HORNELL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL

HORNELL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in HORNELL, New York, overseen by HORNELL CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school teaches 487 students in grades 1 through 6.

Across the 3 schools in HORNELL CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (1,468 students total), HORNELL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, HORNELL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL logs that nearly all students (83%) are White. The remainder reads as 8% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. By comparison, Steuben County as a whole is about 92% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 62% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Steuben County's rate of about 51%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, HORNELL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 52.3%; actual is 33.0%, a gap of -19.3 points.

In the surrounding community, Steuben County reports that median household earnings sit near $65,887, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Steuben County runs 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,701 students), of which HORNELL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is one.

HORNELL JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HORNELL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 59.0%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HORNELL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL has grew 33%, going from 366 students in 2018 to 487 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 90% to 83% across the same window.

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