Hoosic Valley Elementary School, Schaghticoke NY

Original Research by School Decision on Hoosic Valley Elementary School

Hoosic Valley Elementary School serves kindergarten through sixth grade in Schaghticoke, a small rural town in northern Rensselaer County. The school sits near the village center on Pleasant Avenue, not on a distant campus, making it integrated into the community's civic life rather than isolated from it.

The school enrolls a small student population, with modest enrollment in each grade. The student body is predominantly white, with small numbers of Hispanic, multiracial, and Black students. Data on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility and special education and English learner populations were not available, so a parent would want to inquire directly about those enrollment characteristics and the school's support capacity in those areas.

State testing results from the most recent year show academic performance across four grade levels in math, English language arts, and fifth-grade science. Performance is mixed by subject and grade. In fourth-grade math, the school's proficiency rate stands notably higher than in other grades; in fifth-grade ELA, proficiency similarly runs higher. Third-grade results in both math and ELA are the lowest. Fourth-grade and fifth-grade math and sixth-grade ELA sit in a middle range. Fifth-grade science proficiency aligns with fifth-grade math. Participation rates are generally strong, particularly in ELA, though in fifth and sixth grade, participation in math and science dips. Across the tested subjects and grades, overall proficiency sits below the midpoint when compared to other districts in Rensselaer County, placing the school in a position where a parent may want to look into what academic supports and curriculum initiatives the school has underway, particularly in third grade and the lower-performing grade-subject combinations.

The immediate community is a tight-knit place where most residents own their homes. Housing values in the area are moderate relative to state benchmarks. The town has preserved much of its historic and rural character, with older housing stock, single-family homes, and agricultural land. Growth has been slow and deliberate; the town's planning documents express concern that rapid sprawl would harm the community's character and environment. Civic life clusters around Main Street, where the library and village hall sit. The Hoosic River and nearby parks offer outdoor recreation. Most residents drive to work, and there is no public transit system; car dependence is a fact of life here.

The district recently passed a 2025-26 budget with a modest property tax increase that stayed within the state cap, and has moved to reestablish a capital reserve fund for future facility maintenance and improvements. These steps suggest the district is managing its finances carefully while preparing for long-term facility needs without large new borrowing.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 329%

School 29% · District 29%

▼ 30 pts below state median · ▼ 24 pts below county median

Grade 453%

School 53% · District 52% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▼ 5 pts below state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Grade 539%

School 39% · District 39% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 16 pts below county median

Grade 646%

School 46% · District 44% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 328%

School 28% · District 28%

▼ 24 pts below state median · ▼ 17 pts below county median

Grade 433%

School 33% · District 32% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▼ 20 pts below state median · ▼ 20 pts below county median

Grade 553%

School 53% · District 52% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Grade 646%

School 46% · District 45% · ▲ 1 pts above district

even with state median · even with county median

Science

Grade 539%

School 39% · District 39%

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

This schoolHOOSIC VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income16%Higher-income36%20 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income23%Higher-income38%15 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income45%Higher-income57%12 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income23%Higher-income61%38 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income21%Higher-income33%13 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income33%Higher-income63%30 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income20%Higher-income50%30 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income21%Higher-income61%40 pp gap