THOMAS S O'BRIEN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

THOMAS S O'BRIEN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY is a K-5 school of cozy scale in ALBANY, New York, one of the schools within ALBANY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, enrolling 262 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 41% below typical.

THOMAS S O'BRIEN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY is one of 16 schools operated by ALBANY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that teaches 8,509 students overall.

On the student-mix side, THOMAS S O'BRIEN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY records that the largest single group is Black at 34%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 26% Asian, 17% Hispanic, 15% White, 9% 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, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.6:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 70% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Albany County's rate of about 45%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, THOMAS S O'BRIEN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.2%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Albany County) logs that median household income runs about $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%. In all, Albany County runs 75 public schools (combined enrollment of about 39,946 students), of which THOMAS S O'BRIEN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY is one.

Nearest neighbor: WILLIAM S HACKETT MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts THOMAS S O'BRIEN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 31.4%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Over the past 7-year window. THOMAS S O'BRIEN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY's enrollment has declined 40% since 2018, when it stood at 437 (now 262). Black enrollment moved from 39% to 34% across the same window.

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