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If you could change one rule at ALBANY HIGH SCHOOL, what would it be?
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Enrollment
2,937
High
DISTRICT 532 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALBANY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360246000014
ALBANY HIGH SCHOOL
700 WASHINGTON AVE, ALBANY, NY 12203 · (518) 475-6200 · Albany County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,937 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 14% of New York public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public high schools
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
194 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
1,916 students
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 771 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 703 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 689 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 701 | 24% |
| Ungraded | 73 | 2% |
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within ALBANY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
66.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +0.0pp since 2023
Math
25.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.0% | 25.0% |
| 2023-24 | 66.0% | 32.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
42.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like ALBANY HIGH SCHOOL
ALBANY HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (42.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALBANY HIGH SCHOOL this school | 2,937 | 65.2% | 42.2% |
| THOMAS R PROCTOR HIGH SCHOOL UTICA | 2,820 | 58.4% | 50.3% |
| EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 3,503 | 68.2% | 53.8% |
| ABRAHAM LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 2,210 | 83.6% | 51.7% |
| NIAGARA FALLS HIGH SCHOOL NIAGARA FALLS | 2,034 | 75.8% | 28.8% |
| SCHENECTADY HIGH SCHOOL SCHENECTADY | 2,885 | 74.2% | 38.5% |
Matched among New York high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where ALBANY HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Albany County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.2% | #895 of 1,135 | #9 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #954 of 1,109 ▼ 93 | #10 of 12 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #669 of 1,135 ▲ 39 | #9 of 12 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,937 | #21 of 1,216 | #1 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #997 of 1,058 | #11 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.6% | #45 of 1,070 | #2 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.2% | #566 of 1,167 | #4 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.9% | #123 of 339 | #3 of 7 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
2,937
+330 (+13%) vs 2020
+45% since 1990-91, when it was 2,022
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 14.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 2,937 | 193.5 | 15.2:1 | 65% (1,916) |
| 2023-24 | 2,768 | 219.2 | 12.6:1 | 65% (1,807) |
| 2022-23 | 2,676 | 199.2 | 13.4:1 | 69% (1,841) |
| 2020-21 | 2,607 | 184 | 14.2:1 | 66% (1,717) |
| 2017-18 | 2,624 | 173.9 | 15.1:1 | 45% (1,171) |
| 2015-16 | 2,520 | 160 | 15.8:1 | 45% (1,140) |
| 2010-11 | 2,507 | 150 | 16.7:1 | 41% (1,032) |
| 2000-01 | 2,348 | 163 | 14.4:1 | 47% (1,115) |
| 1990-91 | 2,022 | 156 | 13.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ALBANY HIGH SCHOOL.
About ALBANY HIGH SCHOOL
In ALBANY, New York, part of Albany County, ALBANY HIGH SCHOOL is a high school. The school's 2,937 students are in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment is 340% higher than the average for high schools in New York, which is about 668.
ALBANY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 8,509 students in 16 schools, including ALBANY HIGH SCHOOL.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at ALBANY HIGH SCHOOL. The largest is Black students, at 41%. The remaining students are 25% Hispanic, 15% White, 13% Asian, and 5% multiracial. Census figures show Albany County is about 12% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 73% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its 193.5 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 15.2:1. This ratio sits 4.2 above the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 65%. The 45% average for public schools in Albany County is 20 points lower.
allk12 grades ALBANY HIGH SCHOOL a D. The grade compares the school only with New York public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
ALBANY HIGH SCHOOL scores 42.2% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 51.0%.
In the county around the school, Albany County, the median household income is $85,333, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 46% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Albany County is home to 75 public schools and about 39,946 public school students.
The closest public school to ALBANY HIGH SCHOOL is ROOTS ACADEMY AT WEST HILL, about 0.4 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, ALBANY HIGH SCHOOL ranks 6th on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Mid-size: inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 330 more students in 2024-25. The school's ratio rose from 14.2:1 to 15.2:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Albany County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
317,018
Census ACS
Median income
$85,333
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
75
39,946 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ALBANY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WILLIAM S HACKETT MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 615 students
- NORTH ALBANY ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 588 students
- STEPHEN AND HARRIET MYERS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 570 students
- NEW SCOTLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 451 students
- GIFFEN MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 387 students
- ALBANY SCHOOL OF HUMANITIESElementary · 378 students
Other schools in ALBANY
- COLONIE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,640 students
- SAND CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 873 students
- KIPP TECH VALLEY CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · 840 students
- KIPP ALBANY COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · 688 students
- LISHA KILL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 640 students
- WILLIAM S HACKETT MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 615 students
Other Albany High schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Albany High. ALBANY HIGH SCHOOL is the largest of the 5.
- Albany HighAlbany, CA · 1,122 students
- Albany High SchoolAlbany, LA · 534 students
- ALBANY HIGHALBANY, MO · 130 students
- Albany HighAlbany, WI · 75 students
Nearby schools
- ROOTS ACADEMY AT WEST HILL0.4 mi · 283
- PINE HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 363
- BRIGHTER CHOICE CHARTER SCHOOL FOR GIRLS0.6 mi · 316
- BRIGHTER CHOICE CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BOYS0.6 mi · 240
- HENRY JOHNSON CHARTER SCHOOL0.7 mi · 346
- SHERIDAN PREPARATORY ACADEMY0.9 mi · 284
Frequently asked questions
About ALBANY HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at ALBANY HIGH SCHOOL?
ALBANY HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 2,937 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does ALBANY HIGH SCHOOL serve?
ALBANY HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ALBANY HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ALBANY HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 15.2:1 (194 FTE teachers).
How diverse is ALBANY HIGH SCHOOL?
ALBANY HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 15% White, 25% Hispanic, 41% Black, 13% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees ALBANY HIGH SCHOOL?
ALBANY HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by ALBANY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT in Albany County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.