DELAWARE COMMUNITY SCHOOL

DELAWARE COMMUNITY SCHOOL is one of the close-knit elementary campuss in ALBANY, New York, overseen by ALBANY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 276 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 38% below the state mean of about 443.

ALBANY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 16 schools in total, collectively educating 8,509 students. DELAWARE COMMUNITY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, DELAWARE COMMUNITY SCHOOL records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 35%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest looks like 30% Black, 17% Asian, 10% White, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Albany County as a whole is about 7% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Around 82% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Albany County (around 45%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, DELAWARE COMMUNITY SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 45.0%; DELAWARE COMMUNITY SCHOOL posts 21.7%, -23.3 points below that line.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Albany County put median household income runs about $85,333, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. DELAWARE COMMUNITY SCHOOL is one of 75 public schools in Albany County (combined enrollment of about 39,946 students).

Nearest neighbor: ALBANY LEADERSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL FOR GIRLS, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DELAWARE COMMUNITY SCHOOL at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 40.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DELAWARE COMMUNITY SCHOOL has contracted 34%, going from 418 students in 2018 to 276 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged down from 45% to 35%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.