Capital District Times

Albany High School had the highest enrollment among Albany County schools, welcoming 2,687 students during the 2022-23 academic year, according to the New York State Education Department.

The most represented ethnicity among Albany High School students was Black, accounting for 45.4% of the student population.

Among the 63 schools in Albany County, Shaker High School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 2,018 students, while Colonie Central High School welcomed 1,540 students and came in third in the 2022-23 school year.

Albany High School is part of Albany City School District, which roughly covers five schools within Albany County and has a main office in Cohoes.

In the previous school year, Albany High School also had the highest number of students among Albany County schools.

In 2022, New York had roughly one teacher for every 12 students, which is lower than the national average of one teacher for every 16 students. A lower student-to-teacher ratio has been found to improve students' school performance.

School name	City	Total School Enrollment
Albany High School	Albany	2,687
Shaker High School	Latham	2,018
Colonie Central High School	Albany	1,540
Guilderland High School	Guilderland Center	1,462
Shaker Middle School	Latham	1,424
Bethlehem Central Senior High School	Delmar	1,364
Farnsworth Middle School	Guilderland	1,151
Bethlehem Central Middle School	Delmar	924
Sand Creek Middle School	Albany	868
Watervliet Junior-Senior High School	Watervliet	684
William S. Hackett Middle School	Albany	672
Watervliet Elementary School	Watervliet	662
Stephen and Harriet Myers Middle School	Albany	642
Lisha Kill Middle School	Albany	628
Voorheesville Elementary School	Voorheesville	589
Cohoes High School	Cohoes	553
Boght Hills School	Cohoes	548
Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk Senior High School	Ravena	544
Westmere Elementary School	Albany	539
Pine Bush Elementary School	Schenectady	478
Guilderland Elementary School	Guilderland	475
New Scotland Elementary School	Albany	472
Slingerlands Elementary School	Delmar	462
Latham Ridge School	Latham	455
Cohoes Middle School	Cohoes	441
North Albany Academy Middle School	Albany	438
Lynnwood Elementary School	Schenectady	438
Veeder Elementary School	Albany	436
Forts Ferry School	Latham	436
Pieter B. Coeymans School	Coeymans	435
Southgate School	Loudonville	431
Blue Creek School	Latham	426
Albertus W. Becker School	Selkirk	426
Eagle Elementary School	Delmar	421
Saddlewood Elementary School	Albany	417
Giffen Memorial Elementary School	Albany	405
Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk Middle School	Ravena	390
Harmony Hill School	Cohoes	379
Berne-Knox-Westerlo Elementary School	Berne	371
Glenmont Elementary School	Glenmont	363
Albany School of Humanities	Albany	356
Roessleville School	Albany	350
Shaker Road Elementary School	Albany	348
Clayton A. Bouton High School	Voorheesville	347
Pine Hills Elementary School	Albany	334
Abram Lansing School	Cohoes	326
Berne-Knox-Westerlo Junior-Senior High School	Berne	320
Montessori Magnet School	Albany	313
Altamont Elementary School	Altamont	310
Hamagrael Elementary School	Delmar	306
Forest Park Elementary School	Albany	304
Voorheesville Middle School	Voorheesville	295
Delaware Community School	Albany	290
Sheridan Preparatory Academy	Albany	287
Philip J. Schuyler Achievement Academy	Albany	287
Loudonville School	Loudonville	287
Menands School	Menands	278
Eagle Point Elementary School	Albany	275
Heatly School	Green Island	271
Arbor Hill Elementary School	Albany	265
Thomas S. O'brien Academy of Science & Technology	Albany	250
Elsmere Elementary School	Delmar	231
Van Schaick Island School	Cohoes	137