School Profile
Albany is a unique community, packing a breadth of economic and ethnic diversity into one square mile. Albany's schools are the focal point of the community. Families choose to locate here because of the schools, and the town is united in its commitment to supporting education, and in holding schools to high expectations. AMS delivers on those expectations through a dynamic blend of collaboration, professionalism and dedication to a rigorous standards-based curriculum.
As the only middle school serving the community, AMS guides approximately 890 students through the transformation of early adolescence from 6th grade through 8th grade. They arrive from three high-performing elementary schools and matriculate to one high performing high school. The total K-12 district population is approximately 3800, which includes our preschool and adult education. The community of Albany is largely college educated, economically diverse, and socially active. No one ethnic group holds a majority in the district. 42% of AMS students are Caucasian, 34% Asian, 14% Hispanic or Latino, and 9% African American. 17% of AMS students speak a language other than English at home.
The facility is twelve years old. There are 28 classrooms, three of which are fully equipped science labs, an art room, music room and a full size gym. The entire school is networked. There are two separate networks: a student network and an administrative network. AMS has a stand-alone computer lab as well as networked computers in classrooms.