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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BINGHAMTON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360487000224

CALVIN COOLIDGE SCHOOL

261 ROBINSON ST, BINGHAMTON, NY 13904 · (607) 762-8291 · Broome County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL281 STUDENTS
C-
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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.
  • CBeats 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
281
Elementary
DISTRICT 323 · STATE 443
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
220 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
Pre-K186%
Kindergarten4917%
Grade 14115%
Grade 24516%
Grade 34315%
Grade 44014%
Grade 54516%

This year's kindergarten class (49) is 9% larger than its 5th grade class (45).

Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 72% · US 70%
White
10236%
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 39% · US 43%
Hispanic
6322%
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 31% · US 30%
Black
4917%
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 16% · US 15%
Asian
41%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 10% · US 6%
Two+
6322%
DISTRICT 13% · 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
13749%
Female
14451%

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Test scores

NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)
English Language Arts
39.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +9.0pp since 2023
Math
36.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.0pp 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 36 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.

NYS Assessments results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2539.0%36.0%
2023-2430.0%35.0%
% 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
33.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.2pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 CALVIN COOLIDGE SCHOOL

CALVIN COOLIDGE SCHOOL's state test result (33.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
CALVIN COOLIDGE SCHOOL this school28178.3%33.0%
CARROLL HILL SCHOOL
TROY
32584.0%33.7%
HOLMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
TONAWANDA
27475.9%25.8%
ABRAM LANSING SCHOOL
COHOES
30583.9%38.7%
HEBREW LANGUAGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL 2
BROOKLYN
33583.3%55.8%
DURAND-EASTMAN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
ROCHESTER
31867.9%30.3%
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 CALVIN COOLIDGE SCHOOL ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New YorkIn Broome County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
33.0%#1,920 of 2,335#21 of 26
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
36.0%#1,961 of 2,342
▼ 109
#21 of 26
▼ 1
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
39.0%#1,830 of 2,343
▼ 70
#18 of 26
▲ 3
Enrollment
ranked largest first
281#2,098 of 2,585#23 of 28
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
12.1:1#1,321 of 2,338#12 of 28
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
73.7%#84 of 2,388#3 of 28
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
78.3%#819 of 2,534#4 of 28
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-16.9%#760 of 1,757#5 of 19
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
281
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 455
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 9.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2528123.212.1:178% (220)
2023-2429228.910.1:170% (203)
2022-2331227.311.4:172% (226)
2020-21280309.3:174% (207)
2017-183383011.3:181% (274)
2015-163182911.0:163% (199)
2010-113693710.0:169% (253)
2000-014473413.2:158% (260)
1990-914552716.9:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CALVIN COOLIDGE SCHOOL.

About CALVIN COOLIDGE SCHOOL

CALVIN COOLIDGE SCHOOL is an elementary school in BINGHAMTON, New York, reachable at (607) 762-8291. A federal count lists 281 students at the school, in pre-K through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in New York is about 443, so this school runs 37% smaller than that.

BINGHAMTON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 10 schools with a combined 4,531 students. CALVIN COOLIDGE SCHOOL is one of them.

No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at CALVIN COOLIDGE SCHOOL. The largest is White students, at 36%. The remaining shares are 22% Hispanic, 22% multiracial, and 17% Black. Census estimates put the White share of Broome County's population at about 80%. Pick two students at random and there is a 74% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

The school reported 23.2 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 12.1:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Eligible students account for 78% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. Among public schools in Broome County, the average eligibility rate is 52%.

CALVIN COOLIDGE SCHOOL is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 20% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.

CALVIN COOLIDGE SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (33.0%) and its predicted rate (46.2%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New York schools.

In Broome County (population about 197,378), the median household income is $62,616, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 12%. There are 52 public schools in Broome County, enrolling about 24,594 students in all.

The closest public school, EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL, is about 0.4 miles from CALVIN COOLIDGE SCHOOL. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. CALVIN COOLIDGE SCHOOL is 3rd of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.

NCES lists the school's locale as City: Small. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.

Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 280 to 281. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 9.3:1 to 12.1:1.

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Broome County at a glance

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Population
197,378
Census ACS
Median income
$62,616
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
52
24,594 students

Quick facts

School name
CALVIN COOLIDGE SCHOOL
District
BINGHAMTON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
Address
261 ROBINSON ST, BINGHAMTON, NY 13904
Phone
(607) 762-8291
County
Broome County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
281
Teachers (FTE)
23
Student–teacher ratio
12.1:1
Free and reduced lunch
220 (78%)
Locale
13-City: Small
NCES ID
360487000224
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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One other US public school is named Calvin Coolidge. CALVIN COOLIDGE SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 2.

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Frequently asked questions

About CALVIN COOLIDGE SCHOOL
How many students attend CALVIN COOLIDGE SCHOOL?
CALVIN COOLIDGE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 281 students in grades PK-05.
Is CALVIN COOLIDGE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
CALVIN COOLIDGE SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does CALVIN COOLIDGE SCHOOL have?
CALVIN COOLIDGE SCHOOL employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.1:1.
What is the student diversity at CALVIN COOLIDGE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at CALVIN COOLIDGE SCHOOL are roughly 36% White, 22% Hispanic, 17% Black, 1% Asian, 22% Two or more.
Who oversees CALVIN COOLIDGE SCHOOL?
CALVIN COOLIDGE SCHOOL is overseen by BINGHAMTON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT in Broome County.
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