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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at CORCORAN HIGH SCHOOL this year?
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Enrollment
1,338
High
DISTRICT 986 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362859003850
CORCORAN HIGH SCHOOL
919 GLENWOOD AVE, SYRACUSE, NY 13207 · (315) 435-4321 · Onondaga County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,338 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 1% of New York public high 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
89 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
1,136 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 9 | 261 | 20% |
| Grade 10 | 352 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 324 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 372 | 28% |
| Ungraded | 29 | 2% |
Student demographics
61%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
32.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -10.0pp since 2023
Math
17.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.0% | 17.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 11.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
24.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 44% 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 CORCORAN HIGH SCHOOL
CORCORAN HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (24.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CORCORAN HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,338 | 84.9% | 24.2% |
| PUBLIC SERVICE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT FOWLER SYRACUSE | 1,126 | 89.1% | 23.0% |
| PADILLA HIGH SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 1,342 | 86.9% | N/A |
| JOSEPH C WILSON MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 868 | 88.2% | 23.7% |
| HENNINGER HIGH SCHOOL SYRACUSE | 1,483 | 81.4% | 24.7% |
| MCKINLEY VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL BUFFALO | 862 | 93.0% | 21.3% |
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 CORCORAN HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Onondaga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.2% | #1,110 of 1,135 | #22 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.0% | #1,042 of 1,109 ▲ 42 | #21 of 24 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #1,116 of 1,135 ▼ 47 | #24 of 24 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,338 | #134 of 1,216 | #7 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #992 of 1,058 | #22 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.4% | #240 of 1,070 | #5 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.9% | #352 of 1,167 | #2 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.5% | #619 of 743 | #17 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
1,338
+157 (+13%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 1,325
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 1,338 | 88.8 | 15.1:1 | 85% (1,136) |
| 2023-24 | 1,244 | 95.4 | 13.0:1 | 87% (1,081) |
| 2022-23 | 1,252 | 88.7 | 14.1:1 | 87% (1,089) |
| 2020-21 | 1,181 | 93 | 12.7:1 | 80% (941) |
| 2017-18 | 1,401 | 95 | 14.8:1 | 82% (1,143) |
| 2015-16 | 1,545 | 85 | 18.2:1 | 71% (1,094) |
| 2010-11 | 1,387 | 107 | 13.0:1 | 67% (936) |
| 2000-01 | 1,447 | 84 | 17.2:1 | 41% (596) |
| 1990-91 | 1,325 | 109 | 12.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CORCORAN HIGH SCHOOL.
About CORCORAN HIGH SCHOOL
Families in SYRACUSE, New York, are served by CORCORAN HIGH SCHOOL, a high-enrollment high school. The school serves 1,338 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. For comparison, high schools in New York average about 668 students.
CORCORAN HIGH SCHOOL reports to SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, which has 31 schools and 18,608 students.
By race and ethnicity, CORCORAN HIGH SCHOOL is 58% Black. The rest of enrollment is 15% White, 14% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Census estimates put the Black share of Onondaga County's population at about 11%. The chance that two students picked at random at CORCORAN HIGH SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 61%.
Teachers at the school number 88.8 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 15.1:1. Among high schools in New York, the typical ratio is 11.0:1. The school's lunch program data list 85% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Compared with the 49% average for public schools in Onondaga County, the school's rate is higher.
CORCORAN HIGH SCHOOL is graded F by allk12, scoring above 1% of New York public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. CORCORAN HIGH SCHOOL posts 24.2% against a 43.8% prediction, a bottom-10% result in New York.
Federal survey data for Onondaga County show that median household income is about $76,945, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. A total of 123 public schools operate in Onondaga County, serving about 67,044 students.
The nearest public school is ROBERTS K-8 SCHOOL, at about 0.1 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, CORCORAN HIGH SCHOOL ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Mid-size.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count climbed from 1,181 to 1,338. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (15.1:1) than in 2020-21 (12.7:1).
Conversations here can range across sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. 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
- PUBLIC SERVICE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT FOWLERHigh · 1,126 students
- HUNTINGTON K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 934 students
- HURLBUT W SMITH K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 776 students
- FRAZER K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 774 students
Other schools in SYRACUSE
- HENNINGER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,483 students
- NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,350 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
- HUNTINGTON K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 934 students
Other Corcoran High schools
One other US public school is named Corcoran High. CORCORAN HIGH SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- Corcoran HighCorcoran, CA · 931 students
Nearby schools
- ROBERTS K-8 SCHOOL0.1 mi · 641
- CITIZENSHIP AND SCIENCE ACADEMY OF SYRACUSE CHARTER SCHOOL0.7 mi · 764
- ONONDAGA HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 575
- BELLEVUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 415
- SOUTHSIDE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL1.0 mi · 685
- BRIGHTON ACADEMY1.2 mi · 363
Frequently asked questions
About CORCORAN HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at CORCORAN HIGH SCHOOL?
CORCORAN HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,338 students in grades 09-12.
Is CORCORAN HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
CORCORAN HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does CORCORAN HIGH SCHOOL have?
CORCORAN HIGH SCHOOL employs 89 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.1:1.
What is the student diversity at CORCORAN HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at CORCORAN HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 15% White, 14% Hispanic, 58% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is CORCORAN HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
CORCORAN HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.