MONTESSORI MAGNET SCHOOL

Set in ALBANY, New York, MONTESSORI MAGNET SCHOOL is a small elementary campus, run under ALBANY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. It teaches 322 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 27% leaner than typical.

Across the 16 schools in ALBANY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (8,509 students total), MONTESSORI MAGNET SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, MONTESSORI MAGNET SCHOOL lists that the most-represented group is White (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 25% Black, 15% Asian, 11% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. By comparison, Albany County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.7:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 32% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Albany County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, MONTESSORI MAGNET SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 63.2%; this one delivers 62.0%.

Around the school, census data for Albany County shows median household earnings sit near $85,333, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Albany County's 75 public schools (combined enrollment of about 39,946 students), MONTESSORI MAGNET SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is NYS DEPT OF CORRECTIONS PLACEMENT, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, MONTESSORI MAGNET SCHOOL comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 43.2%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. MONTESSORI MAGNET SCHOOL's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 330 (now 322). White enrollment moved from 55% to 41% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.

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