Schools · Syracuse

Syracuse, NY schools

Syracuse’s public schools score well below New York’s averages: 26% of students are proficient in reading against 62.4% statewide, and 64% of high schoolers graduate on time against 83.5%. Kids attend one of 19 schools through grade 8, then one of 12 middle schools and one of 5 high schools.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

D-School Grade #472Best schools in NY (of 484)#602Highest graduation rate in NY (of 609)

TownTapestry School GradeNew

D⁻

Syracuse’s School Grade: D-

The public schools Syracuse’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 99% of New York’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

D-Test scoresD-Graduation

New York school districts we grade (781)Better than 1%

Lower resultsHigher results

New York towns with similar household incomes (346)Better than 0%

High confidence. Built on 5,945 tested students and a graduating class of 1,517; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on New York’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of New York only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in New York with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.

School path

Where Syracuse kids go to school

Grades PK–8

19 schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Syracuse City School District

Grades 8

12 middle schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Syracuse City School District

Grades 9–12

5 high schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Syracuse City School District

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading (grades PK–12, Syracuse City)26%

State average 62.4%

Math (grades PK–12, Syracuse City)18%

State average 55.9%

Graduation · class of 2020

64% graduate on time

Graduation rate

64%

NY: 83.5%

Graduating class

1,517

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #602 of 609 NY towns →

Districts

The district serving Syracuse

Syracuse City School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 31 schools · 18,608 students

$28,865 per studentNY $34,607D-

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Every school

All 41 schools in Syracuse

Level

All 41 Elementary 20 Middle 6 High 7 Other 8

Type

All 41 Public 32 Charter 4 Private 5

Showing 1–30 of 41 schools

HUNTINGTON K-8 SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–8 · 934 students

HURLBUT W SMITH K-8 SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–8 · 776 students

FRAZER K-8 SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–8 · 774 students

DR WEEKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–5 · 711 students

EDWARD SMITH K-8 SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–8 · 697 students

SOUTHSIDE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–8 · 685 students

FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–5 · 678 students

WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–5 · 650 students

ROBERTS K-8 SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–8 · 641 students

SYRACUSE LATIN SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–8 · 640 students

SALEM HYDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–6 · 466 students

SEYMOUR DUAL LANGUAGE ACADEMYElementary · Grades PK–5 · 448 students

STEAM AT DR KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–5 · 439 students

BELLEVUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–5 · 415 students

MCKINLEY-BRIGHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–5 · 408 students

DELAWARE PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–5 · 377 students

PORTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–5 · 351 students

VAN DUYN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–5 · 346 students

MEACHEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–5 · 343 students

LEMOYNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–5 · 338 students

GRANT MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 612 students

LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 476 students

SYRACUSE STEM AT BLODGETTMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 369 students

BRIGHTON ACADEMYMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 363 students

CLARY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 270 students

EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 172 students

HENNINGER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,483 students

NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOLHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,350 students

CORCORAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,338 students

PUBLIC SERVICE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT FOWLERHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,126 students

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.