GILLETTE ROAD MIDDLE SCHOOL

GILLETTE ROAD MIDDLE SCHOOL is a high-enrollment 6-8 campus in CICERO, New York, overseen by NORTH SYRACUSE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school hosts 1,101 students in grades 4 through 7. Enrollment runs roughly 107% above the state mean of about 531.

GILLETTE ROAD MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 11 schools operated by NORTH SYRACUSE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that hosts 7,630 students overall.

In terms of who attends, GILLETTE ROAD MIDDLE SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is White, at 77% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 6% multiracial, 5% Black, 5% Asian, 5% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 94 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.3:1 average. About 35% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Onondaga County (around 49%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, GILLETTE ROAD MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 62.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 53.7%.

In the area at large, census data for Onondaga County shows median household earnings sit near $76,945, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Onondaga County runs 123 public schools (combined enrollment of about 67,044 students), of which GILLETTE ROAD MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

CICERO-NORTH SYRACUSE HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GILLETTE ROAD MIDDLE SCHOOL at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 49.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. GILLETTE ROAD MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has declined 3% since 2018, when it stood at 1,135 (now 1,101). The White share of enrollment edged down from 86% to 77% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 in 2025.

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