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Saratoga Springs, New York - 8 schools
An equity score of 19/100 ranks Saratoga Springs City Sd #823 of 941 districts in New York (state average 45). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $19,558 per pupil, Saratoga Springs City Sd ranks #867 of 999 New York districts by per-pupil spending (New York districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
6,005
Total Enrollment
8
Schools
$19,558
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Saratoga Springs City Sd operates 8 public schools serving 6,005 students, placing it among the smaller districts in New York. The school portfolio breaks down into 6 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Saratoga County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $19,558 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 999 New York districts by per-pupil spending. See how New York compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 62.4% local, 27.0% state, and 10.6% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 19/100, ranked #823 of 941 in New York against a state average of 45, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 8 schools offering Advanced Placement (15 AP courses district-wide), a 245.2:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 22.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 84.8% White, 6.4% Hispanic or Latino, 1.6% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Caroline Street Elementary School, with a diversity index of 38.0/100.
Its largest campus is Saratoga Springs High School, enrolling 1,847 students (32% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Geyser Road Elementary School, at 337 students, a 5x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Saratoga Springs High School accounts for 30.8% of all Saratoga Springs City Sd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Saratoga Springs City Sd-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Saratoga Springs City Sd school enrollment varies 5.5× across entities
Saratoga Springs City Sd school enrollment ranges from 337 students (lowest) to 1,847 students (highest), a spread of 1,510 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Saratoga Springs City Sd student-counselor ratio is 245:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Saratoga Springs City Sd chronic absenteeism rate is 22.3% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Saratoga Springs City Sd is typically wider than the Saratoga Springs City Sd-aggregate figure suggests.