NORTHEAST SCHOOL

Set in ITHACA, New York, NORTHEAST SCHOOL is a tight-knit elementary school, operated by ITHACA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. It hosts 347 students across grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 22% smaller than typical.

Within ITHACA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 12 schools and 4,988 students, NORTHEAST SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, NORTHEAST SCHOOL logs that the most-represented group is White (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 29% Asian, 11% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 4% Black. By comparison, Tompkins County as a whole is about 75% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Around 29% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, NORTHEAST SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 64.3%; this one delivers 71.5%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Tompkins County shows median household earnings sit near $74,024, about 59% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Tompkins County's 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,392 students), NORTHEAST SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around NORTHEAST SCHOOL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NORTHEAST SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 61.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Looking at the recent track record. NORTHEAST SCHOOL's enrollment has edged down 25% since 2018, when it stood at 461 (now 347). Hispanic enrollment moved from 3% to 11% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 9.4:1 in 2025.

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