KIPP ALBANY COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL

KIPP ALBANY COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL is one of the sizable elementary schools in ALBANY, New York, operated by KIPP ALBANY COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL, with 688 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so KIPP ALBANY COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL sits 55% above that benchmark.

Operationally, KIPP ALBANY COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL answers to KIPP ALBANY COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On demographics, KIPP ALBANY COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is Black, at 71% of enrollment; the rest looks like 22% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Albany County as a whole is about 12% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, KIPP ALBANY COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Around 88% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Albany County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, KIPP ALBANY COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 42.6%; KIPP ALBANY COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL posts 23.6%, -19.0 points below that line.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Albany County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $85,333 per year, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. KIPP ALBANY COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL is one of 75 public schools in Albany County (combined enrollment of about 39,946 students).

Nearest neighbor: GREEN TECH HIGH CHARTER SCHOOL, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts KIPP ALBANY COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 35.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area. As a public charter, KIPP ALBANY COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 681 students in 2018 compared to 688 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share fell from 93% to 71%. Class-load math has loosened: from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 21.5:1 in 2025.

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