HOMER BRINK SCHOOL

HOMER BRINK SCHOOL, a sizable elementary campus in ENDWELL, New York, overseen by MAINE-ENDWELL CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, teaches 731 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 65% bigger than typical.

Across the 4 schools in MAINE-ENDWELL CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (2,506 students total), HOMER BRINK SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, HOMER BRINK SCHOOL lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (86%). Other groups include 4% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 3% Black.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 31% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Broome County (around 52%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, HOMER BRINK SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 63.4%, the actual is 63.8%, a residual of +0.3 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Broome County) records that the typical household earns roughly $62,616 per year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. HOMER BRINK SCHOOL is one of 52 public schools in Broome County (combined enrollment of about 24,594 students).

MAINE-ENDWELL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HOMER BRINK SCHOOL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 68.0%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HOMER BRINK SCHOOL has changed only slightly, going from 743 students in 2018 to 731 in 2025.

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