School district · New York

Horseheads Central School District

Horseheads Central School District in New York: 7 public schools with 3,703 students and 13.0 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $24,268 per student in FY2024.

Schools: 7
Students: 3,703
Students per teacher: 13.0; NY 11.3 · US 15.1
Spending per student: $24,268; NY $34.3K · US $17.6K

Staff

Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.

Teachers (FTE): 284
Counselors (FTE): 8.0
Students per counselor: 463; NY 281 · US 357
Psychologists (FTE): 8.0; Librarians (FTE): 7.9

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on New York's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

New York: 53%

47%proficient

+7.4 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 52% of school districts in New York

Median 48% · 707 school districts compared

1,437 students tested, grades 3–8 · NYSTP; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

New York: 55%

54%proficient

+1.9 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 54% of school districts in New York

Median 53% · 707 school districts compared

1,352 students tested, grades 3–8 · NYSTP; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Money

Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.

Spending per student, 2015–2024

$16.1K15

$15.7K16

$16.8K17

$17.0K18

$18.5K19

$18.3K20

$19.3K21

$20.8K22

$22.3K23

$24.3K24

Where the money comes from (FY2024)

Federal: 6.2% · $6.7M
State: 46% · $50.1M
Local: 48% · $52.8M

Per student (FY2024)

Instruction: $14,467
Support services: $9,022
Buildings and equipment (capital outlay): $40.2M
Long-term debt: $5M

Schools

Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.

Elementary schools: 4Middle schools: 2High schools: 1

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math	City or town
Big Flats SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–4	372	14.0	53%	57%	Big Flats
Center Street SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–4	306	12.4	53%	58%	Horseheads
Gardner Road Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–4	444	14.5	58%	64%	Horseheads
Ridge Road SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–4	369	13.5	59%	71%	Horseheads
Horseheads Intermediate School	5–6	529	13.3	47%	48%	Horseheads
Horseheads Middle SchoolFree meals for all	7–8	564	11.1	39%	52%	Horseheads
Horseheads Senior High SchoolFree meals for all	9–12	1,119	13.3	—	—	Horseheads

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Address: 143 Hibbard Rd, Horseheads, NY 14845
Phone: (607)739-5601

Website

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.