HORSEHEADS MIDDLE SCHOOL

As a reasonably sized middle-grades school in HORSEHEADS, New York, HORSEHEADS MIDDLE SCHOOL instructs 564 students from grades 7 through 8, part of HORSEHEADS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.

Across the 7 schools in HORSEHEADS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (3,703 students total), HORSEHEADS MIDDLE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, HORSEHEADS MIDDLE SCHOOL lists that nearly all students (84%) are White; the rest reads as 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, HORSEHEADS MIDDLE SCHOOL records 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.3:1, putting HORSEHEADS MIDDLE SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 39% of students at HORSEHEADS MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Chemung County runs at roughly 56%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HORSEHEADS MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 60.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.4%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Chemung County put median household earnings sit near $63,716, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: HORSEHEADS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HORSEHEADS MIDDLE SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HORSEHEADS MIDDLE SCHOOL at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 57.0%.

HORSEHEADS MIDDLE SCHOOL operates from a commuter-belt location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HORSEHEADS MIDDLE SCHOOL has decreased 11%, going from 632 students in 2018 to 564 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 90% to 84% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 in 2025.

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