Overview
Arbor Hill Elementary School is a public elementary school in Albany, New York, serving students from prekindergarten through grade 5. It is part of the City School District of Albany, the public school district serving New York’s capital city [2][3]. The New York State Education Department (NYSED) lists the school under the legal name Arbor Hill Elementary School, with BEDS code 010100010039 and institution ID 800000055764 [1].
The school is located at 1 Arbor Drive, Albany, NY 12207, and its published main telephone number is (518) 475-6625 [1][2]. Its official school page is hosted on the district website at https://www.albanyschools.org/schools/arborhill [1][2].
This profile summarizes what can be verified from the school’s district page, the NYSED data profile, and the school’s 2024-25 School Comprehensive Education Plan. It does not rank the school or evaluate its quality. It describes what the sources state and identifies what they leave unaddressed.
Location and School Identity
Arbor Hill Elementary School’s verified campus address is 1 Arbor Drive, Albany, NY 12207 [2]. Albany is the capital of New York State, and Arbor Hill Elementary is one of the elementary schools operated by the City School District of Albany [2][3]. The school’s name corresponds to Arbor Hill, a neighborhood in Albany.
Identity details that distinguish this school in official records include:
- Legal name: Arbor Hill Elementary School [1]
- BEDS code: 010100010039 [1]
- NYSED institution ID: 800000055764 [1]
- District: City School District of Albany [2][3]
- Grades served: PK-5 [2][3]
These identifiers matter because New York State school records, data files, and reporting systems are organized by BEDS code and institution ID rather than by school name alone. Readers comparing schools should confirm they are looking at Arbor Hill Elementary School in Albany and not a similarly named school elsewhere.
The district page also lists contact points for student support, health, and family engagement, and it notes that Arbor Hill operates as a Community School [2]. In this context, a Community School functions as a neighborhood center that provides additional supports and services to students and families during and beyond the regular school day [2].
Grades and Academic Programs
Arbor Hill Elementary School serves grades prekindergarten through 5 [2][3]. The district page lists the school day as beginning at 9:00 a.m. and ending at 3:30 p.m. [2].
After grade 5, students who attend the school are enrolled in William S. Hackett Middle School for grades 6 through 8, according to the district’s school page [2]. That statement describes the district’s stated middle school pathway for Arbor Hill students. It is not a claim about admissions rules or about any individual student’s placement.
The school has a School Comprehensive Education Plan (SCEP) for the 2024-25 school year, developed by a team that included school staff and partners, and listing grades served as PK-5 [3]. New York State requires identified schools to develop such plans, which set out commitments and key strategies for improvement. The publicly posted 2024-25 document includes sections for commitments, key strategies, and an implementation plan. The excerpt available for this profile does not include the specific commitments or strategies the team adopted, so those details are not summarized here [3].
NYSED’s profile page for the school includes a general definition of “Common Branch” classes: self-contained classes in grades 1 through 6 taught by teachers certified to teach all subjects typically included in elementary school [1]. That definition is a statewide explanation of a class type, not a description of Arbor Hill’s specific classroom configuration, which is not documented in the sources reviewed.
Enrollment and School Data
The NYSED data profile for Arbor Hill Elementary School lists total students as 300 [1]. The retrieved page does not state the reporting year for that figure, so it should be treated as an approximate, undated count rather than a confirmed current enrollment total. Readers who need a figure tied to a specific school year should consult the NYSED profile directly, where enrollment details are presented alongside the reporting period [1].
The same NYSED profile indicates that additional student and educator data is available in the state’s Student and Educator Report [1]. The profile also includes school climate measures, including the percentage of students who attended school on days the school was open and the percentage of students suspended for at least one full day during the school year [1]. The excerpt reviewed for this profile did not include the values for those measures, so no attendance or suspension figures are reported here. State data reporting rules can also affect which values are published, so the NYSED profile and its linked data files remain the authoritative place to check.
No student-teacher ratio, assessment result, or other performance figure for this school was available in the sources reviewed, and none is estimated here.
Admissions and Enrollment
The sources reviewed for this profile do not describe Arbor Hill Elementary School’s registration or application process, its attendance boundary, or any eligibility requirements. Families should not infer eligibility from the school’s address or from a student’s proximity to the campus. Enrollment procedures for Albany’s public schools are administered by the City School District of Albany, and the school’s published telephone number, (518) 475-6625, is a direct route to ask about registration steps [1][2].
Because admissions rules, deadlines, and required documents can change, this profile does not state them. Readers should confirm current requirements with the school or the district before relying on any secondhand description.
Student Services and Family Information
The district’s Arbor Hill page lists several named contacts and service points [2]:
- Student support: Jerome Perkins is listed as Home School Coordinator under student support [2].
- School nurse: Elaine Major is listed as the school nurse [2].
- PTA: Angelo Maddox, Jr. is listed as the PTA contact [2].
- Community school services: Angelo Maddox, Jr. is also listed as the contact for more information about the community school services and programs offered, with the phone number 518-475-6000 and the address 1 Academy Park, Albany, NY 12207 [2].
- Special education: the page directs families to the district Special Education Office at (518) 475-6150 x14309, and to Sub-CSE Chairperson contacts by grade level, with one contact listed for Pre-K and one for grades K-5 at Arbor Hill and several other district elementary schools [2].
Rosalind Gaines-Harrell is listed in the contact area of the district’s Arbor Hill page and also appears first on the 2024-25 SCEP development team roster [2][3]. The retrieved district page does not label the specific role attached to that listing.
The NYSED profile lists Janet Escoto-Lavoie as principal [1]. Because the district page and the state profile do not present the same name in the same way, and because school leadership changes over time, readers should confirm the current principal with the school rather than relying on either listing alone.
The sources reviewed do not describe transportation eligibility, language or interpretation services, accessibility features, after-school programming, or meal programs for this school. Those services are common in New York public elementary schools, but this profile does not assert that any specific service is available at Arbor Hill without a source stating it.
How to Verify Current Information
Because school details change, the following official sources are the appropriate places to confirm information about Arbor Hill Elementary School:
- School page (City School District of Albany): https://www.albanyschools.org/schools/arborhill – school day, grades served, contact listings, and community school information [2].
- NYSED data profile: https://data.nysed.gov/profile.php?instid=800000055764 – enrollment, school climate measures, and links to the Student and Educator Report [1].
- 2024-25 School Comprehensive Education Plan: the PDF posted through the district’s document storage – commitments, key strategies, and implementation planning [3].
- Direct contact: (518) 475-6625 for the school; the district Special Education Office at (518) 475-6150 x14309 for special education questions [1][2].
This profile reflects only the sources listed in its references, retrieved in October 2026. It does not include a verified founding date, historical milestones, attendance or suspension figures, assessment results, or admissions rules, because those details were not present in the evidence reviewed. Where a reader needs one of those facts, the official sources above are the place to look.