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Turnpike Elementary School

Serves grades PK - 2

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
55 New Turnpike Rd
Troy, NY 12182
Phone
(518) 233-6822
District
LANSINGBURGH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
RENSSELAER COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
501
Classroom Teachers
55

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New York

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(10 is best)

Better than ×% of all NY schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

No Data

(10 is best)

Turnpike Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
No Data
52%
No Data
51%
No Data
52%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
9
10
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 97 19.4%
Kindergarten 135 26.9%
Grade 1 149 29.7%
Grade 2 120 24.0%
Total 501 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 65.7% 58.1% 41.4%
Black 17.3% 22.9% 16.1%
Hispanic 15.7% 17.8% 31.0%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.1% 0.9% 10.5%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.2% 0.3% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 62.1% 66.3% 54.7%
Free lunch eligible 62.1% 66.3% 52.3%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.0% 0.0% 2.4%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 16,576 19,571,216
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,249.1 413
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.8% 5.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 20.1% 17.7%
20-44 YEARS OLD 30.0% 33.4%
45-64 YEARS OLD 26.7% 25.9%
65 OR OLDER 18.3% 17.4%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 7,565 7,668,956
Single Parent Households With Children 16.1% 7.8%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 88.4% 87.9%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 27.2% 39.6%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 10.2% 26.5%
$100,000 - $149,999 16.7% 16.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.5% 11.4%
$50,000 - $74,999 16.0% 13.8%
$30,000 - $49,999 13.1% 12.1%
$15,000 - $29,999 19.3% 9.7%
$15,000 or less 12.3% 9.7%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $15,450 $32,584,000 56.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,216 $2,565,000 4.4%
Staff $502 $1,058,000 1.8%
General Administration $638 $1,345,000 2.3%
School Administration $941 $1,985,000 3.4%
Operation $2,023 $4,266,000 7.4%
Transportation $1,982 $4,181,000 7.2%
Other $798 $1,684,000 2.9%
Total Support $8,101 $17,084,000 29.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,890 $8,203,000 14.2%
Total Expenditures $27,440 $57,871,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $19,896 $50,406,243,000 56.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $809 $2,049,610,000 2.3%
Staff $1,397 $3,539,495,000 4.0%
General Administration $417 $1,057,675,000 1.2%
School Administration $1,199 $3,036,934,000 3.4%
Operation $2,479 $6,281,335,000 7.1%
Transportation $1,691 $4,284,036,000 4.8%
Other $992 $2,514,157,000 2.8%
Total Support $8,985 $22,763,242,000 25.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $6,238 $15,804,476,000 17.8%
Total Expenditures $35,120 $88,973,961,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,169 $453,314,948,000 49.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,031 $50,976,033,477 5.6%
Staff $799 $39,519,417,000 4.3%
General Administration $308 $15,224,255,000 1.7%
School Administration $850 $42,029,112,000 4.6%
Operation $1,430 $70,704,769,000 7.7%
Transportation $613 $30,295,759,523 3.3%
Other $623 $30,798,344,000 3.4%
Total Support $5,654 $279,547,690,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,675 $181,697,172,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $18,499 $914,559,810,000 100.0%

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