Hillside School

Summary:

Hillside School is an elementary school located in Schenectady, New York, serving 389 students in grades K-5. It is part of the Niskayuna Central School District, which is ranked 149 out of 865 school districts in New York and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Hillside School consistently performs above the state and district averages in New York State Assessments for English Language Arts (ELA) and Math across grades 3-5. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, Hillside School's 3rd-grade ELA proficiency rate was 55.56%, compared to the district's 54.84% and the state's 42.6%. Similarly, Hillside's 5th-grade Math proficiency rate was 67.69%, compared to the district's 63.86% and the state's 48.93%. The school's performance across different student subgroups is also noteworthy, with female and male students, as well as Hispanic and multi-racial students, ranking highly compared to other New York elementary schools.

Hillside School's strong academic performance is further highlighted by its consistent high ranking among New York elementary schools, with a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger. Over the past 10 years, the school's ranking has ranged from 185 to 524 out of over 2,400 New York elementary schools. This high performance is particularly impressive when compared to the nearby Schenectady City School District schools, which generally have much lower proficiency rates in ELA and Math.


Detail:

Public K-5

 1100 Cornelius Ave
       Schenectady, NY  12309-5317


(518) 377-1856

District: Niskayuna Central School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
452nd of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $12,566 Help


Students who attend Hillside School usually attend:

Middle:    Van Antwerp Middle School
High:    Niskayuna High School

Student/teacher ratio:  10.3 Help
Number of students:  381

Racial breakdown:

White:
65.9%
Asian:
11.8%
Two or more races:
8.9%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  23.6% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Hillside School ranks better than 81.5% of elementary schools in New York. It also ranks 3rd among 5 ranked elementary schools in the Niskayuna Central School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 78.89. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (65.9%), Asian (11.8%), two or more races (8.9%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 23.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Hillside School is 10.3, which is the lowest among 5 elementary schools in the Niskayuna Central School District! (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Hillside School is $12,566, which is the 2nd highest among 5 elementary schools in the Niskayuna Central School District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Hillside School:

SchoolDigger ranks Hillside School 452nd of 2445 New York public elementary schools. (See Hillside School in the ranking list.)

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Niskayuna Central School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Niskayuna Central School District 149th of 865 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Hillside School

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Rank History for all students at Hillside School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 76.55 459th 2206 79.2%
2007 79.91 328th 2219 85.2%
2008 75.28 506th 2227 77.3%
2009 73.69 565th 2257 75.0%
2010 83.69 226th 2263 90.0%
2011 88.48 133rd 2286 94.2%
2012 85.75 200th 2320 91.4%
2013 88.74 176th 2325 92.4%
2014 87.68 189th 2345 91.9%
2015 85.36 262nd 2352 88.9%
2016 87.81 185th 2366 92.2%
2017 83.60 304th 2386 87.3%
2018 88.01 197th 2395 91.8%
2019 86.30 289th 2413 88.0%
2021 79.97 367th 2201 83.3%
2022 85.74 285th 2434 88.3%
2023 76.86 524th 2439 78.5%
2024 78.89 452nd 2445 81.5%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Hillside School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 84.00 27th 143 81.1%
2022 88.15 38th 289 86.9%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Hillside School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 35.56 1126th 1859 39.4%
2021 66.54 229th 1044 78.1%
2022 77.42 245th 2031 87.9%
2023 59.39 551st 2016 72.7%
2024 62.09 525th 2110 75.1%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Hillside School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 74.36 373rd 2045 81.8%
2019 46.29 983rd 2032 51.6%
2021 57.06 619th 1678 63.1%
2022 81.60 240th 2099 88.6%
2023 71.67 439th 2041 78.5%
2024 61.80 614th 2078 70.5%
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Rank History for Female students at Hillside School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 81.78 325th 2338 86.1%
2019 84.11 310th 2357 86.8%
2021 78.91 320th 1955 83.6%
2022 83.97 314th 2401 86.9%
2023 72.17 596th 2403 75.2%
2024 74.78 514th 2413 78.7%
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Rank History for Male students at Hillside School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 90.35 128th 2340 94.5%
2019 84.52 281st 2358 88.1%
2021 77.00 372nd 1961 81.0%
2022 84.80 270th 2400 88.8%
2023 78.16 456th 2400 81.0%
2024 79.44 405th 2411 83.2%
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Rank History for Asian students at Hillside School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 75.17 121st 601 79.9%
2019 64.82 205th 548 62.6%
2022 49.68 387th 671 42.3%
2023 53.19 325th 605 46.3%
2024 58.08 297th 662 55.1%
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Rank History for African American students at Hillside School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 81.27 133rd 948 86.0%
2021 64.31 105th 427 75.4%
2024 43.76 489th 927 47.2%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Hillside School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 81.24 181st 1503 88.0%
2023 84.25 144th 1429 89.9%
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Rank History for White students at Hillside School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 79.48 220th 1408 84.4%
2019 78.73 254th 1338 81.0%
2021 73.41 295th 1224 75.9%
2022 78.54 244th 1399 82.6%
2023 64.86 473rd 1337 64.6%
2024 72.14 335th 1392 75.9%
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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.

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Hillside School Test Scores
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Enrollment information for Hillside School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1989 389 5 23 1 0 n/a n/a 0 418
1990 388 4 20 2 0 n/a n/a 0 414
1991 412 7 17 2 0 n/a n/a 0 438
1992 415 4 19 1 0 n/a n/a 0 439
1993 382 5 14 0 0 n/a n/a 0 401
1994 387 6 18 2 1 n/a n/a 0 414
1995 390 11 13 2 0 n/a n/a 0 416
1996 390 11 13 2 0 n/a n/a 0 416
1997 416 6 12 5 0 n/a n/a 0 439
1998 403 3 15 5 0 n/a n/a 0 426
1999 386 10 19 4 0 n/a n/a 0 419
2000 391 10 21 3 0 n/a n/a 0 425
2001 393 8 22 2 0 n/a n/a 0 425
2002 330 13 15 6 0 n/a n/a 0 364
2003 330 13 15 6 0 n/a n/a 0 364
2004 335 23 13 6 0 n/a n/a 0 377
2005 326 24 9 4 1 n/a n/a 0 364
2006 323 18 12 8 0 n/a n/a 0 361
2007 302 11 16 2 0 n/a n/a 14 345
2008 296 14 17 7 0 n/a n/a 8 342
2009 288 24 19 11 0 n/a n/a 13 355
2010 286 18 10 7 0 n/a n/a 24 345
2011 278 20 22 3 0 0 17 0 340
2012 286 15 22 3 0 0 5 0 331
2013 285 10 20 2 0 0 9 0 326
2014 284 12 20 7 0 0 11 0 334
2015 287 20 22 11 0 0 18 0 358
2016 296 17 26 7 0 0 27 0 373
2017 281 28 30 11 0 0 33 0 383
2018 294 22 38 19 1 0 26 0 400
2019 292 24 33 23 1 0 27 0 400
2020 287 25 31 22 5 0 29 0 399
2021 265 20 29 18 4 0 36 0 372
2022 261 21 39 28 3 0 39 0 391
2023 255 24 48 31 3 0 28 0 389
2024 251 25 45 24 2 0 34 0 381

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 Hillside School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 418 22.7 18.4 n/a
1990 414 22.7 18.2 n/a
1991 438 25.7 17.0 n/a
1992 439 22.2 19.7 n/a
1993 401 20.4 19.7 n/a
1994 414 18.2 22.7 1.2
1995 416 21.6 19.3 2.2
1996 416 21.6 19.3 2.2
1997 439 23.5 18.7 1.8
1998 426 23.6 18.1 4.2
1999 419 24.1 17.4 2.6
2000 425 20.2 21.0 4.2
2001 425 23.8 17.9 5.4
2002 364 21.5 16.9 8.2
2003 364 21.5 16.9 8.2
2004 377 n/a n/a n/a
2005 364 22.3 16.3 3.8
2006 361 20.0 18.1 3.6
2007 345 21.5 16.0 4.8
2008 342 20.5 16.7 4.5
2009 355 20.5 17.3 7.6
2010 345 21.0 16.4 11.2
2011 340 22.8 14.8 9.7
2012 331 21.0 15.7 8.2
2013 326 20.0 16.3 7.7
2014 334 20.0 16.7 6.9
2015 358 22.0 16.2 0
2016 373 24.0 15.5 12.9
2017 383 24.0 15.9 12.8
2018 400 22.0 18.1 11.8
2019 400 24.0 16.6 12.3
2020 399 26.0 15.3 13.5
2021 372 27.6 13.4 17.7
2022 391 32.7 11.9 17.9
2023 389 33.7 11.5 21.3
2024 381 36.9 10.3 23.6

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 Hillside School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 418 22.7 18.4 n/a
1990 414 22.7 18.2 n/a
1991 438 25.7 17.0 n/a
1992 439 22.2 19.7 n/a
1993 401 20.4 19.7 n/a
1994 414 18.2 22.7 1.2
1995 416 21.6 19.3 2.2
1996 416 21.6 19.3 2.2
1997 439 23.5 18.7 1.8
1998 426 23.6 18.1 4.2
1999 419 24.1 17.4 2.6
2000 425 20.2 21.0 4.2
2001 425 23.8 17.9 5.4
2002 364 21.5 16.9 8.2
2003 364 21.5 16.9 8.2
2004 377 n/a n/a n/a
2005 364 22.3 16.3 3.8
2006 361 20.0 18.1 3.6
2007 345 21.5 16.0 4.8
2008 342 20.5 16.7 4.5
2009 355 20.5 17.3 7.6
2010 345 21.0 16.4 11.2
2011 340 22.8 14.8 9.7
2012 331 21.0 15.7 8.2
2013 326 20.0 16.3 7.7
2014 334 20.0 16.7 6.9
2015 358 22.0 16.2 0
2016 373 24.0 15.5 12.9
2017 383 24.0 15.9 12.8
2018 400 22.0 18.1 11.8
2019 400 24.0 16.6 12.3
2020 399 26.0 15.3 13.5
2021 372 27.6 13.4 17.7
2022 391 32.7 11.9 17.9
2023 389 33.7 11.5 21.3
2024 381 36.9 10.3 23.6

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.

Immunization Rates

Hillside School

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YearCompletely ImmunizedReligious ExemptionMedical ExemptionPolioMeaslesMumpsRubellaDiphtheriaHepatitis BVaricella
201398.8%0.6%0.6%98.8%98.8%98.8%98.8%98.8%98.8%98.8%
201497.9%1.5%0.3%97.9%97.9%97.9%97.9%97.9%97.9%98.2%
201597.8%1.7%0.3%98.1%98.1%98.1%98.1%98.1%98.1%97.8%
201697.3%1.3%0.3%97.6%98.4%98.4%98.4%97.6%97.6%98.1%
201797.4%1.0%0.0%98.7%98.4%98.4%98.4%98.4%98.4%98.2%
201899.3%0.5%0.0%99.5%99.3%99.3%99.3%99.8%99.5%99.5%
201999.5%0.0%0.0%99.8%100.0%100.0%100.0%99.5%99.5%100.0%
2020100.0%0.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%

Data source: New York State Department of Health
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Hillside School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $306 (3.1%) $9,483 (96.9%) $9,789
2020 $342 (3.2%) $10,310 (96.8%) $10,652
2021 $07 (0.1%) $11,600 (99.9%) $11,608
2022 $774 (6.6%) $10,954 (93.4%) $11,728
2023 $567 (4.5%) $12,000 (95.5%) $12,566

Data source: New York Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Hillside School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 289th of 2413 Elementary schoolsRanks 524th of 2439 Elementary schools
 9.5%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Hillside School)6853.5
 14.5%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Niskayuna Central School District)7456.9
 17.1%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (New York)5244.9
 7.1%
3rd Grade Math (Hillside School)7556.5
 18.5%
   3rd Grade Math (Niskayuna Central School District)7569.7
 5.3%
   3rd Grade Math (New York)5453.7
 0.3%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Hillside School)7372.3
 0.7%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Niskayuna Central School District)7258
 14%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (New York)4848.8
 0.8%
4th Grade Math (Hillside School)7378.8
 5.8%
   4th Grade Math (Niskayuna Central School District)6870
 2%
   4th Grade Math (New York)5053.9
 3.8%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Hillside School)6964.8
 4.2%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Niskayuna Central School District)5458.7
 4.7%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (New York)3845.1
 7.1%
5th Grade Math (Hillside School)6968.6
 0.4%
   5th Grade Math (Niskayuna Central School District)6563.8
 1.3%
   5th Grade Math (New York)4649.7
 3.7%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students400389
 2.8%
African American2424
American Indian13
 200%
Asian3348
 45.5%
Hispanic2331
 34.8%
Pacific Islander00
White292255
 12.7%
Two or More Races2728
 3.7%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients12.3%21.3%
 9.1%


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Hillside School ranks 452nd of 2445 New York elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Students who attend Hillside School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Van Antwerp Middle School
High : Niskayuna High School

Students at Hillside School are 66% White, 12% Asian, 9% Two or more races, 7% African American, 6% Hispanic.

In the 2023-24 school year, 381 students attended Hillside School.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the WNYC and the New York State Department of Health and the NY State Education Department.

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