NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools NY

Best-Resourced Schools in Plattsburgh, NY

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7 public K-12 schools in Plattsburgh 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
2,564
Students
43/100
Avg Resource Index
9.4:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact system with teacher-dense staffing

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Plattsburgh has more public-school enrollment than 22% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Plattsburgh is a comparatively small school market by total enrollment, yet its average student-teacher ratio is lower than most cities in the national comparison set. Small scale can make that staffing pattern easier to sustain, but it can also limit the breadth of specialized programs available at any one campus. The school list below shows whether students are concentrated in one combined-grade campus or distributed across separate elementary, middle, and high-school settings.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

4 of Plattsburgh'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

Plattsburgh's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 60th percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 99th percentile. The 39-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 78%
School count
Top 65%
Resource Index average
60th percentile
Teacher staffing
99th percentile

Plattsburgh Senior High School accounts for 22.1% of all Plattsburgh public-school enrollment

That concentration means Plattsburgh-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

Plattsburgh school enrollment varies 2.6× across entities

Plattsburgh school enrollment ranges from 218 students (lowest) to 566 students (highest), a spread of 348 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

Plattsburgh student-teacher ratio is 9.4:1 — 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. Clinton-Essex-Warren-Washington Boces 68
2. Plattsburgh Senior High School 48
3. Stafford Middle School 45
4. Oak Street School 42
5. Thomas E Glasgow Elementary School 38
6. Cumberland Head Elementary School 32
7. Arthur P Momot Elementary School 28

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Plattsburgh

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 Stafford Middle School 38.4/100
  2. 2 Oak Street School 36.7/100
  3. 3 Arthur P Momot Elementary School 33.0/100
  4. 4 Plattsburgh Senior High School 29.1/100
  5. 5 Thomas E Glasgow Elementary School 22.4/100

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Which Plattsburgh school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Clinton-Essex-Warren-Washington Boces has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Plattsburgh schools in this federal-data comparison at 68/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Plattsburgh, NY? ▼

Plattsburgh has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,564 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 9.4:1.

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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.