Schools in Northeast Ithaca · Ithaca City School District
Northeast Ithaca’s public schools beat 62% of New York districts
The public schools Northeast Ithaca’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 62% of New York’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
76%beats similar-income towns
Reading proficiency
71%
▲ 9 pts vs NY 62%
2020–21
Math proficiency
57%
▲ 1 pts vs NY 56%
2020–21
Graduate on time
87%
▲ 4 pts vs NY 84%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$29.5K
▼ 15% vs NY $34.6K
FY2024
Schools
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The School Grade
How Northeast Ithaca compares
B+ Test scoresC+ Graduation
New York school districts we grade (781)Better than 62%
Lower resultsHigher results
New York towns with similar household incomes (954)Better than 76%
High confidence. Built on 1,473 tested students and a graduating class of 389; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change it.
How the School Grade works
Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on New York’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of New York only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Northeast Ithaca.
7 schools teach Pre-K in Northeast Ithaca’s district. Which one depends on your address: South Hill School, Belle Sherman School, Caroline Elementary School and Cayuga Heights Elementary School and more.
8 schools teach K in Northeast Ithaca’s district. Which one depends on your address: South Hill School, Belle Sherman School, Northeast School and Caroline Elementary School and more.
8 schools teach 1st grade in Northeast Ithaca’s district. Which one depends on your address: South Hill School, Belle Sherman School, Northeast School and Caroline Elementary School and more.
8 schools teach 2nd grade in Northeast Ithaca’s district. Which one depends on your address: South Hill School, Belle Sherman School, Northeast School and Caroline Elementary School and more.
8 schools teach 3rd grade in Northeast Ithaca’s district. Which one depends on your address: South Hill School, Belle Sherman School, Northeast School and Caroline Elementary School and more.
8 schools teach 4th grade in Northeast Ithaca’s district. Which one depends on your address: South Hill School, Belle Sherman School, Northeast School and Caroline Elementary School and more.
8 schools teach 5th grade in Northeast Ithaca’s district. Which one depends on your address: South Hill School, Belle Sherman School, Northeast School and Caroline Elementary School and more.
Straight-line distance from the center of Northeast Ithaca. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within New York. Stars are from neighbors.