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SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT

Syracuse, New York · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

18,662
Students enrolled
31
Public schools
1,713
Classroom teachers (FTE)
10.9:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 979
  • Kindergarten 1,299
  • Grade 1 1,321
  • Grade 2 1,334
  • Grade 3 1,345
  • Grade 4 1,268
  • Grade 5 1,240
  • Grade 6 1,253
  • Grade 7 1,341
  • Grade 8 1,244
  • Grade 9 1,310
  • Grade 10 1,484
  • Grade 11 1,426
  • Grade 12 1,570
  • Ungraded 248

By race/ethnicity

  • Black or African American 51%
  • White 18%
  • Hispanic/Latino 15%
  • Two or more races 8%
  • Asian 7%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native 1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%
  • Race not reported <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

79% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 14,639 of 18,589 students in the 30 of its 31 schools that report
  • Free lunch 79%
  • Reduced-price lunch 0%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$28,865 spent per student on day-to-day operations New York median: $27,061 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $16,882
  • Support services $11,067
  • Other (food service, etc.) $916

Where the money comes from

  • Local 11%
  • State 73%
  • Federal 16%

Total revenue $677.1 milliontotal spending $617.3 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year. Some figures for this district are NCES estimates.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

City: Midsize

Total staff (FTE)

4,109

District office

725 HARRISON ST, Syracuse NY 13210

County

Onondaga County

Official website

NCES District ID

3628590

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About SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

The Syracuse City School District is one of the largest in the state of New York including over 19,000 students in K-12 grades and an additional 1,300 in Pre-Kindergarten. The district’s facilities include: five High Schools, six Middle Schools, six K-8 Schools, fourteen Elementary Schools, and four Alternative Schools/Programs to help students with diverse needs.The diverse ethnic background of our students contributes to the unique nature of the Syracuse City School District. The student population is: 53% Black, 28% White, 12% Hispanic, 6% Asian, and 1% Native American/Alaskan creating a district whose educational setting is one of a kind in the nation.
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Public Schools in SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (41)

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HENNINGER HIGH SCHOOL

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GRANT MIDDLE SCHOOL

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INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AT SYRACUSE CENTRAL

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SALEM HYDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

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Syracuse, NY · Grades PK–05 · 415 students · Elementary

MCKINLEY-BRIGHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

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BRIGHTON ACADEMY

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