HENDY AVENUE SCHOOL

HENDY AVENUE SCHOOL is a medium-sized K-5 school in ELMIRA, New York, operated by ELMIRA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school serves 391 students in grades 3 through 6.

HENDY AVENUE SCHOOL is one of 11 schools operated by ELMIRA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that teaches 5,322 students overall.

Looking at the student body, HENDY AVENUE SCHOOL shows that 67% of the student body identifies as White; the rest breaks down as 16% Black, 11% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 85%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 70% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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 higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, HENDY AVENUE SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 49.4%; actual is 26.5%, a gap of -22.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Chemung County put median household earnings sit near $63,716, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. HENDY AVENUE SCHOOL is one of 24 public schools in Chemung County (combined enrollment of about 10,788 students).

ERNIE DAVIS ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, HENDY AVENUE SCHOOL comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 37.9%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 17%: 472 students in 2018 compared to 391 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.