Albany Middle

Albany Middle is one of the moderately sized junior highs in Albany, California, operated by Albany City Unified, with 911 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. That puts it 38% larger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 659 students.

Across the 6 schools in Albany City Unified (3,684 students total), Albany Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Albany Middle shows that the most-represented group is Asian (33%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 22% White, 21% multiracial, 18% Hispanic, 5% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Albany Middle lists 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Albany Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. About 31% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Alameda County runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Albany Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.2%; this one delivers 71.3%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Alameda County shows median household income runs about $129,367, roughly 52% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Alameda County's 394 public schools (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students), Albany Middle is one campus in the mix.

MacGregor High (Continuation) is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Albany Middle ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 63.7%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 4%: 880 students in 2018 compared to 911 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 36% to 22% over that span.

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