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Cohoes City Schools

Cohoes City School District applies technology throughout the educational system to expand students’ knowledge, critical thinking and problem solving skills and to prepare students to work in an ever-changing society. They continue to provide a variety of opportunities to increase the capacity of staff to meet these needs. The district provides a full-day kindergarten, computer instruction at every grade level, peer tutoring, opportunities to participate in music education, a variety of extra-curricular activities, honors and advanced placement classes, opportunities for college credit through high school courses and several athletic teams.

Cohoes City School District has five education faculties, Cohoes High School, Cohoes Middle School, and the 3 Elementary schools, Abram Lansing School, Harmony Hill School and Van Schaick Grade School. Regulations are incorporated by the seven-member Board of Education, elected by the community of the Cohoes City School District for three-year terms, is responsible for policies and regulations governing public education in the district. The instructional technology team consists of teachers, teacher assistants, administrators, support staff and parents. The district is located about 10 miles north of the city of Albany in Albany County.

Cohoes City School District Information

Cohoes City School District

7 Bevan Street

Cohoes, NY 12047

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Albany County, New York

518-237-0100

518-237-2912 (Fax)

Serving grades K-12

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Students: 2102

Student / Teacher Ratio: 11.6

Schools in this District: 5

Cohoes City School District Schools

School Name
City
Grade Level
County

Student Enrollment Information

Kindergarten
(Full Day)
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th
166 147 143 155 146 160 177 161 162 207 183 153 142
Total Students:
2102
Attendance Rate:
93%
Suspensions:
185
Year Statistics Compiled:
2005
District teacher data and statistics
Superintendent:Charles Dedrick
 Full TimePart Time
Principals50
Assistant Principals20
Teachers1844
Other Professional Staff270
*Staff data was compiled in 2006
District Administrative Salaries
Title
Salary
Benefits
Other
Total Compensation
Superintendent Of Schools
$109,314
$21,863
$0
$131,177
Asst Superintendent For Ins
$95,181
$19,036
$0
$114,217
Asst Superintendent For Bus
$98,678
$19,736
$0
$118,414
Note: Data from the 2004-05 school year. It is a requirement that districts report the salaries of the superintendent; the deputy, assistant or associate superintendents; and other administrators or supervisors paid in excess of $113,000.

Adequate Yearly Progress Decisions

Sub-Group Names
Satisfactory
School Year
Subject:Elementary / Middle School English Language Arts
All Students
Yes
2006
Black Or African American
Yes
2006
Hispanic Or Latino
Yes
2006
White
Yes
2006
Students With Disabilities
No
2006
Economically Disadvantaged
Yes
2006
Subject:Elementary / Middle School Math
All Students
Yes
2006
Black Or African American
Yes
2006
Hispanic Or Latino
Yes
2006
White
Yes
2006
Students With Disabilities
Yes
2006
Economically Disadvantaged
Yes
2006
Subject:Elementary / Middle School Science
All Students
Yes
2006
Subject:High School English Language Arts
All Students
Yes
2006
White
Yes
2006
Economically Disadvantaged
Yes
2006
Subject:High School Graduation Rate
All Students
Yes
2006
White
Yes
2006
Economically Disadvantaged
Yes
2006
Subject:High School Math
All Students
Yes
2006
White
Yes
2006
Economically Disadvantaged
Yes
2006

Regents Results

Subject
Year
# Tested
Percent Passing
 
Earth Science
2006
109
65.1%
English
2006
172
66.9%
French
2006
13
100.0%
Global Hist & Geography
2006
188
64.9%
Living Environment
2006
159
81.8%
Math A
2006
179
81.0%
Math B
2006
97
78.4%
Chemistry
2006
122
42.6%
Physics
2006
42
57.1%
Spanish
2006
45
91.1%
US History and Govt
2006
162
80.2%

Graduation Info

Group
High School Graduate
Regents Diplomas
Advanced Regents Diplomas
IEP / Local Certificates
Year
All Students
70
48 (68%)
2 (02%)
8
2006
All Students
128
107 (83%)
50 (39%)
9
2005
All Students
114
47 (41%)
0 (0%)
4
2004
General Education
68
46 (67%)
2 (02%)
0
2006
General Education
122
105 (86%)
50 (40%)
0
2005
General Education
100
45 (45%)
0 (0%)
0
2004
Students With Disabilities
2
2 (1%)
0 (0%)
8
2006
Students With Disabilities
6
2 (33%)
0 (0%)
9
2005
Students With Disabilities
14
2 (14%)
0 (0%)
4
2004

Student Post-Graduation Plans

Number of high school students planning to attend 4 year colleges In New York State
2 (02%)
Number of high school students planning to attend 4 year colleges Outside of New York State
3 (04%)
Number of high school students planning to attend 2 year colleges In New York State
48 (68%)
Number of high school students planning to attend 2 year colleges Outside of New York State
1 (01%)
Number of high school students planning to attend Post Secondary institutions In New York State
0 (0%)
Number of high school students planning to attend Post Secondary institutions Outside of New York State
0 (0%)
Number of high school graduates who plan to enroll in the Military
3 (04%)
Number of high school graduates who plan to pursue employment
0 (04%)
Number of high school graduates with disabilities who plan to attend vocational rehabilitation programs.
0 (0%)
Number of high school graduates with a known plan not specified above.
13 (18%)
Number of high school graduates whose plans do not fit the above categories or are unknown.
0 (0%)
2005/06 District Expenditure & Revenue Information
  • Unreserved Fund Balance:
    1,362,733
  • State AID Revenue:
    15,126,287
  • Star Revenue:
    2,628,753
  • Total State Revenue (State Aid + Star):
    17,755,040
  • Local Revenue:
    11,075,150
  • Federal Revenue:
    2,720,940
  • Total Revenue (state + local + federal revenues):
    31,551,130
  • Central Administration:
    642,857
  • Board of Education:
    129,416
  • Teacher Salaries:
    10,915,656
  • Pupil Personnel Services Instructional Salaries:
    758,987
  • Curriculum Development and Support Instructional Salaries:
    832,477
  • Boces Instructional Expenditures:
    1,510,671
  • Tuition Paid to other districts (excluding special act districts):
    520,094
  • Tuition Not Included in Tuition Above:
    0
  • Other Instructional Salaries:
    2,178,715
  • Other Instructional Expenses:
    1,381,058
  • Community Service:
    110
  • Operations and Maintenance:
    2,270,179
  • Teacher Retirement:
    1,299,737
  • Health:
    3,479,396
  • Other Employee Benefits:
    2,105,950
  • Other Undistributed:
    613,119
  • Other:
    79,587
  • SubTotal (total exp minus debt service expenditures (principal & interest) and transportation):
    28,718,009
  • Transportation:
    777,698
  • Debt Service-Principle:
    1,719,465
  • Debt Service-Interest:
    643,315
  • Total Expenditure:
    31,858,487
  • Duplicated Combined Adjusted Average Daily Membership:
    2,140
  • Revenue Per Pupil:
    14,744
  • Expenditure Per Pupil:
    14,887
  • Actual Value Per Total Wealth Unit (Property Wealth Per Pupil):
    145,075
  • Income Per Total Wealth Pupil Unit:
    77,609
  • Combined Wealth Ratio:
    0.536
  • IE 1 (Instructional Expenditures Excluding Fringe Benefits) as Percent of Total Expenditures:
    56.81%
  • Percent that fringe (employee) benefits for the instructional program are of total expenditures:
    19.36%
  • Instructional Expenditures (Including Fringe Benefits) as a percent of total expenditures:
    76.16%
  • Instructional Expense as a percent of Adjusted Total Expense:
    84.21%
  • Local Revenue Effort Rate (Local Revenues Divided by Property Value):
    26.3

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Cohoes City School District, Albany County, New York