THOMAS A EDISON HIGH SCHOOL

Located at 2083 COLLEGE AVE, in ELMIRA HEIGHTS, New York, THOMAS An EDISON HIGH SCHOOL is a tight-knit secondary school that instructs 321 students (grades 9 through 12), overseen by ELMIRA HEIGHTS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrollment runs roughly 52% smaller than the state mean of about 668.

ELMIRA HEIGHTS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,015 students; THOMAS An EDISON HIGH SCHOOL is among them.

Looking at the student body, THOMAS An EDISON HIGH SCHOOL records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%); the rest comes out to 8% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 3% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, THOMAS An EDISON HIGH SCHOOL has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting THOMAS An EDISON HIGH SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. About 53% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, THOMAS An EDISON HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 55.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 74.8%.

In the surrounding community, Chemung County reports that the typical household earns roughly $63,716 per year, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. THOMAS An EDISON HIGH SCHOOL is one of 24 public schools in Chemung County (combined enrollment of about 10,788 students).

COHEN MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, THOMAS An EDISON HIGH SCHOOL comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 40.0%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at THOMAS An EDISON HIGH SCHOOL has expanded 11%, going from 290 students in 2018 to 321 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 93% to 84% across the same window.

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