SHAKER HIGH SCHOOL

Set in LATHAM, New York, SHAKER HIGH SCHOOL is a sprawling secondary school, run under NORTH COLONIE CSD. It instructs 2,138 students across grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 668 students per school, that is 220% larger than typical.

Across the 8 schools in NORTH COLONIE CSD (6,145 students total), SHAKER HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, SHAKER HIGH SCHOOL records that the largest single group is White at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 23% Asian, 10% Black, 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Albany County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, SHAKER HIGH SCHOOL has 177 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting SHAKER HIGH SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 31% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Albany County's rate of about 45%.

After controlling for student poverty, SHAKER HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 63.6%, the actual is 76.7%, a residual of +13.0 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Albany County put the typical household earns roughly $85,333 per year, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Albany County's 75 public schools (combined enrollment of about 39,946 students), SHAKER HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is SHAKER MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, SHAKER HIGH SCHOOL comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 54.8%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 6%: 2,010 students in 2018 compared to 2,138 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 68% to 53% across the same window.

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