THOMAS K BEECHER SCHOOL

THOMAS K BEECHER SCHOOL operates as a small K-5 school in ELMIRA, New York, operated by ELMIRA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 338 students spanning grades 3 through 6. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 24% below typical.

ELMIRA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 5,322 students. THOMAS K BEECHER SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, THOMAS K BEECHER SCHOOL records that the largest single group is White, at 56% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 20% multiracial, 16% Black, 8% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 85% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.8:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 86% of students at THOMAS K BEECHER SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Chemung County (around 56%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, THOMAS K BEECHER SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 43.3%; actual is 13.3%, a gap of -30.0 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Chemung County) records that median household income runs about $63,716, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Chemung County runs 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,788 students), of which THOMAS K BEECHER SCHOOL is one.

ELMIRA PSYCHIATRIC CENTER is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around THOMAS K BEECHER SCHOOL. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), THOMAS K BEECHER SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 35.0%.

THOMAS K BEECHER SCHOOL operates from an inner-city location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 13%: 389 students in 2018 compared to 338 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 3% to 8% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 today.

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