Education

Primary and secondary education

The public Binghamton City School District has 5,668 students enrolled, and is the largest school district in the metropolitan area.^[85] The district consists of Binghamton High School, two middle schools, and seven elementary schools.^[86] While the district maintains an International Baccalaureate program and has received several academic awards,^[87] it is classified as high needs, and has had difficulty meeting several educational requirements.^[85] The Catholic Schools of Broome County, a private district run by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse, operate Seton Catholic Central High School and an elementary school in the city of Binghamton.^[88]

Higher education

See also: Binghamton metropolitan area § Colleges and universities

Binghamton University downtown campus

The city of Binghamton is home to four satellite campuses:

• The downtown campus of Binghamton University (a State University of New York), which houses the College of Community and Public Affairs.^[89]
• A clinical campus of State University of New York Upstate Medical University, established in the city limits for third and fourth year medical students in 1979. Students spend their first two years of medical school in Syracuse, New York and then complete their training in Binghamton. The New York State Inebriate Asylum is in the process of being converted into a permanent clinical campus.^[75]
• The Ridley-Lowell Business & Technical Institute,^[90] which maintains a campus in the city, traces its roots to 1850 in Binghamton.^[91]
• An Empire State College location in the State Office Building.

NYS Inebriate Asylum, the first of several Isaac Perry buildings in Binghamton

The suburb of Vestal is home to the main campus Binghamton University. The university is one of four university centers in the SUNY system, and is home to approximately 15,000 students.^[92] Binghamton University is a selective^[93] top-ranking public university,^[94] and is considered to be a Public Ivy.^[95] The university also has a significant research presence, including a New York State Center of Excellence for small-scale systems integration. While the campus is in Vestal, many students living off-campus find housing in the West Side. There has also been a recent push for student housing downtown, intended to be a major driver in the revitalization of the business district.^[96] In addition to its downtown campus, the university is also leading the development and construction of the $22 million Southern Tier High Technology Incubator in the city.^[74]
SUNY Broome (formerly Broome Community College) is located just north of the city in Dickinson. A two-year SUNY college, the school is attended by 6,000 commuter students.^[97] Formerly specializing in technical education, SUNY Broome started in downtown Binghamton, and was housed at the Washington Street Armory until a fire in 1951.^[98] The college is currently constructing dormitories on campus to expand beyond its commuter population.^[99] SUNY Broome also offers courses at several off-campus locations, including in the city of Binghamton at the Binghamton University Downtown Center.^[100] The college is also looking to acquire and renovate the former Carnegie Library, with the goal of creating a permanent downtown campus that will specialize in new career-oriented programs.^[101][102]
Davis College (formerly Practical Bible College), a Bible college, in also nearby, in the village of Johnson City. The Elmira Business Institute also has a Vestal campus.