Enrollment
363
Middle
DISTRICT 377 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362859006677
BRIGHTON ACADEMY
309 W BRIGHTON AVE, SYRACUSE, NY 13205 · (315) 435-4535 · Onondaga County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL363 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 0% of New York public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public middle schools
Student : Teacher
8.9:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.6:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
344 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 109 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 133 | 37% |
| Grade 8 | 108 | 30% |
| Ungraded | 13 | 4% |
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
13.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +5.0pp since 2023
Math
10.6%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 13 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 13.0% | 10.6% |
| 2023-24 | 8.0% | 7.6% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
13.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-26.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 40% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like BRIGHTON ACADEMY
BRIGHTON ACADEMY's state test result (13.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRIGHTON ACADEMY this school | 363 | 94.8% | 13.6% |
| LORETTA JOHNSON MIDDLE SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 416 | 89.9% | N/A |
| FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VIII MIDDLE SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 303 | 98.3% | 36.9% |
| PARKSIDE PREPARATORY ACADEMY BROOKLYN | 248 | 93.5% | 43.6% |
| MS 61 DR GLADSTONE H ATWELL BROOKLYN | 286 | 89.2% | 46.3% |
| LAUNCH EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING CHARTER SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 268 | 92.5% | 56.2% |
Matched among New York middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where BRIGHTON ACADEMY ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Onondaga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.6% | #760 of 766 | #23 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.6% | #761 of 768 ▲ 2 | #22 of 24 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 13.0% | #765 of 768 ▲ 1 | #23 of 24 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 363 | #482 of 796 | #19 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.9:1 | #112 of 683 | #4 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.9% | #400 of 688 | #12 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.8% | #74 of 773 | #1 of 24 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
363
-20 (-5%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
8.9:1
was 9.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 363 | 40.8 | 8.9:1 | 95% (344) |
| 2023-24 | 350 | 33.6 | 10.4:1 | 98% (343) |
| 2022-23 | 342 | 39.4 | 8.7:1 | 97% (331) |
| 2020-21 | 383 | 41 | 9.3:1 | 95% (362) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BRIGHTON ACADEMY.
About BRIGHTON ACADEMY
BRIGHTON ACADEMY is a low-enrollment middle-grades school in SYRACUSE, New York, (ZIP code 13205). Grades offered run from 6 through 8, with 363 students enrolled. The average among middle schools in New York is roughly 531 students; this school is 32% smaller than that.
BRIGHTON ACADEMY is one of 31 schools in SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, which enrolls 18,608 students in total.
By race and ethnicity, BRIGHTON ACADEMY is 72% Black. Other reported shares: 11% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 7% White. That compares with about 11% Black among all Onondaga County residents. By the diversity index, BRIGHTON ACADEMY comes in at 46%.
Teachers at BRIGHTON ACADEMY total 40.8 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 8.9:1. For comparison, middle schools in New York average 10.3:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 95%. The average for public schools in Onondaga County is 49%.
allk12 grades BRIGHTON ACADEMY an F. The grade compares the school only with New York public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
A school in New York with BRIGHTON ACADEMY's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 40.1%. BRIGHTON ACADEMY scores 13.6%.
Onondaga County census figures show that median household income is about $76,945, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. BRIGHTON ACADEMY is among the 123 public schools in Onondaga County.
The nearest other public school, MCKINLEY-BRIGHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is about 0.4 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of BRIGHTON ACADEMY. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, BRIGHTON ACADEMY ranks 8th on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes BRIGHTON ACADEMY as City: Mid-size.
BRIGHTON ACADEMY saw enrollment fall 5% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for BRIGHTON ACADEMY covering things like school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Onondaga County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
471,129
Census ACS
Median income
$76,945
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
123
67,044 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- HENNINGER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,483 students
- NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,350 students
- CORCORAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,338 students
- PUBLIC SERVICE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT FOWLERHigh · 1,126 students
- HUNTINGTON K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 934 students
- HURLBUT W SMITH K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 776 students
Other schools in SYRACUSE
- HENNINGER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,483 students
- NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,350 students
- CORCORAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,338 students
- PUBLIC SERVICE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT FOWLERHigh · 1,126 students
- ONONDAGA-CORTLAND-MADISON BOCESCombined · 1,113 students
- SYRACUSE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOLCombined · 993 students
Nearby schools
- MCKINLEY-BRIGHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 408
- CITIZENSHIP AND SCIENCE ACADEMY OF SYRACUSE CHARTER SCHOOL0.5 mi · 764
- SOUTHSIDE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL0.5 mi · 685
- VAN DUYN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 346
- SYRACUSE LATIN SCHOOL0.9 mi · 640
- ROBERTS K-8 SCHOOL1.1 mi · 641
Frequently asked questions
About BRIGHTON ACADEMYHow large is BRIGHTON ACADEMY?
BRIGHTON ACADEMY enrolls approximately 363 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does BRIGHTON ACADEMY serve?
BRIGHTON ACADEMY serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BRIGHTON ACADEMY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BRIGHTON ACADEMY is approximately 8.9:1 (41 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at BRIGHTON ACADEMY?
At BRIGHTON ACADEMY, the student body is approximately 7% White, 11% Hispanic, 72% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees BRIGHTON ACADEMY?
BRIGHTON ACADEMY is overseen by SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT in Onondaga County.
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