KIPP TECH VALLEY CHARTER SCHOOL

Located at 321 NORTHERN BLVD, in ALBANY, New York, KIPP TECH VALLEY CHARTER SCHOOL is an expansive K-5 school that enrolls 840 students (grades K through 8), operated by KIPP TECH VALLEY CHARTER SCHOOL. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 90% bigger than typical.

KIPP TECH VALLEY CHARTER SCHOOL is the operating authority for KIPP TECH VALLEY CHARTER SCHOOL, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

On the student-mix side, KIPP TECH VALLEY CHARTER SCHOOL reports that 74% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest consists of 16% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 12% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, KIPP TECH VALLEY CHARTER SCHOOL has 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 86% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Albany County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, KIPP TECH VALLEY CHARTER SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.4%, the actual is 34.4%, a residual of -9.1 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Albany County put 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 KIPP TECH VALLEY CHARTER SCHOOL is one.

ARBOR HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, KIPP TECH VALLEY CHARTER SCHOOL comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 36.3%.

The campus sits in an urban setting. KIPP TECH VALLEY CHARTER SCHOOL operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 71%: 492 students in 2018 compared to 840 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share edged down from 84% to 74%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 35.1:1 in 2018 to 19.1:1 today.

On this page, members of the KIPP TECH VALLEY CHARTER SCHOOL community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.