Is Cayuga Heights Elementary School a good school?

Cayuga Heights Elementary School ranks 982 nd of 2445 New York elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Cayuga Heights Elementary School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 270 students attended Cayuga Heights Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Cayuga Heights Elementary School?

Students at Cayuga Heights Elementary School are 65% White, 10% Two or more races, 9% Hispanic, 8% African American, 8% Asian.

What schools do graduates of Cayuga Heights Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Cayuga Heights Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : Boynton Middle School Middle : Dewitt Middle School High : Ithaca Senior High School

Cayuga Heights Elementary School

Summary:

Cayuga Heights Elementary School is a public elementary school serving grades PK-5 in the Ithaca City School District, with 303 students located in Ithaca, New York. The school's statewide ranking has fluctuated over the past decade, currently ranking 982 out of 2,445 New York elementary schools and rated 3 out of 5 stars by SchoolDigger.

Cayuga Heights Elementary School generally performs better than the Ithaca City School District and the state of New York on English Language Arts (ELA) and Math assessments, particularly in the upper grades. However, the school's performance for African American, Hispanic, and Special Education students is significantly lower, ranking in the bottom 20-25% of New York elementary schools for these subgroups. Additionally, the school's performance for students from low socioeconomic backgrounds is very low, ranking in the bottom 5% of New York elementary schools for the past three school years.

Compared to nearby schools, Cayuga Heights Elementary School generally outperforms other Ithaca City School District elementary schools, but lags behind some schools in other districts, such as Raymond C Buckley Elementary School in the Lansing Central School District, which consistently ranks higher and has stronger student performance. The significant performance gaps between different student subgroups at Cayuga Heights Elementary School suggest the need for the school and district to closely examine their practices and implement targeted interventions to address these challenges and ensure equitable educational opportunities for all students.

Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

110 E Upland Rd
Ithaca, NY 14850-2253

(607) 257-8557

District: Ithaca City School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
982^nd of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $15,737

Students who attend Cayuga Heights Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Boynton Middle School
	Dewitt Middle School
High:	Ithaca Senior High School

Student/teacher ratio: 8.7

Number of students: 270

Racial breakdown:

White:

64.8%

Two or more races:

9.6%

Hispanic:

9.3%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 30.4%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Cayuga Heights Elementary School ranks better than 59.8% of elementary schools in New York. It also ranks 5^th among 8 ranked elementary schools in the Ithaca City School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 56.8. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (64.8%), two or more races (9.6%), Hispanic (9.3%). (See more...)

Compare Details 30.4% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Cayuga Heights Elementary School is 8.7, which is the 3^rd best among 8 elementary schools in the Ithaca City School District. (See more...)

Compare Cayuga Heights Elementary School employs 30.8 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Cayuga Heights Elementary School is $15,737. 6 elementary schools in the Ithaca City School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Cayuga Heights Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Cayuga Heights Elementary School 982^nd of 2445 New York public elementary schools. (See Cayuga Heights Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Ithaca City School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Ithaca City School District 387^th of 865 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Cayuga Heights Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Cayuga Heights Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2006	82.92	215^th	2206	90.3%
2007	83.27	199^th	2219	91.0%
2008	83.72	157^th	2227	93.0%
2009	81.43	205^th	2257	90.9%
2010	82.16	278^th	2263	87.7%
2011	76.94	473^rd	2286	79.3%
2012	79.10	414^th	2320	82.2%
2013	86.08	237^th	2325	89.8%
2014	82.54	307^th	2345	86.9%
2015	75.71	513^th	2352	78.2%
2016	69.74	658^th	2366	72.2%
2017	68.06	716^th	2386	70.0%
2018	60.19	942^nd	2395	60.7%
2019	44.47	1301^st	2413	46.1%
2021	61.90	810^th	2201	63.2%
2022	70.37	658^th	2434	73.0%
2023	68.18	723^rd	2439	70.4%
2024	56.80	982^nd	2445	59.8%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Cayuga Heights Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	39.87	152^nd	289	47.4%
2023	61.99	68^th	223	69.5%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Cayuga Heights Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	46.17	869^th	1941	55.2%
2019	15.70	1846^th	1859	0.7%
2021	27.69	821^st	1044	21.4%
2022	30.79	1501^st	2031	26.1%
2023	26.56	1600^th	2016	20.6%
2024	32.00	1460^th	2110	30.8%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Cayuga Heights Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	16.22	1908^th	2045	6.7%
2019	9.22	2004^th	2032	1.4%
2021	12.62	1597^th	1678	4.8%
2022	16.85	1945^th	2099	7.3%
2023	12.82	1948^th	2041	4.6%
2024	8.00	2054^th	2078	1.2%

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Rank History for Female students at Cayuga Heights Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	66.56	748^th	2338	68.0%
2019	43.74	1308^th	2357	44.5%
2021	41.86	1158^th	1955	40.8%
2022	64.17	793^rd	2401	67.0%
2023	64.60	768^th	2403	68.0%
2024	54.09	1025^th	2413	57.5%

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Rank History for Male students at Cayuga Heights Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	53.53	1078^th	2340	53.9%
2019	45.28	1270^th	2358	46.1%
2021	75.08	410^th	1961	79.1%
2022	72.61	559^th	2400	76.7%
2023	66.88	733^rd	2400	69.5%
2024	56.65	973^rd	2411	59.6%

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Rank History for African American students at Cayuga Heights Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	18.34	857^th	948	9.6%
2019	9.17	886^th	891	0.6%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Cayuga Heights Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	35.88	934^th	1392	32.9%
2019	41.67	736^th	1315	44.0%
2024	31.33	1095^th	1531	28.5%

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Rank History for White students at Cayuga Heights Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	61.76	525^th	1408	62.7%
2019	39.64	846^th	1338	36.8%
2021	47.54	682^nd	1224	44.3%
2022	65.01	473^rd	1399	66.2%
2023	57.17	580^th	1337	56.6%
2024	51.93	665^th	1392	52.2%

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Data source: test scores: NY State Education Department, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: NY State Education Department

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Enrollment information for Cayuga Heights Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	324	22	22	2	2	n/a	n/a	0	372
1990	343	14	34	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	392
1991	374	13	29	6	1	n/a	n/a	0	423
1992	398	13	23	4	1	n/a	n/a	0	439
1993	365	30	35	4	1	n/a	n/a	0	435
1994	378	33	32	5	0	n/a	n/a	0	448
1995	355	23	35	10	1	n/a	n/a	0	424
1996	355	23	35	10	1	n/a	n/a	0	424
1997	351	30	34	7	1	n/a	n/a	0	423
1998	359	17	30	9	2	n/a	n/a	0	417
1999	342	21	26	14	1	n/a	n/a	0	404
2000	326	24	28	23	3	n/a	n/a	0	404
2001	330	24	38	16	1	n/a	n/a	0	409
2002	297	32	36	20	3	n/a	n/a	0	388
2003	297	32	36	20	3	n/a	n/a	0	388
2004	273	37	46	14	5	n/a	n/a	0	375
2005	271	33	40	14	6	n/a	n/a	0	364
2006	203	29	48	19	7	n/a	n/a	0	306
2007	221	32	39	19	3	n/a	n/a	0	314
2008	250	32	42	12	1	n/a	n/a	0	337
2009	262	31	44	10	1	n/a	n/a	0	348
2010	236	39	48	11	2	n/a	n/a	11	347
2011	238	48	43	12	0	0	10	0	351
2012	225	42	34	18	0	1	15	0	335
2013	227	42	30	22	0	1	25	0	347
2014	231	33	31	41	0	0	29	0	365
2015	237	37	26	39	0	0	25	0	364
2016	236	42	17	30	0	0	26	0	351
2017	217	35	18	32	0	0	27	0	329
2018	223	33	17	27	1	0	41	0	342
2019	221	43	20	33	1	0	33	0	351
2020	220	34	21	29	3	0	36	0	343
2021	204	30	26	31	3	0	35	0	329
2022	219	18	20	32	4	0	31	0	324
2023	195	17	18	31	5	0	37	0	303
2024	175	22	21	25	1	0	26	0	270

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Cayuga Heights Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	372	24.9	14.9	n/a
1990	392	26.4	14.8	n/a
1991	423	24.6	17.1	n/a
1992	439	27.2	16.1	n/a
1993	435	25.9	16.8	n/a
1994	448	25.2	17.8	11.8
1995	424	23.2	18.3	14.9
1996	424	23.2	18.3	14.9
1997	423	21.9	19.3	11.3
1998	417	22.5	18.5	14.1
1999	404	22.7	17.8	15.1
2000	404	24.7	16.4	19.3
2001	409	27.0	15.1	19.8
2002	388	25.0	15.5	18.8
2003	388	25.0	15.5	18.8
2004	375	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	364	25.0	14.6	20.6
2006	306	22.0	13.9	16.3
2007	314	22.5	14.0	33.1
2008	337	23.0	14.7	18.1
2009	348	22.4	15.5	20.1
2010	347	26.0	13.3	46.7
2011	351	26.2	13.3	26.2
2012	335	23.3	14.3	37
2013	347	27.8	12.4	27.1
2014	365	27.8	13.1	27.4
2015	364	25.0	14.5	29.4
2016	351	27.0	13.0	35
2017	329	23.0	14.2	35
2018	342	26.5	12.9	34.5
2019	351	24.0	14.6	37.3
2020	343	29.0	11.8	n/a
2021	329	29.6	11.0	n/a
2022	324	35.0	9.2	n/a
2023	303	34.7	8.7	33
2024	270	30.8	8.7	30.4

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Cayuga Heights Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	372	24.9	14.9	n/a
1990	392	26.4	14.8	n/a
1991	423	24.6	17.1	n/a
1992	439	27.2	16.1	n/a
1993	435	25.9	16.8	n/a
1994	448	25.2	17.8	11.8
1995	424	23.2	18.3	14.9
1996	424	23.2	18.3	14.9
1997	423	21.9	19.3	11.3
1998	417	22.5	18.5	14.1
1999	404	22.7	17.8	15.1
2000	404	24.7	16.4	19.3
2001	409	27.0	15.1	19.8
2002	388	25.0	15.5	18.8
2003	388	25.0	15.5	18.8
2004	375	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	364	25.0	14.6	20.6
2006	306	22.0	13.9	16.3
2007	314	22.5	14.0	33.1
2008	337	23.0	14.7	18.1
2009	348	22.4	15.5	20.1
2010	347	26.0	13.3	46.7
2011	351	26.2	13.3	26.2
2012	335	23.3	14.3	37
2013	347	27.8	12.4	27.1
2014	365	27.8	13.1	27.4
2015	364	25.0	14.5	29.4
2016	351	27.0	13.0	35
2017	329	23.0	14.2	35
2018	342	26.5	12.9	34.5
2019	351	24.0	14.6	37.3
2020	343	29.0	11.8	n/a
2021	329	29.6	11.0	n/a
2022	324	35.0	9.2	n/a
2023	303	34.7	8.7	33
2024	270	30.8	8.7	30.4

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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