Summary:
Albany City Unified has five schools: three elementary schools, one middle school and one high school. In 2025–2026, the schools’ unweighted average proficiency was 78% in ELA, 71% in math and 68% in science, compared with state results of 49%, 38% and 36%. Because the schools serve different grades, All Grades comparisons are broad rather than like-for-like. The most important finding is that every school’s reported All Grades result was above the state result in all three subjects.
The subject leaders differ: Albany High led ELA at 84%, Marin Elementary led math at 77%, and Cornell Elementary led science at 74%—each about 7 points above the average of the other four schools. Ocean View Elementary had the lowest result in every subject: 68% in ELA, 67% in math and 60% in science. Compared with the other four schools’ averages, it was lower by 12 points in ELA, 6 in math and 10 in science. Elementary leaders also vary by grade: Marin led third-grade ELA and math and fourth-grade ELA and math, while Cornell led fifth-grade ELA and math. Fourth-grade ELA and fifth-grade math each had a 21-point range among the elementary schools.
Results improved on average from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026 by 2 points in ELA, 4 in math and 8 in science; all five schools improved in ELA and science. Math gains were less consistent: Albany High fell 4 points, while Ocean View rose 9 and Marin rose 10. SchoolDigger’s statewide rankings place Albany High at the 97th percentile, Albany Middle and Cornell at the 95th, Marin at the 94th and Ocean View at the 87th. Albany High also reported a 98% graduation rate, versus 97% for the district and 88% for the state. The elementary schools’ 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 26% at Marin, 26% at Cornell and 47% at Ocean View; their student–teacher ratios were 24.0, 24.7 and 23.4, respectively. These figures describe different aspects of the schools and do not by themselves explain their results.
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