Located in VESTAL, NY. Serving grades KG through 05.
Vestal Hills Elementary is a public elementary school serving kindergarten through fifth grade in the Vestal Central School District, a mid-sized district covering a suburban stretch of Broome County west of Binghamton. The school enrolls a diverse, close to mid-sized population across its six grades, with the largest cohort in fifth grade and the smallest in second.
The student body reflects Vestal's demographics: the majority are white, with meaningful representation from Asian, Black, and Hispanic students, and smaller numbers of multiracial and Native American children. Data on free-or-reduced-price lunch eligibility and special education enrollment are not publicly available for the school, so a parent seeking that detail would need to contact the district directly.
On state testing, Vestal Hills shows proficiency rates that cluster in the middle to lower-middle range across the grades and subjects tested. In math, third-graders sit just below the midpoint on the New York State exam, while fourth-graders perform somewhat better. Fifth graders dip lower in math. In English language arts, performance is softer: third-graders reach just over half proficient, fourth-graders land around the midpoint, and fifth-graders drop to just under half. The school's fifth-grade science score sits at roughly the same level as ELA. These numbers suggest the school is working with the academic challenges many schools face in these grade bands, particularly as students reach the upper elementary grades. A parent may want to look into further detail with the school about how it is addressing these areas and what support structures exist for students who are below grade level.
Across all tested subjects and grades at Vestal Hills, the overall proficiency index places the school in the top quartile relative to other districts in Broome County, so the school's results sit above the typical performance in its peer set despite the mixed grade-by-grade picture. Participation rates on state tests are consistently high, in the low to mid-nineties, suggesting reliable testing data.
The school is part of a district engaged in visible infrastructure investment. In December 2024, voters approved a capital project that includes full air conditioning installation at Vestal Hills, Clayton Avenue Elementary, and Vestal High School, the district buildings that had lacked climate control. Installation is slated to begin with the 2028 tax levy, with a modest tax impact for homeowners. The district had also approved a larger capital project two years earlier that included a two-story classroom addition at the middle school and roof work at the elementary buildings to address rising enrollment pressure. These votes signal a district willing to invest in its physical plant and capacity.
Vestal itself is a suburban town anchored by Binghamton University, which sits on a separate campus and shapes much of the town's character and economic activity. The area is auto-oriented, centered on the commercial Vestal Parkway corridor, with residential subdivisions spreading across the school district's roughly mid-sized geographic footprint. There is a paved rail trail for pedestrians and cyclists, but day-to-day life is car-dependent. Housing values in the area are moderate for the Northeast, and rental options exist across the community, including recent additions like the Vestal Chateau multi-generational complex that opened in mid-2024.
Vestal Hills sits at 709 Country Club Road, accessible by car from throughout the district and the surrounding communities. The school serves as one of several elementary buildings in a district with a middle school and high school, all operating within an established suburban school system infrastructure. For families new to the area or deciding where to settle in Broome County, the school's solid standing relative to its county peers, combined with the district's recent capital commitments and the town's moderate housing market, may offer a stable, if unremarkable, pathway through the early and intermediate elementary grades.
Percent of students meeting or exceeding state standards, by grade.
Officially reported figures, 2024-25.
All reported measures, by topic.