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What's the most underrated thing about HORSEHEADS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
529
Middle
DISTRICT 547 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HORSEHEADS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361485001244
HORSEHEADS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
952 SING SING RD, HORSEHEADS, NY 14845 · (607) 739-6366 · Chemung County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL529 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 15% of New York public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
213 students
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 250 | 47% |
| Grade 6 | 278 | 53% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within HORSEHEADS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
47.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +10.0pp since 2023
Math
48.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.0% | 48.0% |
| 2023-24 | 37.0% | 46.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
43.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like HORSEHEADS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
HORSEHEADS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL's state test result (43.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HORSEHEADS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL this school | 529 | 40.3% | 43.9% |
| HORSEHEADS MIDDLE SCHOOL HORSEHEADS | 564 | 38.8% | 60.4% |
| MAINE-ENDWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL ENDWELL | 577 | 37.8% | 67.8% |
| OSWEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL OSWEGO | 572 | 41.6% | 51.2% |
| EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL WEST SENECA | 567 | 40.0% | 48.8% |
| CHITTENANGO MIDDLE SCHOOL CHITTENANGO | 558 | 36.6% | 55.9% |
Matched among New York middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where HORSEHEADS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #550 of 766 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #532 of 768 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #392 of 768 ▲ 115 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 529 | #339 of 796 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #624 of 683 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.2% | #575 of 688 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.3% | #525 of 773 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.9% | #295 of 524 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
529
-30 (-5%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 558
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 13.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 529 | 39.7 | 13.3:1 | 40% (213) |
| 2023-24 | 574 | 44.7 | 12.8:1 | 41% (236) |
| 2022-23 | 569 | 41.9 | 13.6:1 | 37% (210) |
| 2020-21 | 559 | 43 | 13.0:1 | 36% (199) |
| 2017-18 | 594 | 41 | 14.5:1 | 36% (215) |
| 2015-16 | 620 | 42 | 14.8:1 | 33% (206) |
| 2010-11 | 628 | 42 | 14.9:1 | 22% (137) |
| 2000-01 | 497 | 27 | 18.4:1 | 20% (101) |
| 1990-91 | 558 | 34 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HORSEHEADS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL.
About HORSEHEADS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
As a mid-sized middle school, HORSEHEADS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL serves students in HORSEHEADS, New York. The school covers grades 5 through 6 and reported 529 students in 2024-25.
HORSEHEADS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL reports to HORSEHEADS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which has 7 schools and 3,703 students.
The share of students at HORSEHEADS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL who are White is 86%. Other students are 6% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. Chemung County residents are about 85% White, a similar share. A diversity index of 25% means there is a 25% chance two randomly chosen students at HORSEHEADS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL are from different groups.
A staff of 39.7 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 13.3:1. Across middle schools in New York, the average ratio is 10.3:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 40%. Compared with the 56% average for public schools in Chemung County, the school's rate is lower.
Among New York public middle schools, HORSEHEADS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL outscored 15%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, HORSEHEADS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL would score about 60.2%. It scores 43.9%, 16.3 points below that figure.
The school is in Chemung County, where the median household earns about $63,716 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 27% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. HORSEHEADS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL shares Chemung County with 23 other public schools.
The closest school to HORSEHEADS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is HORSEHEADS MIDDLE SCHOOL, located less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, HORSEHEADS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is 8th of 9 on proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Small: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 5%, from 559 to 529.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at HORSEHEADS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Chemung County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
82,147
Census ACS
Median income
$63,716
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
24
10,788 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HORSEHEADS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- HORSEHEADS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,119 students
- HORSEHEADS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 564 students
- GARDNER ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 444 students
- BIG FLATS SCHOOLElementary · 372 students
- RIDGE ROAD SCHOOLElementary · 369 students
- CENTER STREET SCHOOLElementary · 306 students
Other schools in HORSEHEADS
- HORSEHEADS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,119 students
- HORSEHEADS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 564 students
- GARDNER ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 444 students
- RIDGE ROAD SCHOOLElementary · 369 students
- CENTER STREET SCHOOLElementary · 306 students
Nearby schools
- HORSEHEADS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 564
- GARDNER ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 444
- HORSEHEADS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.8 mi · 1,119
- CENTER STREET SCHOOL1.8 mi · 306
- RIDGE ROAD SCHOOL2.6 mi · 369
- COHEN MIDDLE SCHOOL3.6 mi · 251
Frequently asked questions
About HORSEHEADS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLHow many students attend HORSEHEADS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL?
HORSEHEADS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 529 students in grades 05-06.
Is HORSEHEADS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
HORSEHEADS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 05-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at HORSEHEADS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at HORSEHEADS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is approximately 13.3:1 (40 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at HORSEHEADS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL?
At HORSEHEADS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 86% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is HORSEHEADS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL public or private?
HORSEHEADS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by HORSEHEADS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.