CICERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in CICERO, New York, CICERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a reasonably sized elementary campus, operated by NORTH SYRACUSE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. It serves 596 students across grades K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 35% larger than the state mean of about 443.

Across the 11 schools in NORTH SYRACUSE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (7,630 students total), CICERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, CICERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 6% Asian, 4% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 3% Black.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 27% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Onondaga County (around 49%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CICERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 64.9%; this one delivers 53.8%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Onondaga County put median household earnings sit near $76,945, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. CICERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 123 public schools in Onondaga County (combined enrollment of about 67,044 students).

Nearest neighbor: CICERO-NORTH SYRACUSE HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CICERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CICERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 51.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 7 years. CICERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 594 (now 596). Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.

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