COHOES HIGH SCHOOL

COHOES HIGH SCHOOL, a medium-sized high school in COHOES, New York, one of the schools within COHOES CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, enrolls 607 students, covering grades 9 through 12.

COHOES CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 1,847 students; COHOES HIGH SCHOOL is among them.

On demographics, COHOES HIGH SCHOOL logs that White students make up the majority at 63%. The remainder is composed of 14% Black, 13% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 2% Asian.

Looking at school resources, On paper, COHOES HIGH SCHOOL has 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 69% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Albany County's rate of about 45%.

With demographic context factored in, COHOES HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.8%, the actual is 48.3%, a residual of -1.5 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Albany County shows median household income runs about $85,333, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Albany County runs 75 public schools (combined enrollment of about 39,946 students), of which COHOES HIGH SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is HARMONY HILL SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, COHOES HIGH SCHOOL comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 50.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Trend over the last 7 years. COHOES HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has expanded 12% since 2018, when it stood at 543 (now 607). Over the same period, the White share fell from 76% to 63%.

Inside the community feed, the feed for COHOES HIGH SCHOOL typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.