COLONIE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL

COLONIE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL is a secondary school of big scale in ALBANY, New York, run under SOUTH COLONIE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, hosting 1,640 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 668 students per school, that is 146% larger than typical.

Across the 8 schools in SOUTH COLONIE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (5,040 students total), COLONIE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, COLONIE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is White, at 58% of enrollment. Other groups include 13% Asian, 12% Hispanic, 10% Black, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Albany County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school reports having 123 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. An estimated 42% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, COLONIE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 59.7%; this one delivers 77.0%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Albany County indicate median household income runs about $85,333, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 COLONIE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: ROESSLEVILLE SCHOOL, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around COLONIE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, COLONIE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 58.4%.

COLONIE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL operates from a bedroom-community location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 7%: 1,530 students in 2018 compared to 1,640 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 68% to 58%.

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