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Ernie Davis Academy

Ernie Davis Academy

High school in Elmira, New York


Ernie Davis Academy is the junior high school in Elmira, New York, United States. It occupies the building formerly used by the Elmira Free Academy, a high school, which merged with Southside High School to become Elmira High School in September 2014.[2] It has 855 students in grades 7–8 with a student-teacher ratio of 13 to 1. According to state test scores, 18 percent of students are at least proficient in math and 22 percent in reading.[3]

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The building used by the previous junior high school for students from the area north of the Chemung River, Ernie Davis Jr. High School, is now used by a charter elementary school.[4]

Notable alumni of Elmira Free Academy

Principals of Elmira Free Academy and Ernie Davis Academy

  • Colin Werfelman: 2022–Present
  • Carrie Rollins: 2014–2021
  • John Wood: 2013–2014 (beginning of Ernie Davis Academy)
  • Chris Krantz: 2012–2013 (end of Elmira Free Academy)
  • John Wood: 2008–2012
  • Scott Williams: 2006–2008
  • Robert Bailey III: 2000–2006
  • John Walker: 1996–2000
  • Theodore V. Faber: 1995–1996
  • Cynthia H. Haigh: 1994–1995
  • Joseph H. Nikiel: 1988–1994
  • Daile Rose: 1984–1988
  • Dr.William J Doran: 1981–1984
  • Martin Harrigan: 1973–1980
  • G. Ellsworth Bradley: 1969–1973
  • Kenneth S. Weaver: 1954–1969
  • Albert Helmkamp: 1936–1954
  • Francis Parker: 1906–1936
  • Howard Conant: 1900–1906
  • Charles Evans: 1895–1900
  • Herbert Lovell: 1887–1895
  • James Monks: 1872–1887
  • Joel Dorman Steele: 1866–1872
  • G.W. Timlow: 1865–1866
  • Isaac Mortimer Wellington: 1860–1865
  • Moses Summer Converse: 1859–1860

References

  1. "Search for Public Schools - Elmira Free Academy (361056000814)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved July 29, 2012.
  2. "About Us". Elmira City Schools. Retrieved 1 December 2023.

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