Binghamton High School
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6 reviews
31 Main Street
Binghamton, NY 13905
Binghamton, NY 13905
(607) 762-8239
Community Reviews
Read what parents are saying about Binghamton High SchoolThe bottom of the barrel. Don't listen to the administrations defensive spiel about how well they do with so little. It's a really lousy school. A really lousy curriculum. There is nothing the good teachers can do to make it a better place. The curriculum is terrible. The longer your kid is in the Binghamton school system the further behind the kid will be compared to those enrolled in school districts in communities that are not failing. Binghamton City is an economically depressed dump with no hope for anything better and that rubs off on the kids too. It's is dead end for kids. Kids who would have gotten into the best colleges in the country had they been enrolled in a decent school system end up at BCC if they are lucky or as DO's if they aren't. The kids classified as poor and underserved in other communities do better than those from wealthy homes in Binghapit. Kids learn nothing there. The longer your kid is in the Binghamton school system the further behind they are compared to kids in reasonable communities outside the Southern failing tier. Vestal isn't better. All the schools are deficient but Binghamton is the most deficient. if you care about your kid, you'll put your child into a better system. Unfortunately it's nearly 100 miles to any that are better. Failing communities have failing schools and failing kids. Binghamton schools are backwoods, backwards and horrific.
Posted by a parent on 7/6/2022As a student, it’s clear some changes need to occur regarding bullying policies and irrational or somewhat immoral teachers.
Posted by a community member on 11/11/2019My experience in Binghamton School District was spectacular. As with anything in life opportunity is there you simply have to take it. I and many others who grew up in the district have been very successful. In academia it is up to you to put in the effort on an individual level to succeed with what is given. There are no shortages of ways to better yourself in this district, take advantage of the tools and opportunities given and you will succeed.
Posted by a community member on 7/20/2017Binghamton schools are horrible. Believe the test scores, not the excuses of the school administration (who blame poverty for their atrocious scores). The district's curriculum is pitched as such a low level of mastery that by high school kids lack basic skills needed to master high school level material. The kids who start in the district with good preparation are kept from learning until the least prepared is ready to learn-never. By high school all are so ill prepared to accomplish grade level material that the kids in the highest classes can't pass tests nailed by low achieving kids in other districts-including those from upper middle class educated households. Each year a couple of kids are accepted to competitive colleges which the school uses as evidence that the school is adequate. "enriching" your child's education will not prevent them from falling behind. Don't listen to the PC babble of the school administration. It's not about poverty-its about a failing curriculum and lousy schools that prevent capable children from moving ahead. On average, Broome County schools are terrible-but Binghamton Schools are the worst.
Posted by a parent on 9/23/2013As a group, the BHS kids underperform on all aspects of the curriculum. Talented teachers can't help them overcome an elementary and middle school curriculum which keeps them years behind peers.. Low expectations and simplistic material ( K-8) have a devastating impact on later achievement levels. No blinders here. I've watched cohorts of kids start K ready to learn but kept from doing so by a backwoods curriculum. They end up below grade level despite, as you mention, hard work. Look at the AP scores, Regents scores, SAT scores. All the objective indices show the system to be failing the kids. School isn't all about scores but what does it mean when all scores are so low. I'm not referring only to high failure rates. I am talking about motivated kids from educated families who value education in a system that gives As for work years below grade level and keeps kids from achieving at high levels. I'm talking about the straight A students incapable of getting 3's on APs & doing poorly on IBs and tanking on SATS. The biggest adversity faced by the kids is a curriculum that holds them back in early grades so the lack the foundation to tackle more difficult material later on.
Posted by a community member on 3/23/2013Nearby Schools
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Binghamton schools - Binghamton High School is located at 31 Main Street, Binghamton NY 13905. Binghamton High School is in the Binghamton City School District. Binghamton High School is a Public school that serves grade levels PK-12.
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