Enrollment
347
Elementary
DISTRICT 280 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ITHACA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361557001342
NORTHEAST SCHOOL
425 WINTHROP DR, ITHACA, NY 14850 · (607) 257-2121 · Tompkins County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL347 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 82% of New York public elementary schools
- A-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
101 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 33 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (33) is 41% smaller than its 5th grade class (56).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
63.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -2.0pp since 2023
Math
76.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 76.0% |
| 2023-24 | 65.0% | 77.0% |
% 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
71.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 NORTHEAST SCHOOL
NORTHEAST SCHOOL's state test result (71.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORTHEAST SCHOOL this school | 347 | 29.1% | 71.5% |
| CHARLES CAMPAGNE SCHOOL BETHPAGE | 354 | 27.1% | 69.3% |
| AFRICAN ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL VESTAL | 325 | 30.8% | 69.4% |
| KRAMER LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PLAINVIEW | 358 | 21.2% | 77.2% |
| PS 150 NEW YORK | 287 | 23.0% | 91.4% |
| BELLE SHERMAN SCHOOL ITHACA | 347 | 29.1% | 50.4% |
Matched among New York elementary 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 NORTHEAST SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Tompkins County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.5% | #347 of 2,335 | #1 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #496 of 2,342 ▼ 116 | #1 of 13 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #806 of 2,343 ▼ 429 | #5 of 13 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 347 | #1,689 of 2,585 | #7 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.4:1 | #265 of 2,338 | #5 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.8% | #325 of 2,388 | #3 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.1% | #1,993 of 2,534 | #8 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.7% | #446 of 1,757 | #1 of 12 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
347
-33 (-9%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 450
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
was 10.0:1
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 | 347 | 36.9 | 9.4:1 | 29% (101) |
| 2023-24 | 395 | 40.1 | 9.8:1 | 30% (118) |
| 2022-23 | 385 | 38.5 | 10.0:1 | 30% (114) |
| 2020-21 | 380 | 38 | 10.0:1 | 30% (113) |
| 2017-18 | 461 | 36 | 12.8:1 | 33% (154) |
| 2015-16 | 389 | 31 | 12.6:1 | 36% (139) |
| 2010-11 | 369 | 31 | 11.9:1 | 23% (86) |
| 2000-01 | 461 | 35 | 13.2:1 | 29% (135) |
| 1990-91 | 450 | 42 | 10.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NORTHEAST SCHOOL.
About NORTHEAST SCHOOL
A small elementary school in ITHACA, New York, NORTHEAST SCHOOL is part of ITHACA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school reports 347 students in kindergarten through 5. The school's enrollment is 22% smaller than the 443 average for elementary schools in New York.
Within ITHACA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, NORTHEAST SCHOOL is one of 12 schools. The district enrolls 4,988 students.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at NORTHEAST SCHOOL, at 46%. The rest of enrollment is 29% Asian, 11% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 4% Black. Among all residents of Tompkins County, the White share is about 75%. The school's diversity index is 68%, meaning two students picked at random have a 68% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The count of teachers at NORTHEAST SCHOOL is 36.9 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 9.4:1. That is lower than the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. The school counts 101 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 29%.
The allk12 Grade for NORTHEAST SCHOOL is A-. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 82% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 71.5%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 64.3%.
Tompkins County has these Census figures: the median household income is $74,024, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 59% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Tompkins County is home to 33 public schools and about 10,392 public school students.
The shortest distance from NORTHEAST SCHOOL to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, NORTHEAST SCHOOL ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Small).
Enrollment at NORTHEAST SCHOOL declined 9% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 380 to 347 students.
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Tompkins County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
104,537
Census ACS
Median income
$74,024
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
59%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
10,392 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ITHACA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- ITHACA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,411 students
- DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 559 students
- BOYNTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 513 students
- SOUTH HILL SCHOOLElementary · 363 students
- BELLE SHERMAN SCHOOLElementary · 347 students
- CAROLINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 273 students
Other schools in ITHACA
- ITHACA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,411 students
- DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 559 students
- BOYNTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 513 students
- SOUTH HILL SCHOOLElementary · 363 students
- BELLE SHERMAN SCHOOLElementary · 347 students
- TOMPKINS-SENECA-TIOGA BOCESCombined · 309 students
Other Northeast schools
3 other US public schools in 2 states are named Northeast. NORTHEAST SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- NORTHEAST SCHOOLAMITYVILLE, NY · 145 students
- Northeast SchoolStamford, CT · 436 students
- Northeast SchoolRockville, CT · 261 students
Nearby schools
- DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 559
- TOMPKINS-SENECA-TIOGA BOCES0.2 mi · 309
- CAYUGA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 270
- BOYNTON MIDDLE SCHOOL1.8 mi · 513
- ITHACA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL2.0 mi · 1,411
- FALL CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 217
Frequently asked questions
About NORTHEAST SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at NORTHEAST SCHOOL?
NORTHEAST SCHOOL enrolls approximately 347 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does NORTHEAST SCHOOL serve?
NORTHEAST SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does NORTHEAST SCHOOL have?
NORTHEAST SCHOOL employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.4:1.
How diverse is NORTHEAST SCHOOL?
NORTHEAST SCHOOL reports a student body of 46% White, 11% Hispanic, 4% Black, 29% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees NORTHEAST SCHOOL?
NORTHEAST SCHOOL is overseen by ITHACA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT in Tompkins County.
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