Enrollment Information
Q:
How many students are enrolled in the Saratoga Springs
City School District?
A:
As of October 1, 2009, total
enrollment was 6,823 students in
grades K-12.
Q:
How many schools does the school district have?
A: The district has eight
schools: six elementary schools serving kindergarten through
fifth-grade, one middle school for sixth- seventh- and
eighth-graders, and a high school for
grades 9 through 12.
Q:
What is the enrollment in each school?
A:
Enrollment on October 1, 2009, was as
follows:
- Caroline Street Elementary School: 463 students.
- Division Street Elementary School: 414 students.
- Dorothy Nolan Elementary School: 876 students.
- Geyser Road Elementary School: 415 students.
- Greenfield Elementary School: 418 students.
- Lake Avenue Elementary School: 472 students.
- Maple Avenue Middle School: 1,595.
- Saratoga Springs High School: 2,170.
Q:
How has enrollment changed in recent years?
A:
Districtwide enrollment has been
stable, with increases or decreases of
less than 1 percent in most recent years.
However,
an enrollment decline of about
2.5 percent -- approximately 170 students -- is projected over
the next three to five years, according to
a report presented to the Board of Education
on Oct. 30, 2008.
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Q:
What is the ratio of students to teachers?
A:
For
2009-10, Saratoga Springs employed
579.5 full-time equivalent teaching positions to serve
the district's 6,823
students. The ratio is 11.8 students per teacher. The ratio is
not equivalent to class size because "teachers" includes special
area teachers for art, music, and physical education as well as
librarians, remedial teachers, school
psychologists and others.
Q:
What are average class sizes?
A:
Average class sizes in Saratoga
Springs are
- 20 students in kindergarten and grade one
- 25 students in grade two
- 24 students in grades three through five
- 24 students in grade 8 English
- 24 students in grade 8 math
- 22 in grade eight science
- 24 in grade 8 social studies
- 24 students in grade 10 English
- 20 students in grade 10 math
- 20 students in grade 10 science
- 23 students in grade 10 social studies.
Q:
Are class sizes capped in the elementary schools?
A:
Yes. Class size limits in the elementary grades are:
- 21 students in kindergarten and first-grade
- 25 students in grade two
- 27 students in grades three, four and five.
Q:
How many special education students does the Saratoga
Springs district serve?
A:
The school district provided special education and related
services to 761 school-aged students
during 2008-09,
representing 10.2 percent of the student population.
On June 30, 2008,
the district’s special education enrollment was 678 as compared
to 708 on
June 30, 2007. During the school year,
761 students with disabilities received special education
services. This number includes students from other districts who
were enrolled in private schools in the district as well as
students who were in the district or classified as disabled for
less than the entire school year.