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Enrollment
564
Middle
DISTRICT 547 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HORSEHEADS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361485001242
HORSEHEADS MIDDLE SCHOOL
950 SING SING RD, HORSEHEADS, NY 14845 · (607) 739-6356 · Chemung County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE23-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL564 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 62% of New York public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
11.1:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
219 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 7 | 294 | 52% |
| Grade 8 | 265 | 47% |
| Ungraded | 5 | 1% |
Student demographics
28%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
HORSEHEADS MIDDLE SCHOOL→HORSEHEADS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
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
39.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
64.5%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 64.5% |
| 2023-24 | 40.0% | 64.0% |
% 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
60.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 MIDDLE SCHOOL
HORSEHEADS MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (60.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HORSEHEADS MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 564 | 38.8% | 60.4% |
| MAINE-ENDWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL ENDWELL | 577 | 37.8% | 67.8% |
| HORSEHEADS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL HORSEHEADS | 529 | 40.3% | 43.9% |
| EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL WEST SENECA | 567 | 40.0% | 48.8% |
| OSWEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL OSWEGO | 572 | 41.6% | 51.2% |
| 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 MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.4% | #257 of 766 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.5% | #327 of 768 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #537 of 768 ▼ 79 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 564 | #313 of 796 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #459 of 683 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.4% | #557 of 688 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.8% | #537 of 773 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.8% | #297 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
564
-33 (-6%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 782
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 564 | 50.6 | 11.1:1 | 39% (219) |
| 2023-24 | 542 | 52.1 | 10.4:1 | 38% (207) |
| 2022-23 | 572 | 51.2 | 11.2:1 | 36% (204) |
| 2020-21 | 597 | 51 | 11.7:1 | 32% (191) |
| 2017-18 | 632 | 49 | 12.9:1 | 31% (197) |
| 2015-16 | 676 | 48 | 14.1:1 | 31% (210) |
| 2010-11 | 643 | 45 | 14.3:1 | 20% (130) |
| 2000-01 | 780 | 53 | 14.7:1 | 16% (128) |
| 1990-91 | 782 | 63 | 12.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HORSEHEADS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About HORSEHEADS MIDDLE SCHOOL
Federal records list HORSEHEADS MIDDLE SCHOOL as a middle school in HORSEHEADS, New York. The school offers grades 7 through 8 and enrolls 564 students.
HORSEHEADS MIDDLE SCHOOL is in HORSEHEADS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district with 3,703 students across 7 schools.
By race and ethnicity, HORSEHEADS MIDDLE SCHOOL is 84% White. The next largest groups are 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. In Chemung County overall, the White share is about 85%. A diversity index of 28% means there is a 28% chance two randomly chosen students at HORSEHEADS MIDDLE SCHOOL are from different groups.
For every teacher at HORSEHEADS MIDDLE SCHOOL, there are about 11.1 students; the school has 50.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in New York is 10.3:1, so this school has more students per teacher. There are 219 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 39% of enrollment. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Chemung County is 56%.
On the allk12 Grade, HORSEHEADS MIDDLE SCHOOL lands at B, ahead of 62% of New York public middle schools.
HORSEHEADS MIDDLE SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (60.4%) and its predicted rate (60.7%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New York schools.
American Community Survey estimates for Chemung County show that the median household earns about $63,716 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 27%, and about 12% of people live in poverty. Chemung County has 24 public schools with about 10,788 students, including HORSEHEADS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
Measured in a straight line, HORSEHEADS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is less than a tenth of a mile from HORSEHEADS MIDDLE SCHOOL. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 57.0% proficiency; HORSEHEADS MIDDLE SCHOOL posts 60.4%.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Small.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 597 to 564, a 6% decline.
On allk12, people connected to HORSEHEADS MIDDLE SCHOOL can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLMiddle · 529 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 INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLMiddle · 529 students
- GARDNER ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 444 students
- RIDGE ROAD SCHOOLElementary · 369 students
- CENTER STREET SCHOOLElementary · 306 students
Nearby schools
- HORSEHEADS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 529
- GARDNER ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 444
- HORSEHEADS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.8 mi · 1,119
- CENTER STREET SCHOOL1.8 mi · 306
- RIDGE ROAD SCHOOL2.5 mi · 369
- COHEN MIDDLE SCHOOL3.6 mi · 251
Frequently asked questions
About HORSEHEADS MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is HORSEHEADS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
HORSEHEADS MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 564 students in grades 07-08.
Is HORSEHEADS MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
HORSEHEADS MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many teachers does HORSEHEADS MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
HORSEHEADS MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 51 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.1:1.
What is the student diversity at HORSEHEADS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at HORSEHEADS MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 84% White, 6% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is HORSEHEADS MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
HORSEHEADS MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of HORSEHEADS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.