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Enrollment
612
Middle
DISTRICT 377 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362859003862
GRANT MIDDLE SCHOOL
2400 GRANT BLVD, SYRACUSE, NY 13208 · (315) 435-4433 · Onondaga County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL612 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 3% of New York public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
65 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.6:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
514 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 | 188 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 207 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 213 | 35% |
| Ungraded | 4 | 1% |
Student demographics
73%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
22.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -3.0pp since 2023
Math
24.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 22.0% | 24.0% |
| 2023-24 | 25.0% | 20.4% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
26.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
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 GRANT MIDDLE SCHOOL
GRANT MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (26.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRANT MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 612 | 84.0% | 26.5% |
| LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL SYRACUSE | 476 | 87.8% | 22.4% |
| ONEIDA MIDDLE SCHOOL SCHENECTADY | 657 | 79.5% | 33.5% |
| JHS 278 MARINE PARK BROOKLYN | 841 | 79.9% | 52.1% |
| NORTH ALBANY ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL ALBANY | 588 | 71.3% | 32.4% |
| CHEEKTOWAGA MIDDLE SCHOOL CHEEKTOWAGA | 677 | 72.2% | 43.2% |
Matched among New York middle 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 GRANT MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Onondaga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.5% | #737 of 766 | #20 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #737 of 768 ▲ 7 | #20 of 24 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #746 of 768 ▼ 29 | #20 of 24 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 612 | #273 of 796 | #10 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.4:1 | #192 of 683 | #5 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.0% | #28 of 688 | #1 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.0% | #203 of 773 | #5 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.5% | #332 of 524 | #8 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. 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
612
-96 (-14%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 874
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 612 | 64.8 | 9.4:1 | 84% (514) |
| 2023-24 | 601 | 57.9 | 10.4:1 | 95% (569) |
| 2022-23 | 608 | 56.9 | 10.7:1 | 93% (564) |
| 2020-21 | 708 | 57 | 12.4:1 | 87% (618) |
| 2017-18 | 676 | 54 | 12.5:1 | 89% (599) |
| 2015-16 | 628 | 52 | 12.1:1 | 86% (540) |
| 2010-11 | 629 | 54 | 11.7:1 | 89% (561) |
| 2000-01 | 782 | 54 | 14.5:1 | 73% (574) |
| 1990-91 | 874 | 76 | 11.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GRANT MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About GRANT MIDDLE SCHOOL
GRANT MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students in SYRACUSE, New York, as a medium-sized middle-grades school. The school's enrollment of 612 students covers grades 6 through 8.
SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT serves 18,608 students across 31 schools.
Enrollment at GRANT MIDDLE SCHOOL is mixed, with Black students the largest group at 44%. Other reported shares: 18% Asian, 16% White, 11% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. That compares with about 11% Black among all Onondaga County residents. By the diversity index, GRANT MIDDLE SCHOOL comes in at 73%.
GRANT MIDDLE SCHOOL counts 64.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 9.4 students for each one. The 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York is higher than this school's figure. About 84% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. It compares with 49% for public schools in Onondaga County.
allk12 grades GRANT MIDDLE SCHOOL an F. The grade compares the school only with New York public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, GRANT MIDDLE SCHOOL is 17.6 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 26.5% actual, 44.1% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New York.
Across Onondaga County, median household income is about $76,945, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The public schools of Onondaga County number 123 and enroll about 67,044.
Nearby, WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.5 miles away. GRANT MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. GRANT MIDDLE SCHOOL's average proficiency of 26.5% compares with 28.0% for its nearest scored neighbors.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Mid-size. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 14%, from 708 to 612. The school's ratio fell from 12.4:1 to 9.4:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for GRANT MIDDLE SCHOOL covering things like school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. 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
- 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
Other Grant Middle schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Grant Middle. GRANT MIDDLE SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 5.
- Grant Middle SchoolCORPUS CHRISTI, TX · 772 students
- Grant Middle SchoolGRANT, MI · 445 students
- GRANT MIDDLEALBUQUERQUE, NM · 286 students
- Grant Middle SchoolFairview Heights, IL · 254 students
Nearby schools
- WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 650
- LEMOYNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 338
- FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 678
- LYNCOURT SCHOOL1.1 mi · 430
- SALEM HYDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 466
- LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL1.3 mi · 476
Frequently asked questions
About GRANT MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is GRANT MIDDLE SCHOOL?
GRANT MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 612 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does GRANT MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
GRANT MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at GRANT MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at GRANT MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 9.4:1 (65 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at GRANT MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At GRANT MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 16% White, 11% Hispanic, 44% Black, 18% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is GRANT MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
GRANT MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.