BROADWAY ACADEMY

As a compact four-year high school in ELMIRA, New York, BROADWAY ACADEMY educates 379 students from grade 9, run under ELMIRA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrollment runs roughly 43% leaner than the state mean of about 668.

BROADWAY ACADEMY is one of 11 schools operated by ELMIRA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that serves 5,322 students overall.

Looking at the student body, BROADWAY ACADEMY reports that the largest single group is White, at 71% of enrollment. Other groups include 16% multiracial, 9% Black, 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 85% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 68% of students at BROADWAY ACADEMY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Chemung County's rate of about 56%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BROADWAY ACADEMY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.9%; this one delivers 52.0%.

Around the school, census data for Chemung County shows the typical household earns roughly $63,716 per year, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Chemung County's 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,788 students), BROADWAY ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.

BROADWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BROADWAY ACADEMY. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BROADWAY ACADEMY at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 33.7%.

BROADWAY ACADEMY operates from an outer-ring location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 17%: 454 students in 2018 compared to 379 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 15% to 9% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 today.

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