School district · New York

North Colonie CSD

North Colonie CSD in New York: 8 public schools with 6,145 students and 12.0 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $21,857 per student in FY2024.

Schools: 8
Students: 6,145
Students per teacher: 12.0; NY 11.3 · US 15.1
Spending per student: $21,857; 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): 510
Counselors (FTE): 23.0
Students per counselor: 267; NY 281 · US 357
Psychologists (FTE): 13.0; Librarians (FTE): 6.8

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%

66%proficient

+9.4 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 85% of school districts in New York

Median 48% · 707 school districts compared

2,611 students tested, grades 3–8 · NYSTP; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

New York: 55%

72%proficient

+4.7 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 87% of school districts in New York

Median 53% · 707 school districts compared

2,469 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

$17.8K15

$17.3K16

$17.4K17

$16.7K18

$18.3K19

$18.1K20

$18.4K21

$20.0K22

$20.7K23

$21.9K24

Where the money comes from (FY2024)

Federal: 3.4% · $5.3M
State: 33% · $51M
Local: 63% · $97.8M

Per student (FY2024)

Instruction: $13,356
Support services: $7,879
Buildings and equipment (capital outlay): $5.1M
Long-term debt: $95M

Schools

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

Elementary schools: 6Middle schools: 1High schools: 1

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math	City or town
Blue Creek SchoolFree meals for all	K–5	450	11.8	59%	67%	Latham
Boght Hills SchoolFree meals for all	K–5	576	12.5	66%	79%	Cohoes
Forts Ferry SchoolFree meals for all	K–5	423	11.1	68%	70%	Latham
Latham Ridge SchoolFree meals for all	K–5	433	12.9	54%	65%	Latham
Loudonville SchoolFree meals for all	K–5	270	11.4	70%	76%	Loudonville
Southgate SchoolFree meals for all	K–5	369	11.8	75%	77%	Loudonville
Shaker Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	1,486	12.2	68%	71%	Latham
Shaker High SchoolFree meals for all	9–12	2,138	12.1	—	—	Latham

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: 91 Fiddlers Ln, Latham, NY 12110
Phone: (518)785-8591

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.