Capital District Times

Albany County enrolled 35,261 students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the New York State Education Department.

Albany County had the 15th highest enrollment numbers among all counties in the state during the 2022-23 school year.

The number of students in the halls of Albany County schools grew by less than 0.1% compared to the year before.

In the 2022-23 school year, 51.5% of students were boys, and 48.5% were girls.

The most represented ethnicity among Albany County students was white, accounting for 55.8% of the student population.

Within Albany County, Albany High School had the highest enrollment numbers in the school year, welcoming 2,687 students.

New York State has proposed a $45.8 billion education budget for 2025. This represents a $1.5 billion increase compared to the previous year. The most significant portion of this budget is allocated to schools, with a total of $35.3 billion proposed. The new budget aims to increase funds for Foundation Aid by $507 million, mainly driven by concerns over rising inflation in the U.S.

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	Total enrollment in 2021-22	Total enrollment in 2022-23	% Change From Previous School Year
Albany High School	2,588	2,687	3.8%
Shaker High School	1,996	2,018	1.1%
Colonie Central High School	1,557	1,540	-1.1%
Guilderland High School	1,479	1,462	-1.1%
Shaker Middle School	1,420	1,424	0.3%
Bethlehem Central Senior High School	1,421	1,364	-4%
Farnsworth Middle School	1,110	1,151	3.7%
Bethlehem Central Middle School	952	924	-2.9%
Sand Creek Middle School	852	868	1.9%
Watervliet Junior-Senior High School	656	684	4.3%
William S. Hackett Middle School	699	672	-3.9%
Watervliet Elementary School	647	662	2.3%
Stephen and Harriet Myers Middle School	721	642	-11%
Lisha Kill Middle School	608	628	3.3%
Voorheesville Elementary School	586	589	0.5%
Cohoes High School	538	553	2.8%
Boght Hills School	530	548	3.4%
Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk Senior High School	537	544	1.3%
Westmere Elementary School	534	539	0.9%
Pine Bush Elementary School	473	478	1.1%
Guilderland Elementary School	500	475	-5%
New Scotland Elementary School	465	472	1.5%
Slingerlands Elementary School	452	462	2.2%
Latham Ridge School	463	455	-1.7%
Cohoes Middle School	450	441	-2%
North Albany Academy Middle School	415	438	5.5%
Lynnwood Elementary School	423	438	3.5%
Veeder Elementary School	409	436	6.6%
Forts Ferry School	444	436	-1.8%
Pieter B. Coeymans School	448	435	-2.9%
Southgate School	437	431	-1.4%
Blue Creek School	439	426	-3%
Albertus W. Becker School	409	426	4.2%
Eagle Elementary School	425	421	-0.9%
Saddlewood Elementary School	410	417	1.7%
Giffen Memorial Elementary School	415	405	-2.4%
Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk Middle School	402	390	-3%
Harmony Hill School	363	379	4.4%
Berne-Knox-Westerlo Elementary School	378	371	-1.9%
Glenmont Elementary School	355	363	2.3%
Albany School of Humanities	362	356	-1.7%
Roessleville School	345	350	1.4%
Shaker Road Elementary School	324	348	7.4%
Clayton A. Bouton High School	355	347	-2.3%
Pine Hills Elementary School	341	334	-2.1%
Abram Lansing School	331	326	-1.5%
Berne-Knox-Westerlo Junior-Senior High School	327	320	-2.1%
Montessori Magnet School	326	313	-4%
Altamont Elementary School	309	310	0.3%
Hamagrael Elementary School	306	306	0%
Forest Park Elementary School	291	304	4.5%
Voorheesville Middle School	263	295	12.2%
Delaware Community School	331	290	-12.4%
Sheridan Preparatory Academy	291	287	-1.4%
Philip J. Schuyler Achievement Academy	286	287	0.3%
Loudonville School	277	287	3.6%
Menands School	305	278	-8.9%
Eagle Point Elementary School	254	275	8.3%
Heatly School	282	271	-3.9%
Arbor Hill Elementary School	274	265	-3.3%
Thomas S. O'brien Academy of Science & Technology	275	250	-9.1%
Elsmere Elementary School	240	231	-3.8%
Van Schaick Island School	134	137	2.2%