About South Colonie Central School District
South Colonie Central School District is a public school system serving Albany County, New York, based in Albany. It serves 5,066 students across 8 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a suburb: large district. By enrollment it is the #104 largest of New York’s 1071 school systems.
Size and structure
South Colonie Central School District enrolls 5,066 students in 8 schools — an average of about 633 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #104 of 1071 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in South Colonie Central School District, from the NCES Common Core of Data (5,066 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
South Colonie Central School District employs about 395 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 12.8:1 — above the New York average of about 12.1:1. Total district staff is roughly 860.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How New York funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for South Colonie Central School District are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
New York reports accountability through its ESSA system, published as the NYSED School Report Card, covering achievement, graduation, chronic absenteeism, English-language proficiency, growth and college-and-career readiness. Look up South Colonie Central School District on data.nysed.gov.
Accreditation status
New York does not use a private accreditor for public schools: every public district is registered by the Board of Regents under the Commissioner’s Regulations (Part 100), with registration review as the state’s oversight tool. See the New York State Education Department.
South Colonie Central School District vs. New York
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Look up South Colonie Central School District’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):