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Roots Academy at West Hill, Albany, NY

CEP schoolRoots Academy at West Hill is a public elementary school in Albany, part of Albany City School District. It enrolled 283 students in 2024-25, with 16.6 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "ROOTS ACADEMY AT WEST HILL".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
283
Teachers (FTE)
17.0
Students per teacher
16.6
Grades
PK to 5

This school's ratio is 4.0 higher than the district figure of 12.6. The New York average across schools is 11.4. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school16.6
District12.6
New York11.4
United States15.3

School details

Address
676 Clinton Ave, Albany, NY 12206
Phone
(518)475-6700
District
Albany City School District
County
Albany County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Midsize
NCES school ID
360246005592
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
245
Reduced-price lunch
0
Free or reduced-price lunch
24586.6% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Albany City School District

Elementary schools elsewhere in Albany

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.