.1%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Watervliet Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	33.93	1455^th	2045	28.9%
2019	36.92	1283^rd	2032	36.9%
2021	36.42	1116^th	1678	33.5%
2022	25.20	1713^th	2099	18.4%
2023	19.07	1810^th	2041	11.3%
2024	20.74	1808^th	2078	13.0%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Watervliet Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	63.39	193^rd	730	73.6%

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Rank History for Female students at Watervliet Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	32.85	1668^th	2338	28.7%
2019	32.23	1651^st	2357	30.0%
2021	30.01	1456^th	1955	25.5%
2022	27.57	1832^nd	2401	23.7%
2023	21.21	2006^th	2403	16.5%
2024	21.31	2021^st	2413	16.2%

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Rank History for Male students at Watervliet Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	34.70	1603^rd	2340	31.5%
2019	38.27	1450^th	2358	38.5%
2021	27.26	1511^th	1961	22.9%
2022	23.56	1948^th	2400	18.8%
2023	18.23	2085^th	2400	13.1%
2024	20.83	2041^st	2411	15.3%

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Rank History for Asian students at Watervliet Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	17.21	535^th	601	11.0%
2019	23.84	465^th	548	15.1%
2021	33.16	337^th	430	21.6%
2022	16.00	596^th	671	11.2%
2023	8.71	564^th	605	6.8%
2024	12.09	605^th	662	8.6%

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Rank History for African American students at Watervliet Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	34.71	635^th	948	33.0%
2019	39.14	515^th	891	42.2%
2021	36.09	272^nd	427	36.3%
2022	28.09	702^nd	936	25.0%
2023	25.37	660^th	857	23.0%
2024	26.26	725^th	927	21.8%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Watervliet Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	32.22	1010^th	1392	27.4%
2019	33.16	893^rd	1315	32.1%
2021	35.39	544^th	818	33.5%
2022	33.33	1065^th	1503	29.1%
2023	22.42	1197^th	1429	16.2%
2024	23.00	1291^st	1531	15.7%

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Rank History for White students at Watervliet Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	27.79	1116^th	1408	20.7%
2019	30.12	1004^th	1338	25.0%
2021	23.34	1015^th	1224	17.1%
2022	18.31	1221^st	1399	12.7%
2023	13.21	1222^nd	1337	8.6%
2024	15.10	1244^th	1392	10.6%

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Data source: test scores: NY State Education Department, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: NY State Education Department

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by a parent
Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Unqualified teachers, awful PTA and seriously lacking good, quality leadership. If your child goes to this school, it's probably because you are unable to leave the district. Anyone who cares about their childs education, leaves. Close Quote

Enrollment information for Watervliet Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	641	19	6	2	0	n/a	n/a	0	668
1990	665	16	4	12	0	n/a	n/a	0	697
1991	707	29	8	8	0	n/a	n/a	0	752
1992	728	31	2	14	0	n/a	n/a	0	775
1993	762	24	1	13	2	n/a	n/a	0	802
1994	799	48	5	8	0	n/a	n/a	0	860
1995	768	40	6	9	0	n/a	n/a	0	823
1996	768	40	6	9	0	n/a	n/a	0	823
1997	758	54	7	16	0	n/a	n/a	0	835
1998	745	66	8	21	1	n/a	n/a	0	841
1999	756	67	9	21	3	n/a	n/a	0	856
2000	717	74	10	24	0	n/a	n/a	0	825
2001	695	90	11	22	0	n/a	n/a	0	818
2002	618	119	14	26	0	n/a	n/a	0	777
2003	618	119	14	26	0	n/a	n/a	0	777
2004	562	125	6	30	1	n/a	n/a	0	724
2005	563	129	10	27	5	n/a	n/a	0	734
2006	523	143	12	41	2	n/a	n/a	0	721
2007	519	112	20	38	3	n/a	n/a	55	747
2008	534	150	17	50	6	n/a	n/a	0	757
2009	525	145	19	48	10	n/a	n/a	0	747
2010	511	167	22	70	11	n/a	n/a	0	781
2011	482	152	25	78	5	0	9	0	751
2012	466	130	32	84	3	0	31	0	746
2013	439	128	35	103	0	0	42	0	747
2014	382	125	36	99	0	0	53	0	695
2015	378	116	47	97	0	0	68	0	706
2016	354	104	47	88	0	0	87	0	680
2017	324	98	47	94	0	0	96	0	659
2018	332	92	48	101	0	0	107	0	680
2019	320	99	51	132	0	0	102	0	704
2020	340	111	60	134	0	0	97	0	742
2021	343	119	68	129	1	1	94	0	755
2022	271	90	68	135	1	1	81	0	647
2023	288	94	63	141	0	1	74	0	661
2024	279	96	68	153	0	1	65	0	662

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Watervliet Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	668	41.9	15.9	n/a
1990	697	46.2	15.0	n/a
1991	752	45.7	16.4	n/a
1992	775	51.2	15.1	n/a
1993	802	46.4	17.3	n/a
1994	860	45.6	18.9	46.5
1995	823	45.1	18.2	48.7
1996	823	45.1	18.2	48.7
1997	835	45.0	18.6	55.3
1998	841	45.2	18.6	55.2
1999	856	45.5	18.8	53.7
2000	825	49.2	16.8	63.9
2001	818	51.0	16.0	61
2002	777	49.1	15.8	67.6
2003	777	49.1	15.8	67.6
2004	724	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	734	52.7	13.9	65.5
2006	721	55.0	13.1	62.8
2007	747	54.0	13.8	70.5
2008	757	54.1	14.0	63.8
2009	747	54.2	13.8	63.2
2010	781	56.0	13.9	65.3
2011	751	61.2	12.2	66.3
2012	746	52.0	14.3	67.6
2013	747	51.0	14.6	67.6
2014	695	51.0	13.6	70.8
2015	706	49.0	14.4	70.4
2016	680	50.0	13.6	73.5
2017	659	50.2	13.1	73.6
2018	680	55.6	12.2	64.4
2019	704	53.0	13.2	65.5
2020	742	52.0	14.2	65.8
2021	755	48.8	15.4	60.7
2022	647	47.0	13.7	71.9
2023	661	47.0	14.0	72
2024	662	46.0	14.3	74.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Watervliet Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	668	41.9	15.9	n/a
1990	697	46.2	15.0	n/a
1991	752	45.7	16.4	n/a
1992	775	51.2	15.1	n/a
1993	802	46.4	17.3	n/a
1994	860	45.6	18.9	46.5
1995	823	45.1	18.2	48.7
1996	823	45.1	18.2	48.7
1997	835	45.0	18.6	55.3
1998	841	45.2	18.6	55.2
1999	856	45.5	18.8	53.7
2000	825	49.2	16.8	63.9
2001	818	51.0	16.0	61
2002	777	49.1	15.8	67.6
2003	777	49.1	15.8	67.6
2004	724	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	734	52.7	13.9	65.5
2006	721	55.0	13.1	62.8
2007	747	54.0	13.8	70.5
2008	757	54.1	14.0	63.8
2009	747	54.2	13.8	63.2
2010	781	56.0	13.9	65.3
2011	751	61.2	12.2	66.3
2012	746	52.0	14.3	67.6
2013	747	51.0	14.6	67.6
2014	695	51.0	13.6	70.8
2015	706	49.0	14.4	70.4
2016	680	50.0	13.6	73.5
2017	659	50.2	13.1	73.6
2018	680	55.6	12.2	64.4
2019	704	53.0	13.2	65.5
2020	742	52.0	14.2	65.8
2021	755	48.8	15.4	60.7
2022	647	47.0	13.7	71.9
2023	661	47.0	14.0	72
2024	662	46.0	14.3	74.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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