Syracuse City School District, New York

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Syracuse City School District
District details
School board members: 7
Students: 18,072 (2023-2024)
Schools: 31 (2023-2024)
Website: Link

Syracuse City School District is a school district in New York (Onondaga County). During the 2024 school year, 18,072 students attended one of the district's 31 schools.

This page provides information regarding school board members, finances, academics, students, and more details about the district.

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School board

The Syracuse City School District consists of seven members serving four-year terms. To find information about school board meetings, click here.

List of school board members

Name	Year assumed office	Year term ends
Tamica Barnett		2027
Mary Habib	2023	2027
Gwendolyn Raeford	2023	2027
Ranette Releford	2023	2027
Twiggy Billue		2025
Nyatwa Bullock		2025
Karen Cordano		2025

Elections

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Budget

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

• Revenue
• Expenditures

Revenue, 2021-2022

SOURCE	AMOUNT	AMOUNT PER STUDENT	PERCENT
Federal:	$149,081,000	$7,934	23%
Local:	$75,186,000	$4,001	12%
State:	$430,144,000	$22,891	66%
Total:	$654,411,000	$34,826

Expenditures, 2021-2022

TYPE	AMOUNT	AMOUNT PER STUDENT	PERCENT
Total Expenditures:	$547,807,000	$29,152
Total Current Expenditures:	$447,816,000	$23,831
Instructional Expenditures:	$263,187,000	$14,006	48%
Student and Staff Support:	$47,841,000	$2,545	9%
Administration:	$54,494,000	$2,900	10%
Operations, Food Service, Other:	$82,294,000	$4,379	15%
Total Capital Outlay:	$42,029,000	$2,236
Construction:	$38,698,000	$2,059
Total Non El-Sec Education & Other:	$15,485,000	$824
Interest on Debt:	$9,450,000	$502

Academic performance

Each year, state and local education agencies use tests and other standards to assess student proficiency. Although the data below was published by the U.S. Department of Education, proficiency measurements are established by the states. As a result, proficiency levels are not comparable between different states and year-over-year proficiency levels within a district may not be comparable because states may change their proficiency measurements. To protect student privacy, percentages are reported as ranges for groups of 300 students or fewer. If five or fewer students were included in a data set, the data will display as "PS."

• Mathematics
• Reading/language arts
• Graduation rates

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2021-2022	15	25	11	10	<=5	12	24
2020-2021	18	31	15	13	15-19	9	27
2018-2019	23	42	18	17	25-29	22	34
2017-2018	21	39	17	16	20-24	22	29
2016-2017	22	34	16	15	25-29	20	32
2015-2016	22	34	17	17	20-24	20	33
2014-2015	21	27	16	15	20-24	15-19	32
2013-2014	12	18	7	7	10-14	14	21
2012-2013	16	23	13	10	10-14	20-24	22
2011-2012	33	42	27	27	25-29	40-44	45
2010-2011	31	39	26	23	25-29	50-54	43

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2021-2022	19	35	13	14	10-14	21	30
2020-2021	26	36	21	21	20-24	22	38
2018-2019	26	40	21	22	20-24	24	34
2017-2018	23	36	19	20	25-29	21	32
2016-2017	22	31	18	17	25-29	18	32
2015-2016	21	28	17	18	15-19	16	30
2014-2015	17	21	15	13	10-14	10-14	25
2013-2014	13	15	9	9	10-14	15	22
2012-2013	17	21	14	11	10-14	25-29	24
2011-2012	31	35	25	25	30-34	40-44	42
2010-2011	30	31	24	22	25-29	45-49	43

The following table shows the graduation rate of district students each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2021-2022	77	85-89	80	65-69	60-79	60-69	76
2020-2021	71	80-84	71	70-74	40-59	60-69	69
2019-2020	64	75-79	64	55-59	40-59	60-69	65
2018-2019	63	65-69	63	55-59	40-59	60-79	63
2017-2018	64	65-69	66	45-49	>=50	60-79	65
2016-2017	64	65-69	66	50-54	40-59	60-79	65
2015-2016	58	60-64	60	45-49	40-59	>=50	58
2014-2015	56	50-54	55	45-49	60-79	60-69	62
2013-2014	52	40-44	55	40-44	40-59	60-69	55
2012-2013	51	40-44	50	50-54	21-39	70-79	55
2011-2012	53	40-44	53	40-44	40-59	>=80	61
2010-2011	51	60-69	50	35-39	40-59		55

Students

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

• Enrollment
• Demographics

Year	Enrollment	Year-to-year change (%)
2023-2024	18,072	-1.8
2022-2023	18,398	-2.1
2021-2022	18,791	-1.9
2020-2021	19,148	-5.7
2019-2020	20,234	-3.3
2018-2019	20,906	-1.6
2017-2018	21,245	1.1
2016-2017	21,015	0.4
2015-2016	20,934	-0.8
2014-2015	21,110	-0.5
2013-2014	21,212	2.8
2012-2013	20,622	0.6
2011-2012	20,491	-3.7
2010-2011	21,247	-0.3
2009-2010	21,320	1.8
2008-2009	20,931	1.4
2007-2008	20,645	-2.6
2006-2007	21,178	-4.5
2005-2006	22,123	1.8
2004-2005	21,726	-3.1
2003-2004	22,405	-0.2
2002-2003	22,455	-1.5
2001-2002	22,796	-1.0
2000-2001	23,015	-2.0
1999-2000	23,474	0.0

Racial Demographics, 2023-2024

RACE	Syracuse City School District (%)	New York K-12 STUDENTS (%)
American Indian/Alaska Native	1.3	0.8
Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander	7.2	10.1
Black	47.9	15.5
Hispanic	15.4	30.2
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	0.1	0.2
Two or More Races	8.5	3.5
White	19.6	39.6

Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Staff

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

• Teachers
• Administrators
• Other staff

As of the 2023-2024 school year, Syracuse City School District had 1,680.26 full-time classroom teachers. The student-teacher ratio was 10.76.

Teachers, 2023-2024 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF TEACHERS
Prekindergarten:	0.00
Kindergarten:	125.34
Elementary:	872.85
Secondary:	657.77
Total:	1,680.26

Syracuse City School District employed 27.00 district administrators and 84.67 school administrators as of the 2023-2024 school year.

Administrators, 2023-2024 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATORS
District Administrators:	27.00
District Administrative Support:	204.00
School Administrators:	84.67
School Administrative Support:	0.00

Other staff, 2023-2024 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF OTHER STAFF
Instructional Aides:	858.00
Instruc. Coordinators & Supervisors:	181.36
Total Guidance Counselors:	67.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	0.00
Librarians/Media Specialists:	24.30
Library/Media Support:	4.00
Student Support Services:	242.24
Other Support Services:	615.50

Schools

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

The Syracuse City School District operates 31 schools. They are listed below in alphabetical order.

List of schools

SCHOOL NAME	NUMBER OF STUDENTS	GRADES
Bellevue Elementary School	399	PK-5
Brighton Academy	350	6-8
Clary Middle School	263	6-8
Corcoran High School	1,244	9-12
Delaware Primary School	395	PK-5
Dr Weeks Elementary School	682	PK-5
Edward Smith K-8 School	675	PK-8
Expeditionary Learning Middle School	174	6-8
Franklin Elementary School	646	PK-5
Frazer K-8 School	787	PK-8
Grant Middle School	601	6-8
Henninger High School	1,443	9-12
Huntington K-8 School	871	PK-8
Hurlbut W Smith K-8 School	767	PK-8
Institute Of Technology At Syracuse Central	568	9-12
Lemoyne Elementary School	323	PK-5
Lincoln Middle School	482	6-8
Mckinley-Brighton Elementary School	423	PK-5
Meachem Elementary School	340	PK-5
Nottingham High School	1,297	9-12
Onondaga Cnty Sheriff'S Dept	16	9-12
Porter Elementary School	301	PK-5
Public Service Leadership Academy At Fowler	1,077	9-12
Roberts K-8 School	621	PK-8
Salem Hyde Elementary School	463	PK-6
Seymour Dual Language Academy	419	PK-5
Steam At Dr King Elementary School	436	PK-5
Syracuse Latin School	644	PK-8
Syracuse Stem At Blodgett	363	6-8
Van Duyn Elementary School	334	PK-5
Webster Elementary School	625	PK-5

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