113 Laurel Ave
Binghamton, NY 13905

I cannot speak to grades K-5, but can say that the Pre-K program is absolutely awful. My daughter came home filthy every day, her clothes ripped and stained. New shoes covered in black scuffs, all of this after playing INSIDE the classroom. The carpets haven’t been cleaned in god knows how long, you can tell from looking at them.You are not allowed to pack your child a lunch, but they will serve them frozen uncrustables (pb&j) and things your child may refuse if they’re picky like mine.My daughter was miserable, heartbreaking to a parent as a first time school experience for their child. Other children would hit and bully my child (over her SNEAKERS, at 4 years old) and the teachers never once let me know or seemed to do anything about it. I never got updates on my daughter, was never told if she was hurt in class, zero communication with the “teacher”, who was disorganized and out of touch with the parents.The day I enrolled my daughter in a different school, I could not WAIT to pick her up from that awful classroom. Compared to her school now, Horace Man’s pre-k program is akin to a poorly ran, filthy daycare. It seemed nice during orientation, boy were we wrong.Her artwork has gone from scribbles to beautiful drawings, her math skills are amazing for a child her age, and she’s learning Spanish & sign at her new school. I give zero credit to Horace Man’s pre-k program, it feels like months wasted where she could’ve been receiving a real education.

This is a wonderful school for a wide variety of learners and learning styles. Both our kids have enjoyed it, from very different perspectives. The whole staff works hard to reach as many kids as possible. A few brilliant teachers and many wonderful ones, as well as a really strong administration. This school offers a Learning Lab night where parents and kids can try out baking, crazy science experiments, art projects. And everyone loves the 8th grade dance. Lots of enrichment possibilities, many choices. I love that despite the awful mandated state tests, they are keeping fun and invention alive at this school!

The 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.