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Enrollment
605
Elementary
DISTRICT 427 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHENANGO FORKS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360726000512
CHENANGO FORKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
6 PATCH RD, BINGHAMTON, NY 13901 · (607) 648-7580 · Broome County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL605 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 38% of New York public elementary schools
- B-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.
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
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
251 students
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 54 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 85 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 86 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 97 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 102 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (102).
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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
Based on grade levels within CHENANGO FORKS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
50.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
58.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +10.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 58.0% |
| 2023-24 | 43.0% | 48.0% |
% 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
47.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 CHENANGO FORKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CHENANGO FORKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (47.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHENANGO FORKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 605 | 41.5% | 47.4% |
| SCHUYLERVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCHUYLERVILLE | 564 | 37.2% | 54.5% |
| PORTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PORTVILLE | 534 | 38.2% | 67.2% |
| LOWVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LOWVILLE | 628 | 47.1% | 48.3% |
| BIG TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAMBURG | 535 | 37.9% | 61.0% |
| FONDA-FULTONVILLE K-4 SCHOOL FONDA | 511 | 38.6% | 61.6% |
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 CHENANGO FORKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Broome County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #1,272 of 2,335 | #11 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #1,144 of 2,342 ▲ 234 | #10 of 26 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,336 of 2,343 ▼ 186 | #13 of 26 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 605 | #445 of 2,585 | #2 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #2,010 of 2,338 | #21 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.9% | #2,189 of 2,388 | #25 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.5% | #1,653 of 2,534 | #21 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.2% | #1,008 of 1,757 | #9 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 2024-25Enrollment
605
+28 (+5%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 719
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 605 | 40.8 | 14.8:1 | 41% (251) |
| 2023-24 | 604 | 41.8 | 14.4:1 | 43% (259) |
| 2022-23 | 598 | 40 | 14.9:1 | 41% (243) |
| 2020-21 | 577 | 42 | 13.7:1 | 36% (209) |
| 2017-18 | 689 | 51 | 13.5:1 | 47% (322) |
| 2015-16 | 700 | 49 | 14.3:1 | 43% (300) |
| 2010-11 | 383 | 25 | 15.3:1 | 39% (150) |
| 2000-01 | 467 | 34 | 13.7:1 | 34% (158) |
| 1990-91 | 719 | 38 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CHENANGO FORKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About CHENANGO FORKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CHENANGO FORKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the name of a medium-sized elementary school in BINGHAMTON, New York. School enrollment was 605 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 5. The average among elementary schools in New York is roughly 443 students; this school is 37% above that.
CHENANGO FORKS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT serves 1,282 students across 3 schools.
White students are the large majority at CHENANGO FORKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, with 92% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 4% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Broome County's population at about 80%. CHENANGO FORKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a diversity index of 16%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
CHENANGO FORKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's 40.8 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 14.8:1. For comparison, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 41%. That is 11 points below the 52% average for public schools in Broome County.
The allk12 Grade for CHENANGO FORKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is C+. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 38% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
In New York, CHENANGO FORKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 47.4% actual against a predicted 59.7%.
CHENANGO FORKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is located in Broome County, where median household income is about $62,616, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 52 public schools in Broome County, with a combined enrollment of about 24,594.
The closest public school, CHENANGO FORKS MIDDLE SCHOOL, is about 0.2 miles from CHENANGO FORKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Within five miles are 6 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 53.0%; CHENANGO FORKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's is 47.4%, ranking 5th of 8.
Locale data from NCES put CHENANGO FORKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000 (Suburb: Mid-size).
Enrollment was 577 in 2020-21 and 605 in 2024-25, a increase of 28 students. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 13.7:1 to 14.8:1.
Discussions about CHENANGO FORKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Broome County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
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
Related schools
Other schools in CHENANGO FORKS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CHENANGO FORKS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 401 students
- CHENANGO FORKS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 276 students
Other schools in BINGHAMTON
- BINGHAMTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,262 students
- BROOME-DELAWARE-TIOGA BOCESCombined · 1,055 students
- WEST MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 542 students
- CHENANGO VALLEY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 507 students
- EAST MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 465 students
- PORT DICKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 409 students
Nearby schools
- CHENANGO FORKS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 276
- CHENANGO FORKS HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 401
- CHENANGO BRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 357
- CHENANGO VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL2.5 mi · 507
- CHENANGO VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL2.5 mi · 379
- PORT DICKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.6 mi · 409
Frequently asked questions
About CHENANGO FORKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend CHENANGO FORKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CHENANGO FORKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 605 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does CHENANGO FORKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
CHENANGO FORKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CHENANGO FORKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CHENANGO FORKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 14.8:1 (41 FTE teachers).
How diverse is CHENANGO FORKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CHENANGO FORKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 92% White, 4% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees CHENANGO FORKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CHENANGO FORKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by CHENANGO FORKS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Broome County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.