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If you could change one rule at CICERO-NORTH SYRACUSE HIGH SCHOOL, what would it be?
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Enrollment
1,748
High
DISTRICT 1,467 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH SYRACUSE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362121002997
CICERO-NORTH SYRACUSE HIGH SCHOOL
6002 RT 31, CICERO, NY 13039 · (315) 218-4002 · Onondaga County
GRADES 10–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,748 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 72% of New York public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
143 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
637 students
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 10 | 620 | 35% |
| Grade 11 | 538 | 31% |
| Grade 12 | 567 | 32% |
| Ungraded | 23 | 1% |
Student demographics
42%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
Feeds from
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
87.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -5.0pp since 2023
Math
61.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 87 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 87.0% | 61.0% |
| 2023-24 | 92.0% | 63.0% |
% 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
72.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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-NORTH SYRACUSE HIGH SCHOOL
CICERO-NORTH SYRACUSE HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (72.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CICERO-NORTH SYRACUSE HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,748 | 36.4% | 72.8% |
| CORNING-PAINTED POST HIGH SCHOOL CORNING | 1,524 | 37.5% | 64.3% |
| WEBSTER-SCHROEDER HIGH SCHOOL WEBSTER | 1,337 | 31.0% | 76.8% |
| LIVERPOOL HIGH SCHOOL LIVERPOOL | 2,062 | 42.0% | 74.2% |
| BALLSTON SPA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL BALLSTON SPA | 1,300 | 32.8% | 70.0% |
| FRONTIER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL HAMBURG | 1,293 | 35.3% | 75.2% |
Matched among New York high 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-NORTH SYRACUSE HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Onondaga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.8% | #286 of 1,135 | #8 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #405 of 1,109 ▲ 61 | #13 of 24 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 87.0% | #271 of 1,135 ▼ 54 | #7 of 24 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,748 | #64 of 1,216 | #2 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #736 of 1,058 | #14 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.6% | #652 of 1,070 | #12 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.4% | #913 of 1,167 | #13 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.1% | #344 of 743 | #9 of 20 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,748
-131 (-7%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 1,817
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 1,748 | 142.9 | 12.2:1 | 36% (637) |
| 2023-24 | 1,745 | 150.2 | 11.6:1 | 34% (597) |
| 2022-23 | 1,764 | 148.8 | 11.8:1 | 38% (676) |
| 2020-21 | 1,879 | 142 | 13.2:1 | 32% (609) |
| 2017-18 | 2,012 | 137.4 | 14.6:1 | 32% (642) |
| 2015-16 | 2,041 | 125 | 16.3:1 | 29% (602) |
| 2010-11 | 2,263 | 138 | 16.4:1 | 23% (515) |
| 2000-01 | 2,155 | 142 | 15.2:1 | 12% (251) |
| 1990-91 | 1,817 | 127 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CICERO-NORTH SYRACUSE HIGH SCHOOL.
About CICERO-NORTH SYRACUSE HIGH SCHOOL
CICERO-NORTH SYRACUSE HIGH SCHOOL is a large high school in New York, with an address in CICERO. The school has 1,748 students in 2024-25 across grades 10 through 12. That compares with an average of about 668 students for high schools in New York.
The district, NORTH SYRACUSE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, operates 11 schools serving 7,630 students.
Of every 100 students at CICERO-NORTH SYRACUSE HIGH SCHOOL, about 75 are White. After that, the student body is 6% multiracial, 6% Black, 6% Hispanic, and 5% Asian. Among Onondaga County residents, the White share is about 75%. The diversity index for CICERO-NORTH SYRACUSE HIGH SCHOOL is 42%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school has 142.9 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 12.2 students per teacher. High schools in New York average 11.0:1, 1.2 fewer students per teacher than here. Of all students at CICERO-NORTH SYRACUSE HIGH SCHOOL, 36% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Onondaga County averages 49%, higher than here.
CICERO-NORTH SYRACUSE HIGH SCHOOL holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 72% of New York public high schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 72.8%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 61.6%.
Looking at the county, Onondaga County, median household income comes to about $76,945, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The county has 123 public schools and about 67,044 students.
CICERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.2 miles from CICERO-NORTH SYRACUSE HIGH SCHOOL, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, CICERO-NORTH SYRACUSE HIGH SCHOOL is 1st among 8 schools close by.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 1,879 to 1,748, a 7% decline.
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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
- NORTH SYRACUSE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,186 students
- GILLETTE ROAD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,101 students
- ROXBORO ROAD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 697 students
- CICERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 596 students
- SMITH ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 553 students
- KARL W SAILE BEAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 537 students
Other schools in CICERO
- GILLETTE ROAD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,101 students
- CICERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 596 students
Nearby schools
- CICERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 596
- GILLETTE ROAD MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 1,101
- KARL W SAILE BEAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.5 mi · 537
- SMITH ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.6 mi · 553
- MAIN STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.1 mi · 236
- ALLEN ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.9 mi · 326
Frequently asked questions
About CICERO-NORTH SYRACUSE HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend CICERO-NORTH SYRACUSE HIGH SCHOOL?
CICERO-NORTH SYRACUSE HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,748 students in grades 10-12.
What grades does CICERO-NORTH SYRACUSE HIGH SCHOOL serve?
CICERO-NORTH SYRACUSE HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 10-12.
How many students per teacher at CICERO-NORTH SYRACUSE HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 12.2:1 students per teacher at CICERO-NORTH SYRACUSE HIGH SCHOOL.
How diverse is CICERO-NORTH SYRACUSE HIGH SCHOOL?
CICERO-NORTH SYRACUSE HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 75% White, 6% Hispanic, 6% Black, 5% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is CICERO-NORTH SYRACUSE HIGH SCHOOL in?
CICERO-NORTH SYRACUSE HIGH 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.