NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools NY

Best-Resourced Schools in Cohoes, NY

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

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6
Schools
2,423
Students
36/100
Avg Resource Index
11.5:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Cohoes has more public-school enrollment than 20% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Cohoes'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

3 of Cohoes's 6 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

Cohoes's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 28th percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 92nd percentile. The 64-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 80%
School count
Top 79%
Resource Index average
28th percentile
Teacher staffing
92nd percentile

Cohoes High School accounts for 25.1% of all Cohoes public-school enrollment

That concentration means Cohoes-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

Cohoes school enrollment varies 4.9× across entities

Cohoes school enrollment ranges from 124 students (lowest) to 607 students (highest), a spread of 483 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

Cohoes reports 53.8% 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

Cohoes student-teacher ratio is 11.5:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Van Schaick Island School 45
2. Harmony Hill School 39
3. Cohoes Middle School 36
4. Cohoes High School 35
5. Boght Hills School 32
6. Abram Lansing School 29

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Cohoes

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 Abram Lansing School 64.6/100
  2. 2 Boght Hills School 63.4/100
  3. 3 Cohoes Middle School 63.0/100
  4. 4 Harmony Hill School 57.8/100
  5. 5 Van Schaick Island School 56.9/100

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Which Cohoes school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Van Schaick Island School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Cohoes schools in this federal-data comparison at 45/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Cohoes, NY? ▼

Cohoes has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,423 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 11.5:1.

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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.