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Schools in Rensselaer Falls

Rensselaer Falls’s public schools

Canton Central School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Rensselaer Falls. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/3schools above New York’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 85% of students in New York’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
44%
2021–22
Math proficiency
46%
2021–22
Graduate on time
87%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$29.3K
▼ 15% vs NY $34.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
11.3
NY 11.2
Schools in town
0
1,041 students on the public path
In brief

Rensselaer Falls’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Rensselaer Falls’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of New York’s 4,095 public schools. H C Williams Senior High School places highest (better than 95%); J M McKenney Middle School lowest (32%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Rensselaer Falls, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–4F S Banford Elementary Schoolin CantonB−
5–8J M McKenney Middle Schoolin CantonC
9–12H C Williams Senior High Schoolin CantonA+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Canton Central School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Canton Central School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 1,041 students · 11.3 per teacher (NY 11.2)
$29,340NY $34,607 · FY2024
B−
Test scores · 2021–22

Below the state in reading

Reading44%
State average 48.9% · 460 students tested
Math46%
State average 46.5% · 503 students tested

Rensselaer Falls vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the New York towns that share Rensselaer Falls’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Rensselaer Falls—Canton Central

Every school in Rensselaer Falls

3 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with New York’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Rensselaer Fallsin other towns
F S Banford Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Canton
B−
408 students16:1Rate it →
J M McKenney Middle School
Middle · Grades 5–8 · Canton
C
301 students10:1Rate it →
H C Williams Senior High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Canton
A+
332 students10:1Rate it →

Questions about Rensselaer Falls’s schools

Are Rensselaer Falls’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Rensselaer Falls. Canton Central School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Rensselaer Falls. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of New York’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Rensselaer Falls in?

Canton Central School District.

Where do Rensselaer Falls kids go to high school?

H C Williams Senior High School.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.