Ithaca City School District
Serves Ithaca, Ithaca, Cayuga Heights, Lansing, Danby, Enfield and Caroline, and parts of Dryden, Lansing, Ulysses and Richford.
Ithaca’s School Grade B better than 64% of New York school districts
What stands out about Ithaca City School District
- Its letter, B: results better than 64% of New York districts
- Math proficiency 8 pts above the state
- Reading proficiency 5 pts above the state
- Spends 15% less per student than the NY average
- 10 students per teacher
- Debt of $37.3M, about $7,472 per student
- Only 79% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests
What this district adds to its towns’ grade
B: better than 64% of the 1,013 New York school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.
Where would my kid go?
The school path for Ithaca. Grade by grade →
Test scores vs. NY
2021–22 · class of 202379% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.
Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.
Where the money goes
fiscal 2024Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).
U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.
About steady since 2020–21.
Schools in the district
12 public schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with New York’s other public schools.
Nearby districts
Compare spending and schools next door.
District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within New York.