NCES CCD 2024-25 21 schools OR

Best-Resourced Schools in Albany, OR

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21 public K-12 schools in Albany from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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21
Schools
8,691
Students
31.6/100
Avg Resource Index
20:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Albany has more public-school enrollment than 76% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Albany's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

13 of Albany's 21 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 3 middle and 4 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 39-point gap between Three Lakes High School and Meadow Ridge Elementary shows the range hidden by Albany's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 24%
School count
Top 14%
Resource Index average
16th percentile
Teacher staffing
16th percentile

South Albany High School accounts for 16.9% of all Albany public-school enrollment

That concentration means Albany-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Albany school enrollment varies 147× across entities

Albany school enrollment ranges from 10 students (lowest) to 1,466 students (highest), a spread of 1,456 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Albany reports 55.3% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Albany student-teacher ratio is 20.0:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Three Lakes High School 52
2. Albany Options School 49
3. North Albany Middle School 38
4. Oak Grove Elementary School 38
5. Liberty Elementary School 38
6. Takena Elementary School 38
7. North Albany Elementary School 36
8. Waverly Elementary School 36
9. Calapooia Middle School 33
10. Lafayette Elementary School 33
11. Memorial Middle School 31
12. Oak Elementary School 31
13. Central Elementary School 31
14. Riverside High School 30
15. Timber Ridge School 29
16. West Albany High School 26
17. Periwinkle Elementary School 22
18. South Shore Elementary School 21
19. Sunrise Elementary School 21
20. South Albany High School 18
21. Meadow Ridge Elementary 13

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Albany

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Riverside High School 72.0/100
  2. 2 Three Lakes High School 58.0/100
  3. 3 Waverly Elementary School 57.9/100
  4. 4 Calapooia Middle School 57.3/100
  5. 5 Lafayette Elementary School 56.2/100

What do families ask about schools in Albany?

Which Albany school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Three Lakes High School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Albany schools in this federal-data comparison at 52/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Albany, OR? ▼

Albany has 21 public schools with a total enrollment of 8,691 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 20:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.