HORSEHEADS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL

Located at 952 SING SING RD, in HORSEHEADS, New York, HORSEHEADS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is a middle-of-the-pack middle school that caters to 529 students (grades 5 through 6), overseen by HORSEHEADS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.

HORSEHEADS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 3,703 students; HORSEHEADS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, HORSEHEADS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL lists that nearly all students (86%) are White. Other groups include 6% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, 3% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Chemung County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, HORSEHEADS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL records 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.3:1 average. Roughly 40% of students at HORSEHEADS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Chemung County's rate of about 56%.

With demographic context factored in, HORSEHEADS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 60.2%, the actual is 43.9%, a residual of -16.3 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Chemung County indicate median household income runs about $63,716, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Chemung County's 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,788 students), HORSEHEADS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: HORSEHEADS MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. 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), HORSEHEADS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 59.1%.

HORSEHEADS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL operates from a commuter-belt location.

Looking at the recent track record. HORSEHEADS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL's enrollment has fell 11% since 2018, when it stood at 594 (now 529). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for HORSEHEADS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.