NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools NY

Best-Resourced Schools in Amsterdam, NY

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7 public K-12 schools in Amsterdam from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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7
Schools
4,542
Students
24.6/100
Avg Resource Index
15.2:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Amsterdam has more public-school enrollment than 51% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Amsterdam's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

5 of Amsterdam's 7 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

The composite and staffing measures point in different directions

Amsterdam's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 3rd percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 52nd percentile. The 49-point percentile gap is a reminder that the index is not a class-size score: counselors, gifted-program reporting, and attendance also affect it. Compare those components directly when two schools have similar index totals; the same headline score can arise from a different mix of reported resources.

City enrollment
Top 49%
School count
Top 65%
Resource Index average
3rd percentile
Teacher staffing
52nd percentile

Amsterdam High School accounts for 26.2% of all Amsterdam public-school enrollment

That concentration means Amsterdam-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Amsterdam school enrollment varies 4.2× across entities

Amsterdam school enrollment ranges from 285 students (lowest) to 1,192 students (highest), a spread of 907 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Amsterdam reports 56.8% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Amsterdam student-teacher ratio is 15.2:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Amsterdam is typically wider than the Amsterdam-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Wilbur H Lynch Literacy Academy 33
2. Amsterdam High School 28
3. Broadalbin-Perth Elementary School 28
4. William H Barkley Microsociety 25
5. Raphael J Mcnulty Academy for Intern Studies & Literacy 22
6. William B Tecler Arts in Education 19
7. Marie Curie Institute of Engineering and Communication 17

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Amsterdam

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 William H Barkley Microsociety 61.1/100
  2. 2 Wilbur H Lynch Literacy Academy 59.8/100
  3. 3 Amsterdam High School 59.7/100
  4. 4 William B Tecler Arts in Education 59.3/100
  5. 5 Marie Curie Institute of Engineering and Communication 58.2/100

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Which Amsterdam school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Wilbur H Lynch Literacy Academy has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Amsterdam schools in this federal-data comparison at 33/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Amsterdam, NY? ▼

Amsterdam has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 4,542 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 15.2:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.