Ernie Davis Academy is the junior high school in Elmira, New York, United States. It occupies the building formerly used by the Elmira Free Academy, a high school, which merged with Southside High School to become Elmira High School in September 2014. It has 855 students in grades 7–8 with a student-teacher ratio of 13 to 1. According to state test scores, 18 percent of students are at least proficient in math and 22 percent in reading.Ernie Davis Academy in Elmira, NY

The building used by the previous junior high school for students from the area north of the Chemung River, Ernie Davis Jr. High School, is now used by a charter elementary school.

Notable alumni of Ernie Davis Academy (Formerly Elmira Free Academy) William E. Tuttle Jr. (1887) – U.S. Representative from New Jersey Hal Roach (1908) – Film and TV producer with a career spanning much of the 20th century. In 1984, he won the honorary Academy Honorary Award for Lifetime Achievement. Ernie Davis (1958) – First African American to win the Heisman Trophy, and two time All-American. Drafted by Washington Redskins and traded to Cleveland Browns before he died from leukemia in 1963. Bob DeLaney (1942) – Sports announcer Tommy Hilfiger (1969) – Fashion designer and creator of the eponymous "Tommy Hilfiger" and "Tommy" brands. Eileen Collins (1974) – Retired Astronaut, first female pilot, commander of the Space Shuttle

Principals of Elmira Free Academy/Ernie Davis Academy

Colin Werfelman: 2022–Present Carrie Rollins: 2014–2021 John Wood: 2013–2014 (beginning of Ernie Davis Academy) Chris Krantz: 2012–2013 (end of Elmira Free Academy) John Wood: 2008–2012 Scott Williams: 2006–2008 Robert Bailey III: 2000–2006 John Walker: 1996–2000 Theodore V. Faber: 1995–1996 Cynthia H. Haigh: 1994–1995 Joseph H. Nikiel: 1988–1994 Daile Rose: 1984–1988 Dr. William J Doran: 1981–1984 Martin Harrigan: 1973–1980 G. Ellsworth Bradley: 1969–1973 Kenneth S. Weaver: 1954–1969 Albert Helmkamp: 1936–1954 Francis Parker: 1906–1936 Howard Conant: 1900–1906 Charles Evans: 1895–1900 Herbert Lovell: 1887–1895 James Monks: 1872–1887 Joel Dorman Steele: 1866–1872 G.W. Timlow: 1865–1866 Isaac Mortimer Wellington: 1860–1865 Moses Summer Converse: 1859–1860

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