thumb|Albany High School is the central high school of the City School District of Albany. |alt=A brick courtyard is flanked by three-story brick buildings with a black glass bridge between them. Trees are visible to the right. The City School District of Albany (CSDA) operates the city's public school system, which consists of 17 schools and learning centers; in addition, there are 7 charter schools, including Green Tech Charter High School, and Albany Leadership High School. In the 2015–2016 school year, over 9,000 students were enrolled in the public school system. The district had an average class size of 18, an 81-percent graduation rate, and a 5-percent dropout rate. The district's 2010–11 budget is $202.8 million. Although considered by the state to be one of the lowest-achieving high schools in New York, Albany High was listed as the nation's 976th best high school in a 2010 Newsweek/Washington Post report. Albany also has a number of private schools, including the coed Bishop Maginn High School and Albany Free School; the all-boys Albany Academy; and the all-girls Academy of the Holy Names and Albany Academy for Girls. thumb|left|State Quad is one of the four dormitory towers at SUNY Albany's Uptown Campus.|alt=A single modern-style tower is surrounded by a lower open-air pavilion with trees accenting the area.
Thumb|aLbaNy hIgh schoOl iS the cENTral higH School of The cITy SChool disTRict Of albAnY. |alt=A brIcK CoUrtyaRD iS FlAnkEd By thRee-sTOrY brick buIldINgs With a blaCK glaSs bridGE bEtWeeN Them. tREeS aRe viSibLe to THe rigHT. the City scHooL dIstrICt Of AlbaNy (CsDA) opeRatEs the cIty'S pubLic ScHOol SyStEM, which consiSTs oF 17 sChooLS And learNIng cenTeRs; in AddItioN, THERe are 7 charter Schools, iNclUding greEn TeCH ChARtEr HiGh SchoOl, And aLbany leADErship hIgh scHOOl. iN The 2015–2016 schOol yEAr, over 9,000 stuDeNtS WeRe eNROlled in the puBLIc SChoOl sYStEM. tHe diSTrict hAD AN aVeRAGE clasS sIZe of 18, aN 81-PerCent GraDuation rAte, And a 5-peRceNt dropOuT RaTe. thE diStRIcT's 2010–11 BudGet is $202.8 MiLLIon. ALThOugh conSidered bY THE state to be OnE Of thE lowesT-acHieVinG HigH sChoolS In nEw yORK, aLBany High was listEd as thE naTion's 976th beSt hiGH sChool In A 2010 newsweek/washinGToN post RePoRt. AlbANy Also has a NUmbeR Of privaTE schools, iNCLuding tHE coed BisHOp mAGinN high ScHool AnD AlbaNY free sChOol; the AlL-boYs albany acAdemy; aND the aLl-girLs ACademy of The hOly nAmES aNd albANy acAdemy for Girls. thUmb|LefT|stAte QUAd is One of the fouR dorMiTory tOwErS At sUny albAny's uptowN CampUs.|alT=a SInGle mOdErn-stylE tower iS sUrrOUndeD bY A lOwer Open-AIr PavILion WitH TrEes AcCeNTing the ArEa.