FINN ACADEMY: AN ELMIRA CHARTER SCHOOL

FINN ACADEMY: AN ELMIRA CHARTER SCHOOL, a reasonably sized primary school in ELMIRA, New York, run under FINN ACADEMY: AN ELMIRA CHARTER SCHOOL, instructs 411 students, covering grades K through 6.

Operationally, FINN ACADEMY: AN ELMIRA CHARTER SCHOOL answers to FINN ACADEMY: AN ELMIRA CHARTER SCHOOL, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Demographically, FINN ACADEMY: AN ELMIRA CHARTER SCHOOL logs that 68% of the student body identifies as White; the rest breaks down as 12% multiracial, 12% Black, 7% Hispanic. By comparison, Chemung County as a whole is about 85% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, FINN ACADEMY: AN ELMIRA CHARTER SCHOOL has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 44% of students at FINN ACADEMY: AN ELMIRA CHARTER SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Chemung County (around 56%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, FINN ACADEMY: AN ELMIRA CHARTER SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 58.9%; actual is 36.8%, a gap of -22.1 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Chemung County indicate median household earnings sit near $63,716, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Chemung County runs 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,788 students), of which FINN ACADEMY: AN ELMIRA CHARTER SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is THOMAS K BEECHER SCHOOL, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, FINN ACADEMY: AN ELMIRA CHARTER SCHOOL comes 3rd of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 29.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area. FINN ACADEMY: AN ELMIRA CHARTER SCHOOL operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 36%: 303 students in 2018 compared to 411 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 9.2:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

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