Summary:
Albany City Unified has one listed high school, Albany High, serving grades 9–12 with 1,122 students. Its 2025–26 proficiency rates were 84% in English language arts, 69% in math, and 73% in science. The most important finding is that the school scored well above the state in all three subjects, with advantages of 31 to 37 percentage points.
Albany High is the only school in this list, so it cannot be ranked against local peers or identified as a local top or bottom performer. Its strongest result was ELA: 84%, compared with 49% statewide and 78% districtwide, a 35-point state advantage. Science was 73% versus 36% statewide and 71% districtwide, while math was 69% versus 38% statewide and 70% districtwide—still 31 points above the state, but 1 point below the district. Completion figures were also strong: the graduation rate was 98%, compared with 88% statewide, and the dropout rate was 1%, compared with 8% statewide. SchoolDigger rates the school five stars and ranked it 58th of 2,137 California schools in 2025–26, in the 97th percentile.
Results changed unevenly from 2024–25 to 2025–26: science rose 8 percentage points and ELA rose 1, while math fell 4. The state advantage grew by 4 points in science and 1 in ELA, but narrowed by 5 in math; the all-subject average advantage remained essentially unchanged. SchoolDigger’s rank history was 46th in 2024–25 and 55th in 2023–24. The reported chronic-absenteeism measure was notably higher at the school than districtwide or statewide: 85, compared with 48 and 18. As context, 31% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–25, and the student–teacher ratio was 18.8:1.
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