FALL CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

FALL CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a close-knit primary school in ITHACA, New York, overseen by ITHACA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, teaches 217 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 51% smaller than typical.

Across the 12 schools in ITHACA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (4,988 students total), FALL CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, FALL CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the largest single group is White, at 63% of enrollment. The remainder breaks down as 13% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 7% Black, 4% Asian. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 75%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Around 37% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), FALL CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 61.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.7%.

In the area at large, census data for Tompkins County shows the typical household earns roughly $74,024 per year, about 59% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Tompkins County's 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,392 students), FALL CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

ITHACA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around FALL CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, FALL CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 59.9%.

FALL CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from an urban location.

Looking at the recent track record. FALL CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has edged down 5% since 2018, when it stood at 228 (now 217). The White share of enrollment decreased from 76% to 63% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 10.2:1 in 2025.

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