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Schools in Santa Clara

Santa Clara’s public schools

Saranac Lake Central School District and St. Regis Falls Central School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Santa Clara. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/4schools above New York’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 86% 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
39%
2021–22
Graduate on time
98%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$32.8K
▼ 5% vs NY $34.6K
FY2024 · Saranac Lake Central
Students per teacher
9.0
NY 11.2 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
859 students on the public path
In brief

Santa Clara’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Santa Clara’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of New York’s 4,095 public schools. Petrova Elementary School places highest (better than 23%); Saranac Lake Middle School lowest (16%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Three elementary schools serve Santa Clara, graded from C− to C−, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools: Saranac Lake Middle School and Saint Regis Falls Central School. 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 Santa Clara, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–53 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressC−
6–122 schoolsDepends on your addressC−

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

Two districts serve Santa Clara

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

Saranac Lake Central School DistrictGrades K–12 · 4 schools · 1,036 students, down 5% since 2020–21 · 9.4 per teacher (NY 11.2)
$32,834NY $34,607 · FY2024
B
St. Regis Falls Central School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 1 schools · 183 students, down 27% since 2020–21 · 7.0 per teacher (NY 11.2)
$39,571NY $34,607 · FY2024
D
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading · K–12, Saranac Lake Central School District44%
State average 48.9% · 487 students tested
Math · K–12, Saranac Lake Central School District39%
State average 46.5% · 509 students tested
Reading · PK–12, St. Regis Falls Central School District32%
State average 48.9% · 94 students tested
Math · PK–12, St. Regis Falls Central School District27%
State average 46.5% · 102 students tested

Santa Clara vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the New York towns that share Santa Clara’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Santa Clara—St. Regis Falls Central PK–12 · Saranac Lake Central K–12
HarrietstownBSaranac Lake Central
BrightonBSaranac Lake Central
Duane—Malone Central
Waverly—St. Regis Falls Central
Tupper LakeC−Tupper Lake Central
Brandon—Brushton-Moira Central PK–12 · Malone Central PK–12

2 of the 6 neighbors share Saranac Lake Central with Santa Clara for grades K–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Santa Clara

4 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 Santa Clarain other towns
Saint Regis Falls Central School
Grades PK–12 · St Regis Falls
C−
183 students7:1Rate it →
Petrova Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Saranac Lake
C−
291 students9:1Rate it →
Bloomingdale School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Saranac Lake
C−
103 students13:1Rate it →
Saranac Lake Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Saranac Lake
C−
282 students10:1Rate it →

Questions about Santa Clara’s schools

Are Santa Clara’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Santa Clara. Saranac Lake Central School District and St. Regis Falls Central School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Santa Clara. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 of its 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of New York’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Santa Clara in?

Saranac Lake Central School District and St. Regis Falls Central School District.

Where do Santa Clara kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Saranac Lake Middle School and Saint Regis Falls Central School.

Parents talk

What Santa Clara families are saying about 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.