School district · New York

Amsterdam City School District

Amsterdam City School District in New York: 6 public schools with 3,663 students and 14.7 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $23,410 per student in FY2024.

Schools: 6
Students: 3,663
Students per teacher: 14.7; NY 11.3 · US 15.1
Spending per student: $23,410; NY $34.3K · US $17.6K

Staff

Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.

Teachers (FTE): 249
Counselors (FTE): 9.0
Students per counselor: 407; NY 281 · US 357
Psychologists (FTE): 6.0; Librarians (FTE): 0.2

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on New York's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

New York: 53%

30%proficient

+5.2 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 93% of school districts in New York

Median 48% · 707 school districts compared

1,505 students tested, grades 3–8 · NYSTP; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

New York: 55%

30%proficient

+3.2 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 94% of school districts in New York

Median 53% · 707 school districts compared

1,477 students tested, grades 3–8 · NYSTP; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Money

Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.

Spending per student, 2015–2024

$16.4K15

$16.3K16

$17.3K17

$17.4K18

$17.5K19

$18.7K20

$18.3K21

$19.9K22

$20.4K23

$23.4K24

Where the money comes from (FY2024)

Federal: 15% · $17.6M
State: 63% · $73M
Local: 21% · $24.5M

Per student (FY2024)

Instruction: $16,694
Support services: $6,067
Buildings and equipment (capital outlay): $6M
Long-term debt: $45.8M

Schools

Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.

Elementary schools: 4Middle schools: 1High schools: 1

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math	City or town
Marie Curie Institute of Engineering and CommunicationFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	446	18.6	48%	48%	Amsterdam
Raphael J Mcnulty Academy for Intern Studies & LiteracyFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	503	15.7	22%	25%	Amsterdam
William B Tecler Arts in EducationFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	465	16.6	34%	41%	Amsterdam
William H Barkley MicrosocietyFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	285	13.6	33%	26%	Amsterdam
Wilbur H Lynch Literacy AcademyFree meals for all	6–8	772	12.0	27%	24%	Amsterdam
Amsterdam High SchoolFree meals for all	9–12	1,192	14.9	—	—	Amsterdam

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Address: 140 Saratoga Ave, Amsterdam, NY 12010
Phone: (518)843-3180

Website

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.