ELMIRA HIGH SCHOOL

ELMIRA HIGH SCHOOL is a high school of sizable scale in ELMIRA, New York, run under ELMIRA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, educateing 1,273 students in grades 10 through 12. That puts it 91% bigger than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.

ELMIRA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 5,322 students; ELMIRA HIGH SCHOOL is among them.

Looking at the student body, ELMIRA HIGH SCHOOL logs that White students make up the majority at 69%. The remainder is composed of 13% multiracial, 13% Black, 4% Hispanic. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 85%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, ELMIRA HIGH SCHOOL has 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.4:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 67% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Chemung County's rate of about 56%.

With demographic context factored in, ELMIRA HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.3%; this one delivers 40.7%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Chemung County put median household income runs about $63,716, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Chemung County's 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,788 students), ELMIRA HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: PARLEY COBURN SCHOOL, around 0.9 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ELMIRA HIGH SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 33.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. ELMIRA HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 1,295 (now 1,273). Over the same period, the Black share fell from 19% to 13%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 22.4:1 today.

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