📍 1 Tiger Way, Cohoes, Albany County, 12047
Cohoes High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Cohoes, Albany County. The school has 554 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Cohoes City School District school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a suburban setting. The school employs 49.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.3:1. 75% of students are proficient in reading. 72% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 82%. The school offers a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Cohoes High School enrolls 554 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 49.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 73% White, 10% Black or African American and 9.2% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 404 | 73% |
| Black or African American | 57 | 10% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 51 | 9.2% |
| Two or more races | 31 | 5.6% |
| Asian | 8 | 1.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
349 of the school's 554 students (63%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 342 qualify for free lunch and 7 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Cohoes High School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NY At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 44, state house district 108.
Cohoes High School is one of 5 schools in COHOES CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, based in COHOES, New York. The district serves 1,903 students district-wide and employs 163 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 554 students, Cohoes High School is larger than the district average of about 381 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large