Giffen Memorial Elementary School
Public · Grades Pre-K–5 · 387 students
The Free School
8 Elm St, Albany, NY 12202
Grades
Pre-K–8
Elementary
Students
4
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
1.2 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Private School
Albany County
About The Free School
The Free School is a private elementary school in Albany, New York, serving grades Pre-K–8. The school is located in a midsize city in Albany County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 4 students were enrolled, with about 1.2 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is smaller than the typical New York elementary school (11.5 students per teacher).
Grades
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Highlighted: grades offeredGrades Pre-K–8
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Private School · What this means
- Category
- Alternative
- Level
- Elementary
- Grades offered
- Pre-K–8
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 4 students
- Students per teacher
- 1.2 to 1
- Locale
- City — Midsize
- County
- Albany County
- NCES private school ID
- 00936912
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School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.