CHENANGO FORKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

CHENANGO FORKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school of medium-sized scale in BINGHAMTON, New York, one of the schools within CHENANGO FORKS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, instructing 605 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 37% above the state mean of about 443.

CHENANGO FORKS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,282 students; CHENANGO FORKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

On the student-mix side, CHENANGO FORKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder reads as 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Broome County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, CHENANGO FORKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting CHENANGO FORKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 41% of students at CHENANGO FORKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Broome County's rate of about 52%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CHENANGO FORKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 59.7%; this one delivers 47.4%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Broome County put median household income runs about $62,616, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Broome County runs 52 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,594 students), of which CHENANGO FORKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is CHENANGO FORKS HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CHENANGO FORKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 53.0%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 12%: 689 students in 2018 compared to 605 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 today.

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