NCES CCD 2024-25 12 schools NY

Best-Resourced Schools in Elmira, NY

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12 public K-12 schools in Elmira from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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12
Schools
5,390
Students
24.1/100
Avg Resource Index
15.6:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Elmira has more public-school enrollment than 59% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Elmira's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Elmira's list includes 5 elementary, 1 middle, and 2 high-school campuses, plus 4 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

The composite and staffing measures point in different directions

Elmira's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 3rd percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 47th percentile. The 44-point percentile gap is a reminder that the index is not a class-size score: counselors, gifted-program reporting, and attendance also affect it. Compare those components directly when two schools have similar index totals; the same headline score can arise from a different mix of reported resources.

City enrollment
Top 41%
School count
Top 31%
Resource Index average
3rd percentile
Teacher staffing
47th percentile

Elmira High School accounts for 23.6% of all Elmira public-school enrollment

That concentration means Elmira-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Elmira school enrollment varies 318× across entities

Elmira school enrollment ranges from 4 students (lowest) to 1,273 students (highest), a spread of 1,269 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Elmira reports 65.4% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Elmira student-teacher ratio is 15.6:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Elmira is typically wider than the Elmira-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Broadway Academy 37
2. Broadway Elementary School 29
3. Thomas K Beecher School 28
4. Ernie Davis Academy 24
5. Parley Coburn School 23
6. Elmira High School 22
7. Hendy Avenue School 22
8. Diven School 22
9. Fassett Elementary School 21
10. Finn Academy: an Elmira Charter School 19
11. Riverside Elementary 18
12. Elmira Psychiatric Center -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Elmira

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Diven School 63.6/100
  2. 2 Fassett Elementary School 63.5/100
  3. 3 Thomas K Beecher School 61.5/100
  4. 4 Riverside Elementary 56.7/100
  5. 5 Parley Coburn School 56.1/100

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Which Elmira school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Broadway Academy has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Elmira schools in this federal-data comparison at 37/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Elmira, NY? ▼

Elmira has 12 public schools with a total enrollment of 5,390 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 15.6:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.