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If you could change one rule at CICERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, what would it be?
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Enrollment
596
Elementary
DISTRICT 414 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH SYRACUSE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362121002996
CICERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
5979 RT 31, CICERO, NY 13039 · (315) 218-2500 · Onondaga County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL596 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 47% of New York public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
163 students
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 166 | 28% |
| Grade 1 | 106 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 98 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 111 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 115 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (166) is 44% larger than its 4th grade class (115).
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
CICERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→ROXBORO ROAD MIDDLE SCHOOL→NORTH SYRACUSE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL→CICERO-NORTH SYRACUSE HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within NORTH SYRACUSE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
54.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +13.0pp since 2023
Math
63.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.0% | 63.0% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 57.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
53.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
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 CICERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CICERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (53.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CICERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 596 | 27.3% | 53.8% |
| LAWRENCE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL POTSDAM | 526 | 28.1% | 70.0% |
| NORTHSIDE SCHOOL FAIRPORT | 580 | 24.8% | 61.8% |
| COBBLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PENFIELD | 542 | 24.9% | 66.2% |
| CLINTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEST SENECA | 629 | 28.3% | 55.6% |
| VICTOR EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL VICTOR | 628 | 23.4% | N/A |
Matched among New York elementary 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 CICERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Onondaga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.8% | #1,014 of 2,335 | #19 of 61 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #982 of 2,342 ▲ 67 | #14 of 61 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #1,193 of 2,343 ▲ 58 | #23 of 61 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 596 | #485 of 2,585 | #12 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #1,359 of 2,338 | #26 of 68 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.9% | #1,837 of 2,388 | #51 of 69 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.3% | #2,045 of 2,534 | #52 of 70 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.3% | #603 of 606 | #17 of 17 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
596
+38 (+7%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 654
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 596 | 48.8 | 12.2:1 | 27% (163) |
| 2023-24 | 522 | 42.4 | 12.3:1 | 27% (140) |
| 2022-23 | 541 | 45.4 | 11.9:1 | 26% (140) |
| 2020-21 | 558 | 37 | 15.1:1 | 24% (135) |
| 2017-18 | 594 | 38 | 15.6:1 | 26% (154) |
| 2015-16 | 594 | 39 | 15.2:1 | 21% (126) |
| 2010-11 | 600 | 44 | 13.6:1 | 15% (92) |
| 2000-01 | 577 | 38 | 15.2:1 | 9% (54) |
| 1990-91 | 654 | 46 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CICERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About CICERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CICERO, New York, is home to CICERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a medium-sized elementary school. It covers kindergarten through 4, with a total enrollment of 596 students. Statewide, elementary schools in New York average about 443 students each.
CICERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports to NORTH SYRACUSE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which has 11 schools and 7,630 students.
CICERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment is 82% White. The remaining shares are 6% Asian, 4% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, and 3% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 32% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal staffing data show 48.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at CICERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL and a ratio of 12.2:1. That matches the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York fairly closely. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 27% of students. The 49% average for public schools in Onondaga County is 22 points higher.
The allk12 Grade for CICERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is B-. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 47% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, CICERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 11.2 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 53.8% actual, 64.9% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New York.
CICERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is located in Onondaga County, where the median household income is $76,945, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. CICERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 123 public schools in the county.
The closest public school, CICERO-NORTH SYRACUSE HIGH SCHOOL, is about 0.2 miles from CICERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, CICERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 3rd of 8 nearby schools with test data.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment is up 7% from 2020-21, when CICERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL had 558 students, to 2024-25, when it had 596. The number of students per teacher fell from 15.1 to 12.2 over 4 years.
Community posts for CICERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 NORTH SYRACUSE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CICERO-NORTH SYRACUSE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,748 students
- NORTH SYRACUSE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,186 students
- GILLETTE ROAD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,101 students
- ROXBORO ROAD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 697 students
- SMITH ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 553 students
- KARL W SAILE BEAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 537 students
Other schools in CICERO
- CICERO-NORTH SYRACUSE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,748 students
- GILLETTE ROAD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,101 students
Nearby schools
- CICERO-NORTH SYRACUSE HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 1,748
- GILLETTE ROAD MIDDLE SCHOOL1.3 mi · 1,101
- KARL W SAILE BEAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.6 mi · 537
- SMITH ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.8 mi · 553
- MAIN STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.2 mi · 236
- ALLEN ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.0 mi · 326
Frequently asked questions
About CICERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at CICERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CICERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 596 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does CICERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
CICERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at CICERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 12.2:1 students per teacher at CICERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is CICERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CICERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 82% White, 4% Hispanic, 3% Black, 6% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is CICERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
CICERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of NORTH SYRACUSE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.