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Albany, New York - 1 schools
356
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
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Per-Pupil Spending
High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
New York State Department of Corrections operates 1 public schools serving 356 students, placing it among the smallest districts in New York. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Albany County.
a 124.7:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, . Demographically, the student body averages 64.4% African American, 23.3% Hispanic or Latino, 11.2% White across the district's schools.
Nys Dept of Corrections Placement accounts for 100.0% of all New York State Department of Corrections student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of New York State Department of Corrections a distant remainder — means New York State Department of Corrections-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
New York State Department of Corrections student-counselor ratio is 125:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Comparisons are relative to New York State Department of Corrections's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in New York State Department of Corrections?
New York State Department of Corrections has 1 school, including 1 high. Total enrollment is 356 students.
What is the demographic composition of New York State Department of Corrections?
New York State Department of Corrections students are 64.4% African American, 23.3% Hispanic or Latino, 11.2% White, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.