| Definition of Terms |
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| School Level |
High school |
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| Grades Offered |
Grades 9 - 12 |
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| County |
Alameda County, CA |
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| Total Students |
1210 students |
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| % Male / % Female |
48% /
52% |
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| Total Classroom Teachers |
55 teachers |
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| Students by Grade |
| Grade 9 - 317 students | | Grade 10 - 336 students | | Grade 11 - 269 students | | Grade 12 - 288 students |
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| Teacher : Student Ratio |
1:22 |
1:23 |
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| Students by Ethnicity |
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| % American Indian |
n/a |
3% |
| % Asian |
36% |
8% |
| % Hispanic |
11% |
39% |
| % Black |
7% |
9% |
| % White |
41% |
36% |
| % Unknown |
5 % |
5% |
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| Additional Student Information |
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| % Eligible for Free Lunch |
6% |
30% |
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| % Eligible for Reduced Lunch |
3% |
7% |
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| % Migrant Students Enrolled |
n/a |
3% |
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| School District Name |
Albany City Unified School District |
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| Number of Schools Managed |
6 |
7 |
| Number of Students Managed |
3,598 students |
3,960 students |
| District Total Revenue |
$38,360,000 |
$37,604,000 |
| District Expenditure |
$33,596,000 |
$39,520,000 |
| District Revenue / Student |
$10,661 |
$9,496 |
| District Expenditure / Student |
$9,337 |
$9,980 |
| District Graduation Rates |
n/a |
n/a |
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For other schools of a similar name, see 'Albany High School.
- Albany High School (AHS) is a comprehensive secondary school located in Albany, California. Educating students in grades 9–12, the school has an enrollment of 1293 students. The school mascot is a cougar and the school colors are red and white. Ted Barone is the current principal.
- Achievements
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In 2001, Albany was accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges for the maximum term of six years. Albany has one of the highest standardized test scores in the state of California. For 2005, the average SAT I reasoning verbal score was 566; average math score was 616. 95% of the class of 2005 passed the California High School Exit Exam.
- The school is known for its wrestling, science, math teams, and successful music program. The science team won the 1993 national Department of Energy science bowl competition. In 2005-06, the girls varsity cross country team won the league championship and the girls softball team won the Northern California Championship over rival Piedmont High School (California).
- U.S. News & World Report, in their recent survey of public high schools, awarded Albany High with a silver medal, placing it in the top 500 in the country.
- Campus History
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In 1997, the old main building and gymnasium, WPA structures which opened in 1934, were deemed unsafe for earthquakes. A full four school years of portables later, a new three story building opened in 2001. Oddly enough, the "trailer park" era held some architectural advantages over its predecessor and successor structures, most notably with its broad, expansive open air decks, which brought a positive centralizing and social mixing aspect to the campus. The new building's design efforts - characterized by critics as "design by committee" - resulted in a large but function-less glass tower next to the main entrance, and an external appearance of an airplane hangar. The whole building, as well as the tiled floor, is trimmed with red and white, representing the school colors.
- During the 2004-2005 school year, several security cameras were installed in the building to prevent various acts of vandalism. 2004 was also the year the school suffered overcrowding due to an overly large freshman class. The large influx of students was caused in part by an Albany Unified School District policy, which allowed students from other cities such as El Cerrito and Richmond to enter Albany schools.
- Academic Competitions
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Albany participates in many local competitions, including NAQT, NOSB's Otter Bowl (which they won in 2006 and took fourth nationwide), and the National Science Bowl, in which they also took fourth place nationwide. Albany High won its 2008 Science Bowl regional competition, defeating academic rival Mission San Jose High School. Traditionally, both schools went to different regional competitions, but in 2008, due to a desire to participate in both the Otter Bowl and Science Bowl, whose regionals coincided, Albany was forced to attend MSJ's regional competition for Science Bowl. In 2009, their NOSB team did not fare as well. However they fared much better in National Science Bowl, placing 5th nation wide.
- Block schedule
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Albany High changed from a 7-period per day schedule to a block schedule during the 2005-2006 school year. Instead of having seven 57-minute periods per day, the new block schedule consists of two blocks, A and B. Block A, Tuesday and Thursday, have 95 min periods for periods 1, 3, 5, and 7. Block B, Wednesday and Friday, have 95 min periods for periods 2, 4, and 6 with an added 40 minute Advisory period between 2nd and 4th period. On Monday, all classes meet for 52 mins. The first class always begins at 7:40 AM, excepting finals week.
- Notable graduates
- Amani Toomer - NFL Football player
- Kellita Smith - Actress - played Bernie Mac's wife on The Bernie Mac Show
- Lloyd "Young L" Omadhebo, 2005 - The Pack rap group
- Matt Freeman - Bass guitar player for Rancid
- Tim Armstrong - Punk rock musician, singer and guitarist for Rancid
- Tyson Griffin, 2002 - UFC Fighter
- Edi Gathegi, 1997 - Actor. Appears on House MD, and in Twilight.
- See also
- Albany Middle School
- External links
- Albany High School official website
- Albany High School Alumni website [1]
- Extracurricular activities
- AHS Varsity Softball
- AHS Newspaper - The Cougar
- AHS baseball
- AHS Volleyball
- AHS Video Production Website
- Source: Wikipedia; it is used under the GNU Free Documentation License. You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.
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| About This Zip Code (94706) |
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| Population (Approximate) |
15,865 people |
33,115,272 people |
| % (age 25+) w/College Degree |
67% |
32% |
| Population Average Age |
38 years old
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32 years old |
| Average Household size |
2.3 persons
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2.9 persons |
| Median Household Income |
$57,153
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$48,909 |
| Avg. # of Rooms in Household |
4.6 rooms |
4.8 rooms |
| Median Age of Housing Structure |
66 years old |
39 years old |
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55% / 45% |
58% / 42% |
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