ERNIE DAVIS ACADEMY

Located at 933 HOFFMAN ST, in ELMIRA, New York, ERNIE DAVIS ACADEMY is a sprawling 6-8 campus that serves 844 students (grades 7 through 8), operated by ELMIRA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 531 students each, so ERNIE DAVIS ACADEMY sits 59% bigger than that benchmark.

ERNIE DAVIS ACADEMY is one of 11 schools operated by ELMIRA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that works with 5,322 students overall.

On demographics, ERNIE DAVIS ACADEMY lists that White students make up the majority at 68%; the rest comes out to 14% Black, 14% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 85% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, ERNIE DAVIS ACADEMY shows 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.3:1 average. Roughly 70% of students at ERNIE DAVIS ACADEMY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Chemung County runs at roughly 56%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ERNIE DAVIS ACADEMY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.9%.

Across the wider county, Chemung County reports that median household earnings sit near $63,716, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Chemung County's 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,788 students), ERNIE DAVIS ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: FASSETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 1.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, ERNIE DAVIS ACADEMY comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 35.6%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Looking at the recent track record. ERNIE DAVIS ACADEMY's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 838 (now 844). The White share of enrollment fell from 74% to 68% over that span.

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