ALBANY JR-SR H S

ALBANY JR-SR H S is one of the micro-enrollment high schools in ALBANY, Texas, operated by ALBANY ISD, with 216 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 796 students per school, that is 73% leaner than typical.

ALBANY ISD comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 474 students; ALBANY JR-SR H S is among them.

Demographically, ALBANY JR-SR H S records that 80% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 16% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 33% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Shackelford County's rate of about 48%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), ALBANY JR-SR H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 59.3%, the actual is 46.8%, a residual of -12.5 points.

In the area at large, Shackelford County reports that the typical household earns roughly $73,047 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Shackelford County runs 3 public schools (combined enrollment of about 589 students), of which ALBANY JR-SR H S is one.

NANCY SMITH EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ALBANY JR-SR H S at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 42.3%.

ALBANY JR-SR H S operates from a countryside location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 4%: 224 students in 2018 compared to 216 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 75% to 80% across the same window.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.