Cayuga Heights Elementary

Grades: PK-5
Students: 270
Type: Public
GreatSchools Rating
Student-Teacher Ratio: 10:1
Certified Teachers: 100%
Community Reviews
6 Reviews
Additional GreatSchools Ratings
7/10
Test Scores
2/10
Equity
10/10
Academic Progress
NA
College Readiness
NA
Student Growth

Community Reviews

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The teacher should stop telling the students that they don’t need to go to college. The students should make that decision at the right time in high school. The teacher should focus more on the learning.
Posted by a parent on 9/11/2025
I went 60 years ago, so I'm responding to the other person from that era. It was a harder school when we went there, but it's still a good school. It was the best of the 3 schools for me--Dewitt was a pit when I went there. Ithaca High School was also a better school then.
Posted by a community member on 11/8/2018
The school is not as diverse as Northeast elementary (also in Ithaca) but it is quite diverse for what it is, which is an elementary school in a fairly affluent area. Cayuga Heights districts its students from several places in Ithaca, not just the surrounding community which is primarily white and
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Posted by a parent on 8/21/2013
I went to Cayuga Heights 40 years ago. Loved it. Still remember it fondly. Anyone else around from that era?
Posted by a community member on 12/26/2011
If the statement below on diversity counts grad students, postdoc families, and international students at Cornell, I feel then it is missing the point. These people s income situation is short-lived; after graduation, they soon join the rank of middle-class. Regardless of their income level, the cul
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Posted by a parent on 3/3/2010

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Ithaca schools - Cayuga Heights Elementary is located at 110 East Upland Road, Ithaca NY 14850. Cayuga Heights Elementary is in the Ithaca City School District. Cayuga Heights Elementary is a Public school that serves grade levels PK-5.

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