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Giffen Memorial Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Albany, Albany County. The school has 404 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Albany City School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 30.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.2:1. 22% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Giffen Memorial Elementary School enrolls 404 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 30.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 54% Black or African American, 24% Hispanic or Latino and 7.7% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 217 | 54% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 97 | 24% |
| Asian | 31 | 7.7% |
| White | 29 | 7.2% |
| Two or more races | 28 | 6.9% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
374 of the school's 404 students (93%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 374 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Giffen Memorial Elementary School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NY At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 44, state house district 108.
Giffen Memorial Elementary School is one of 16 schools in ALBANY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, based in ALBANY, New York. The district serves 8,761 students district-wide and employs 668 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 404 students, Giffen Memorial Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 548 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize
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