Total enrollment
9,075
-241 (-3%) vs SY 2020-21
13 schools in UTICA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
New York · 9,075 students · 1 city
Across UTICA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (New York), 13 public K-12 schools serve approximately 9,075 students, an average of 698 per school.
4-year change in UTICA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
13
0 (0%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How UTICA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In New York | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.8% | #391 of 437 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 9,075 | #44 of 576 | #1,020 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 13 | #48 of 576 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #512 of 565 | #3,059 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 72.7% | #46 of 573 | #1,732 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 77.9% | #2 of 425 | #12 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside UTICA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
State test results across the district's 13 scored schools run from JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL at 52.6% proficient to KERNAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 27.5%, a gap of 25.1 points. That is the 171st widest gap among 258 New York districts with four or more scored schools.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
| Name | City | Level | Grades | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THOMAS R PROCTOR HIGH SCHOOL | Utica | High | 09-12 | 2,820 |
| SENATOR JAMES H DONOVAN MIDDLE SCHOOL | Utica | Middle | 07-08 | 749 |
| JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL | Utica | Middle | 07-08 | 687 |
| GENERAL HERKIMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | Utica | Elementary | KG-06 | 634 |
| CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | Utica | Elementary | KG-06 | 618 |
| WATSON WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | Utica | Elementary | KG-06 | 590 |
| KERNAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | Utica | Elementary | KG-06 | 585 |
| ROSCOE CONKLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | Utica | Elementary | KG-06 | 503 |
| ALBANY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | Utica | Elementary | KG-06 | 478 |
| THOMAS JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | Utica | Elementary | KG-06 | 390 |
| HUGH R JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | Utica | Elementary | KG-06 | 371 |
| JOHN F HUGHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | Utica | Elementary | KG-06 | 347 |
| MARTIN LUTHER KING JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | Utica | Elementary | KG-06 | 303 |
About UTICA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
UTICA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT is a small public-school district in New York. The district operates 13 schools and enrolls approximately 9,075 students.
On the school-mix side, UTICA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT is made up of 10 elementary, 2 middle, and 1 high school.
On a per-school basis, UTICA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT runs about 698 students per school, 34% noticeably above the state mean of roughly 519.
Over the past 4-year window. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment contracted 3%: 9,316 students in SY 2020-21 versus 9,075 in SY 2024-25.
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