Enrollment
270
Middle
DISTRICT 377 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362859003849
CLARY MIDDLE SCHOOL
100 AMIDON DR, SYRACUSE, NY 13205 · (315) 435-4411 · Onondaga County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL270 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
8.0:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.6:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
238 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 | 93 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 80 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 97 | 36% |
Student demographics
53%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% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
9.7%
NY avg 57.4% . -3.3pp 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 10 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 13.0% | 9.7% |
| 2023-24 | 12.0% | 13.1% |
% 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
16.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-26.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 43% 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 →
Where CLARY MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Onondaga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.6% | #759 of 766 | #22 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.7% | #763 of 768 | #24 of 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 13.0% | #764 of 768 | #22 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 270 | #615 of 796 | #22 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.0:1 | #38 of 683 | #1 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.7% | #296 of 688 | #7 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.9% | #106 of 524 | #2 of 14 |
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.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
270
-85 (-24%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
8.0:1
was 10.1:1
% White
11%
was 13%
% Hispanic
10%
was 6%
% Black
66%
was 70%
% Asian
0%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 270 | 33.6 | 8.0:1 | 88% (238) |
| 2023-24 | 263 | 31.8 | 8.3:1 | 89% (234) |
| 2022-23 | 275 | 28.9 | 9.5:1 | 89% (244) |
| 2017-18 | 355 | 35 | 10.1:1 | 83% (295) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CLARY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About CLARY MIDDLE SCHOOL
Located in SYRACUSE, New York, CLARY MIDDLE SCHOOL is a low-enrollment middle-grades school. The school counted 270 students in 2024-25, covering grades 6 through 8. That is 49% below the average of about 531 students for middle schools in New York.
Besides CLARY MIDDLE SCHOOL, SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 30 other schools. The district enrolls 18,608 students.
The student body at CLARY MIDDLE SCHOOL is 66% Black. The rest of enrollment is 11% White, 10% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 2% Native American. Among all residents of Onondaga County, the Black share is about 11%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 53%.
Its ratio of 8.0:1 is based on 33.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in New York is 10.3:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. In all, 88% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Onondaga County average 49%.
CLARY MIDDLE SCHOOL is a bottom-10% school in New York on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 16.6% against a predicted 42.6%.
The county, Onondaga County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $76,945 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Onondaga County has 123 public schools with about 67,044 students, including CLARY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest public school to CLARY MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.1 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 16.6% is below the 21.9% average for nearby schools.
Federal data place CLARY MIDDLE SCHOOL in the City: Mid-size locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school shrank from 355 students in 2017-18 to 270 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 10.1:1 in 2017-18 to 8.0:1 in 2024-25.
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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 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
- EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 172
- MEACHEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 343
- VAN DUYN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 346
- SOUTHSIDE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL1.2 mi · 685
- MCKINLEY-BRIGHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 408
- CITIZENSHIP AND SCIENCE ACADEMY OF SYRACUSE CHARTER SCHOOL1.5 mi · 764
Frequently asked questions
About CLARY MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend CLARY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
CLARY MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 270 students in grades 06-08.
Is CLARY MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
CLARY MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CLARY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CLARY MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 8.0:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at CLARY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at CLARY MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 11% White, 10% Hispanic, 66% Black, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees CLARY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
CLARY MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT in Onondaga County.
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