Is Pine Hills Elementary School a good school?

Pine Hills Elementary School ranks in the bottom 20.2% of New York elementary schools.

How many students attend Pine Hills Elementary School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 333 students attended Pine Hills Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Pine Hills Elementary School?

Students at Pine Hills Elementary School are 41% African American, 20% White, 19% Hispanic, 9% Two or more races, 9% Asian.

What schools do graduates of Pine Hills Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Pine Hills Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : North Albany Academy Middle School High : Albany High School

Pine Hills Elementary School

Summary:

Pine Hills Elementary School is a public elementary school serving grades PK-5 in the Albany City School District in Albany, New York, with 333 students. The school has consistently underperformed, ranking in the bottom 20% of New York elementary schools over the past 10 years and earning a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Pine Hills Elementary School struggles academically, with significantly lower proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Math compared to the district and state averages. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 29.27% of 3rd graders, 38.71% of 4th graders, and 43.14% of 5th graders were proficient or better in ELA, compared to the district averages of 33.83%, 35.88%, and 30.78%, respectively. The school also faces challenges in supporting the academic achievement of various student subgroups, with rankings in the bottom 30% of New York elementary schools for Asian, African American, Hispanic, and English Language Learner students, as well as students with disabilities and those from low socioeconomic backgrounds.

When comparing Pine Hills Elementary School to other nearby schools in the Albany City School District, it becomes clear that the school is an outlier in terms of academic performance. For example, the Albany School of Humanities, which is also in the district, consistently outperforms Pine Hills Elementary School in ELA and Math proficiency rates by a significant margin. While the school's spending per student has increased, the lack of corresponding academic improvement suggests a need for a more comprehensive and data-driven approach to school improvement, such as implementing evidence-based instructional practices, providing targeted professional development for teachers, and strengthening family and community engagement.

Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

41 N Allen St
Albany, NY 12203-1601

(518) 475-6725

District: Albany City School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
1951^st of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $16,763

Students who attend Pine Hills Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	North Albany Academy Middle School
High:	Albany High School

Student/teacher ratio: 14.5

Number of students: 333

Racial breakdown:

African American:

41.4%

White:

19.8%

Hispanic:

19.2%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 72.4%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Pine Hills Elementary School ranks worse than 79.8% of elementary schools in New York. It also ranks 6^th among 11 ranked elementary schools in the Albany City School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 23.86. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Student population at Pine Hills Elementary School is diverse. Racial makeup is: African American (41.4%), White (19.8%), Hispanic (19.2%). (See more...)

Compare Details 72.4% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Pine Hills Elementary School is 14.5. 7 elementary schools in the Albany City School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Pine Hills Elementary School employs 22.8 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Pine Hills Elementary School is $16,763. 5 elementary schools in the Albany City School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Pine Hills Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Pine Hills Elementary School 1951^st of 2445 New York public elementary schools. (See Pine Hills Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Albany City School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Albany City School District 746^th of 865 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Pine Hills Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Pine Hills Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2006	36.15	1628^th	2206	26.2%
2007	31.05	1701^st	2219	23.3%
2008	29.86	1760^th	2227	21.0%
2009	30.30	1810^th	2257	19.8%
2010	38.92	1565^th	2263	30.8%
2011	28.30	1778^th	2286	22.2%
2012	37.27	1607^th	2320	30.7%
2013	33.84	1606^th	2325	30.9%
2014	27.91	1770^th	2345	24.5%
2015	19.75	1951^st	2352	17.0%
2016	24.28	1878^th	2366	20.6%
2017	23.89	1909^th	2386	20.0%
2018	20.74	2028^th	2395	15.3%
2019	28.67	1764^th	2413	26.9%
2021	12.41	2015^th	2201	8.5%
2022	21.46	2004^th	2434	17.7%
2023	16.71	2130^th	2439	12.7%
2024	23.86	1951^st	2445	20.2%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Pine Hills Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	49.59	101^st	202	50.0%
2024	40.46	144^th	279	48.4%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Pine Hills Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	38.24	581^st	938	38.1%
2019	42.64	419^th	860	51.3%
2021	27.66	355^th	454	21.8%
2022	21.97	949^th	1027	7.6%
2023	33.86	690^th	1001	31.1%
2024	28.04	894^th	1066	16.1%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Pine Hills Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	20.70	1828^th	1941	5.8%
2023	29.59	1469^th	2016	27.1%
2024	26.65	1691^st	2110	19.9%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Pine Hills Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	19.45	1834^th	2045	10.3%
2019	29.10	1502^nd	2032	26.1%
2021	14.25	1577^th	1678	6.0%
2022	24.85	1723^rd	2099	17.9%
2023	15.86	1878^th	2041	8.0%
2024	27.91	1574^th	2078	24.3%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Pine Hills Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	42.95	408^th	730	44.1%

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Rank History for Female students at Pine Hills Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	25.57	1875^th	2338	19.8%
2019	25.22	1844^th	2357	21.8%
2021	16.98	1720^th	1955	12.0%
2022	23.92	1929^th	2401	19.7%
2023	15.15	2179^th	2403	9.3%
2024	28.21	1803^rd	2413	25.3%

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Rank History for Male students at Pine Hills Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	17.63	2069^th	2340	11.6%
2019	32.71	1630^th	2358	30.9%
2021	10.99	1833^rd	1961	6.5%
2022	20.94	2030^th	2400	15.4%
2023	22.14	1962^nd	2400	18.3%
2024	24.10	1940^th	2411	19.5%

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Rank History for Asian students at Pine Hills Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	26.26	500^th	601	16.8%
2022	7.35	637^th	671	5.1%
2023	14.71	535^th	605	11.6%
2024	6.36	637^th	662	3.8%

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Rank History for African American students at Pine Hills Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	34.44	644^th	948	32.1%
2019	35.75	568^th	891	36.3%
2021	29.54	308^th	427	27.9%
2022	35.11	605^th	936	35.4%
2023	21.78	704^th	857	17.9%
2024	39.73	543^rd	927	41.4%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Pine Hills Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	26.74	1105^th	1392	20.6%
2019	35.30	850^th	1315	35.4%
2022	20.55	1330^th	1503	11.5%
2023	20.56	1233^rd	1429	13.7%
2024	26.91	1208^th	1531	21.1%

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Rank History for White students at Pine Hills Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	11.50	1327^th	1408	5.8%
2019	26.68	1063^rd	1338	20.6%
2021	27.36	960^th	1224	21.6%
2022	21.42	1183^rd	1399	15.4%
2023	17.39	1168^th	1337	12.6%
2024	20.38	1166^th	1392	16.2%

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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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Enrollment information for Pine Hills Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	490	88	20	15	0	n/a	n/a	0	613
1990	527	99	19	17	0	n/a	n/a	0	662
1991	513	119	31	21	0	n/a	n/a	0	684
1992	470	133	29	26	0	n/a	n/a	0	658
1993	436	174	44	34	0	n/a	n/a	0	688
1994	384	156	47	56	0	n/a	n/a	0	643
1995	317	228	34	48	4	n/a	n/a	0	631
1996	317	228	34	48	4	n/a	n/a	0	631
1997	242	227	34	51	3	n/a	n/a	0	557
1998	226	257	26	56	4	n/a	n/a	0	569
1999	193	269	21	54	2	n/a	n/a	0	539
2000	175	300	19	54	3	n/a	n/a	0	551
2001	152	302	19	59	0	n/a	n/a	0	532
2002	122	285	19	35	2	n/a	n/a	0	463
2003	122	285	19	35	2	n/a	n/a	0	463
2004	103	309	15	45	0	n/a	n/a	0	472
2005	91	287	14	52	2	n/a	n/a	0	446
2006	62	208	12	34	0	n/a	n/a	0	316
2007	66	170	14	34	3	n/a	n/a	18	305
2008	66	169	10	41	0	n/a	n/a	0	286
2009	81	192	15	39	0	n/a	n/a	0	327
2010	79	212	25	50	0	n/a	n/a	0	366
2011	71	230	29	49	0	0	11	0	390
2012	79	202	35	58	1	1	15	0	391
2013	69	178	29	57	1	1	22	0	357
2014	65	168	26	73	1	0	31	0	364
2015	90	184	32	83	0	0	34	0	423
2016	74	188	38	94	1	0	43	0	438
2017	89	169	38	98	1	3	44	0	442
2018	74	144	32	77	1	3	46	0	377
2019	63	161	29	80	2	0	36	0	371
2020	80	166	25	77	1	0	35	0	384
2021	66	164	21	77	0	0	30	0	358
2022	74	146	19	75	0	0	27	0	341
2023	66	138	30	64	1	3	31	0	333

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 Pine Hills Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	613	29.0	21.1	n/a
1990	662	29.9	22.1	n/a
1991	684	29.9	22.8	n/a
1992	658	31.9	20.6	n/a
1993	688	32.0	21.5	n/a
1994	643	32.0	20.1	36.1
1995	631	31.0	20.4	44.8
1996	631	31.0	20.4	44.8
1997	557	28.0	19.9	53
1998	569	29.4	19.4	56.4
1999	539	30.1	17.9	58.6
2000	551	31.2	17.7	59.9
2001	532	39.0	13.6	69
2002	463	40.5	11.4	77.5
2003	463	40.5	11.4	77.5
2004	472	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	446	38.5	11.6	76.9
2006	316	35.0	9.0	83.2
2007	305	30.0	10.2	74.2
2008	286	29.0	9.9	65.4
2009	327	31.0	10.5	75.5
2010	366	30.0	12.2	54.9
2011	390	33.2	11.7	63.3
2012	391	27.0	14.4	64.5
2013	357	24.0	14.8	84.6
2014	364	24.0	15.1	71.7
2015	423	27.0	15.6	55.8
2016	438	28.0	15.6	60.5
2017	442	24.9	17.7	51.4
2018	377	25.0	15.0	45.6
2019	371	24.0	15.4	72.8
2020	384	31.0	12.3	66.7
2021	358	27.5	12.9	70.1
2022	341	27.8	12.2	66.9
2023	333	22.8	14.5	72.4

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 Pine Hills Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	613	29.0	21.1	n/a
1990	662	29.9	22.1	n/a
1991	684	29.9	22.8	n/a
1992	658	31.9	20.6	n/a
1993	688	32.0	21.5	n/a
1994	643	32.0	20.1	36.1
1995	631	31.0	20.4	44.8
1996	631	31.0	20.4	44.8
1997	557	28.0	19.9	53
1998	569	29.4	19.4	56.4
1999	539	30.1	17.9	58.6
2000	551	31.2	17.7	59.9
2001	532	39.0	13.6	69
2002	463	40.5	11.4	77.5
2003	463	40.5	11.4	77.5
2004	472	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	446	38.5	11.6	76.9
2006	316	35.0	9.0	83.2
2007	305	30.0	10.2	74.2
2008	286	29.0	9.9	65.4
2009	327	31.0	10.5	75.5
2010	366	30.0	12.2	54.9
2011	390	33.2	11.7	63.3
2012	391	27.0	14.4	64.5
2013	357	24.0	14.8	84.6
2014	364	24.0	15.1	71.7
2015	423	27.0	15.6	55.8
2016	438	28.0	15.6	60.5
2017	442	24.9	17.7	51.4
2018	377	25.0	15.0	45.6
2019	371	24.0	15.4	72.8
2020	384	31.0	12.3	66.7
2021	358	27.5	12.9	70.1
2022	341	27.8	12.2	66.9
2023	333	22.8	14.5	72.4

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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