Total enrollment
18,608
-2,149 (-10%) vs SY 2017-18
31 schools in SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
New York · 18,608 students · 1 city
Of the 31 public K-12 schools run by SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, combined student count is roughly 18,608, with 19 elementary, 6 middle, and 6 high.
7-year change in SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25School count
31
-2 (-6%) vs SY 2017-18
% White
18%
was 22%
% Hispanic
15%
was 13%
% Black
51%
was 50%
% Asian
7%
was 7%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
About SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT is a thinly populated public-school district in New York. The district runs 31 schools and educates approximately 18,608 students.
For a sense of the school types, SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT spans 19 elementary, 6 middle, and 6 high schools.
On a per-school basis, SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT runs about 600 students per campus, 16% above the state mean of roughly 519.
Over the past 7-year window. Across the same 7-year window, public-school enrollment fell 10%: 20,757 students in SY 2017-18 versus 18,608 in SY 2024-25. Over that span, SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT closed 2 schools, going from 33 to 31. Demographically, the White share of enrollment contracted from 22% to 18%.
On this page, the community for SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT discusses open enrollment windows, redistricting talk, and busing logistics. Parents, students, and educators in the area can post or comment.