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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELMIRA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361056000810

BROADWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

1000 BROADWAY, ELMIRA, NY 14904 · (607) 735-3600 · Chemung County
GRADES 03–06ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL364 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 20% of New York public elementary 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 elementary schools

Enrollment
364
Elementary
DISTRICT 353 · STATE 443
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
236 students
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 38824%
Grade 49626%
Grade 58824%
Grade 69125%
Ungraded10%
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 72% · US 70%
White
30484%
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 39% · US 43%
Hispanic
41%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 31% · US 30%
Black
185%
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 16% · US 15%
Asian
21%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 10% · US 6%
Two+
3510%
DISTRICT 15% · STATE 4% · US 5%
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
Male
18651%
Female
17749%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
BROADWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→ERNIE DAVIS ACADEMY→BROADWAY ACADEMY→ELMIRA HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within ELMIRA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)
English Language Arts
39.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +10.0pp since 2023
Math
42.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +4.0pp since 2023

What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.

NYS Assessments results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2539.0%42.0%
2023-2429.0%38.0%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
35.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.4pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

BROADWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (35.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
BROADWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school36464.8%35.8%
CLYDE-SAVANNAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CLYDE
36766.2%20.7%
ARTHUR P MOMOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PLATTSBURGH
38863.7%28.1%
WHITEHALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WHITEHALL
33262.0%21.0%
FRANKLYN S BARRY PRIMARY SCHOOL
CORTLAND
41764.0%N/A
PERRY BROWNE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
NORWICH
34164.5%32.2%
Matched among New York elementary 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 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New YorkIn Chemung County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
35.8%#1,803 of 2,335#8 of 11
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
42.0%#1,766 of 2,342
▼ 5
#7 of 11
▲ 1
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
39.0%#1,837 of 2,343
▼ 27
#5 of 11
▲ 2
Enrollment
ranked largest first
364#1,586 of 2,585#9 of 15
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
12.6:1#1,474 of 2,338#5 of 15
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
28.7%#1,908 of 2,388#11 of 15
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
64.8%#1,074 of 2,534#7 of 15
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-17.6%#726 of 1,757#4 of 13
Ranked against other public elementary 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 2024-25
Enrollment
364
-19 (-5%) vs 2020
-51% since 1990-91, when it was 737
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 16.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-253642912.6:165% (236)
2023-2436324.115.1:158% (210)
2022-2335924.214.8:162% (223)
2020-213832316.6:146% (176)
2017-184422716.4:151% (225)
2015-164442617.1:152% (231)
2010-114723812.4:153% (249)
2000-015003713.5:138% (188)
1990-917373521.1:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BROADWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

About BROADWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

BROADWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school located in ELMIRA, New York, in Chemung County. The school counted 364 students in 2024-25, covering grades 3 through 6.

BROADWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits within ELMIRA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, which has 11 schools and 5,322 students.

The share of White students at BROADWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 84%. Other groups make up 10% multiracial and 5% Black. In Chemung County overall, the White share is about 85%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 29%.

The school has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 12.6 students per teacher. It is about the same as the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. The school reported 65% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Public schools in Chemung County average 56%.

On the allk12 Grade, BROADWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at C-, ahead of 20% of New York public elementary schools.

BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For BROADWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the prediction is 51.1% and the result is 35.8%.

Looking at the county, Chemung County, median household income comes to about $63,716, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 27% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. The county's public schools total 24, with about 10,788 students.

The closest school to BROADWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is BROADWAY ACADEMY, located less than a tenth of a mile away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of BROADWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, BROADWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th on average proficiency.

The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Small: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.

The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 5% decrease, from 383 to 364. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 16.6:1 to 12.6:1.

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Chemung County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
BROADWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
District
ELMIRA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
Address
1000 BROADWAY, ELMIRA, NY 14904
Phone
(607) 735-3600
County
Chemung County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
03–06
Total enrollment
364
Teachers (FTE)
29
Student–teacher ratio
12.6:1
Free and reduced lunch
236 (65%)
Locale
23-Suburb: Small
NCES ID
361056000810
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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7 other US public schools in 8 states are named Broadway Elementary. BROADWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 5th largest of the 8.

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Frequently asked questions

About BROADWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
What is the total enrollment at BROADWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BROADWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 364 students in grades 03-06.
What age range does BROADWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
BROADWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade 03 through grade 06.
How many teachers does BROADWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
BROADWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at BROADWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At BROADWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 84% White, 1% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is BROADWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
BROADWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by ELMIRA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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