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South Colonie Central School District, NY: schools, enrollment and spending
South Colonie Central School District runs 8 public schools with 5,066 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.9 students per teacher is 1.5 higher than the New York figure of 11.4.Listed in NCES data as "SOUTH COLONIE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT".
At a glance
- Schools
- 8
- Students
- 5,066
- Teachers (FTE)
- 394
- Students per teacher
- 12.9
- NY: 11.4 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 102 Loralee Dr, Albany, NY 12205
- Phone
- (518)869-3576
- County
- Albany County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3627210
- State district ID
- NY-010601060000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 860
- School counselors (FTE)
- 11.0About 461 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 15.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.9
New York11.4
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (4,773), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $107.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $5.1 million
- State revenue
- $31.3 million
- Local revenue
- $71.3 million
- Total spending
- $108.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $22,749
- Salaries
- $63.0 million58.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $20.3 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 4.7%
- State: 29.1%
- Local: 66.2%
New York overall
- Federal: 4.5%
- State: 37.7%
- Local: 57.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$22,749
New York$30,973
United States$16,826
Schools in South Colonie Central School District
By level: 1 high, 2 middle, 5 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Colonie Central High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,640 | 13.3 |
| Forest Park Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 4 | 311 | 11.1 |
| Lisha Kill Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 5 to 8 | 640 | 12.1 |
| Roessleville SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 4 | 368 | 14.2 |
| Saddlewood Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 4 | 351 | 15.3 |
| Sand Creek Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 5 to 8 | 873 | 11.1 |
| Shaker Road Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 4 | 354 | 14.2 |
| Veeder Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 4 | 503 | 15.2 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Albany County
- Albany City School District 8,761 students
- North Colonie CSD 6,159 students
- Guilderland Central School District 4,955 students
- Bethlehem Central School District 4,115 students
- Cohoes City School District 1,903 students
- Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk Central School District 1,759 students
- Watervliet City School District 1,547 students
- Voorheesville Central School District 1,229 students
- KIPP Tech Valley Charter School 840 students
- Berne-Knox-Westerlo Central School District 711 students
- KIPP Albany Community Charter School 688 students
- Green Tech High Charter School 450 students
- Albany Leadership Charter School for Girls 383 students
- New York State Department of Corrections 374 students
- Henry Johnson Charter School 346 students
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.