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Enrollment
379
High
DISTRICT 826 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELMIRA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361056000811
BROADWAY ACADEMY
1000 BROADWAY, ELMIRA, NY 14904 · (607) 735-3300 · Chemung County
GRADES 09–09HIGH23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL379 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 38% of New York public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public high schools
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
259 students
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 379 | 100% |
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
BROADWAY ACADEMY→ELMIRA HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within ELMIRA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)Math
34.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school do math at grade level. The New York average is about 57 of 100. Math scores are down about 5 points since 2023.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | Math |
|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.0% |
| 2023-24 | 39.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
52.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like BROADWAY ACADEMY
BROADWAY ACADEMY's state test result (52.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROADWAY ACADEMY this school | 379 | 68.3% | 52.0% |
| SOLVAY HIGH SCHOOL SOLVAY | 434 | 64.3% | 61.0% |
| LYONS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL LYONS | 266 | 63.5% | 59.7% |
| PLATTSBURGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL PLATTSBURGH | 566 | 72.1% | 77.0% |
| FORT PLAIN JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL FORT PLAIN | 316 | 62.7% | 52.9% |
| COHOES HIGH SCHOOL COHOES | 607 | 68.5% | 48.3% |
Matched among New York high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where BROADWAY ACADEMY ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #707 of 1,135 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #827 of 1,109 ▼ 58 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 379 | #767 of 1,216 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #510 of 1,058 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.1% | #578 of 1,070 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.3% | #539 of 1,167 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.5% | #244 of 743 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
379
-46 (-11%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 619
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 11.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 379 | 34.6 | 10.9:1 | 68% (259) |
| 2023-24 | 413 | 35.9 | 11.5:1 | 62% (254) |
| 2022-23 | 422 | 35.2 | 12.0:1 | 69% (291) |
| 2020-21 | 425 | 38 | 11.2:1 | 61% (259) |
| 2017-18 | 454 | 35 | 13.0:1 | 63% (288) |
| 2015-16 | 431 | 35 | 12.3:1 | 63% (271) |
| 2010-11 | 828 | 64 | 12.9:1 | 56% (464) |
| 2000-01 | 722 | 58 | 12.4:1 | 24% (176) |
| 1990-91 | 619 | 40 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BROADWAY ACADEMY.
About BROADWAY ACADEMY
In ELMIRA, New York, BROADWAY ACADEMY is a small high school. School enrollment was 379 students in 2024-25, in grade 9. For comparison, high schools in New York average about 668 students.
BROADWAY ACADEMY is a school in ELMIRA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. The district has 11 schools and 5,322 students.
Roughly 71% of students at BROADWAY ACADEMY are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 16% multiracial, 9% Black, and 3% Hispanic. The White share of the county population is higher, at 85%. Pick two students at random and there is a 46% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teacher staffing is 34.6 full-time equivalents, or about 10.9 students per teacher. For comparison, high schools in New York average 11.0:1. About 68% of students, or 259, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 56% for public schools in Chemung County.
Measured against New York public high schools, BROADWAY ACADEMY receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, BROADWAY ACADEMY falls in the middle 80% of New York schools: 52.0% actual against 49.9% predicted.
Chemung County census figures show that the median household income is $63,716, about 27% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Chemung County is home to 24 public schools and about 10,788 public school students.
The nearest other public school, BROADWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, BROADWAY ACADEMY ranks 1st on average proficiency.
NCES assigns BROADWAY ACADEMY the locale Suburb: Small, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment dropped 11% from its 2020-21 level of 425.
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Chemung County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
82,147
Census ACS
Median income
$63,716
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
24
10,788 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ELMIRA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- ELMIRA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,273 students
- ERNIE DAVIS ACADEMYMiddle · 844 students
- HENDY AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 391 students
- PARLEY COBURN SCHOOLElementary · 391 students
- RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARYElementary · 375 students
- BROADWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 364 students
Other schools in ELMIRA
- ELMIRA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,273 students
- ERNIE DAVIS ACADEMYMiddle · 844 students
- FINN ACADEMY: AN ELMIRA CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · 411 students
- HENDY AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 391 students
- PARLEY COBURN SCHOOLElementary · 391 students
- RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARYElementary · 375 students
Other Broadway Academy schools
One other US public school is named Broadway Academy. BROADWAY ACADEMY is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Broadway AcademyCleveland, OH · 475 students
Nearby schools
- BROADWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.0 mi · 364
- ELMIRA HIGH SCHOOL1.2 mi · 1,273
- PARLEY COBURN SCHOOL1.5 mi · 391
- HENDY AVENUE SCHOOL1.8 mi · 391
- RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY2.1 mi · 375
- ELMIRA PSYCHIATRIC CENTER2.4 mi · 4
Frequently asked questions
About BROADWAY ACADEMYWhat is the total enrollment at BROADWAY ACADEMY?
BROADWAY ACADEMY enrolls approximately 379 students in grades 09-09.
What grades does BROADWAY ACADEMY serve?
BROADWAY ACADEMY serves grades 09-09.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BROADWAY ACADEMY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BROADWAY ACADEMY is approximately 10.9:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at BROADWAY ACADEMY?
At BROADWAY ACADEMY, the student body is approximately 71% White, 3% Hispanic, 9% Black, 0% Asian, 16% Two or more.
Who oversees BROADWAY ACADEMY?
BROADWAY ACADEMY is overseen by ELMIRA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT in Chemung County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.