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RENSSELAER-COLUMBIA-GREENE BOCES

CASTLETON · NY · RENSSELAER-COLUMBIA-GREENE BOCES · Public · K-12 combined

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📋 At a glance

Programs & features
  • 📚 4 AP courses offered — Strong
  • ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
  • 🔢 1 calculus classes · 3 physics
Academic signals
  • 🎓 AP rigor: 52th percentile nationally
  • 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 30% by test-taker volume

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How RENSSELAER-COLUMBIA-GREENE BOCES compares for families

Solid mid-tier academic profile.

  • StatewideAP rigor at the 52th percentile nationally with 4 AP courses.
  • LocallyNY sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOL, MAPLE HILL JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, RENSSELAER JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor

AP + advanced-course offerings

Strong — solid AP program + advanced courses

52th percentile nationally

50th 90th ↑ this school
Less rigorMore rigorMost rigor
AP courses offered
4
Subject breadth not reported
Advanced math classes
5
1 calculus · 4 advanced
Lab science classes
3
3 physics · 0 chemistry
Other rigor signals
✅ Dual-enrollment program

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).

SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21

Bottom 30% by test-taker volume

50th 90th
SAT/ACT test-takers
28
11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test
Test-taking intensity
9.7
takers per 100 students in grades 9-12
Compared against
18,426
US high schools reporting SAT/ACT participation

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.

👩‍🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC

Teacher experience & reliability

% inexperienced teachers (1st-2nd yr)
14.4%
Typical mix. Watch the trend — high turnover can compound.
% chronic teacher absence (≥10 days/yr)
25.2%
Elevated. Teacher absence directly affects classroom continuity and student outcomes.

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.

Counselor capacity

Student : Counselor
169:1
Below the ASCA 250:1 recommendation — strong capacity for college planning, course selection, and student supports.
Counselor FTE
3.0
Full-time-equivalent school counselors on staff.
Teacher FTE
139
Full-time-equivalent classroom teachers.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.

Enrollment trend & projection

Grade 12 went from 61 in 2021 to 69 in 2024 — over 3 years.
+13.1%

Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of +3.2%/year, projecting from 2024's 506 students:

2025
522
2027
557
2029
593

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Nearby high schools — the local competition

The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOL
EAST GREENBUSH
Public 3.3 1,250 -1.2%
MAPLE HILL JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
CASTLETON
Public 4.0 276 +5.7%
RENSSELAER JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
RENSSELAER
Public 5.6 248 -10.8%
Mt. Moriah Academy
Glenmont
Private 5.7 30
Doane Stuart School
Rensselaer
Private 6.1 168 -22.6%
Bishop Maginn High School
Albany
Private 6.2 107 -6.1%
GREEN TECH HIGH CHARTER SCHOOL
ALBANY
Public · charter 6.3 307 +4.8%
ALBANY LEADERSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
ALBANY
Public · charter 6.7 222 -20.7%

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