GRANT MIDDLE SCHOOL

GRANT MIDDLE SCHOOL is a mid-sized 6-8 campus in SYRACUSE, New York, overseen by SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school teaches 612 students in grades 6 through 8.

Within SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 31 schools and 18,608 students, GRANT MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, GRANT MIDDLE SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is Black at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 18% Asian, 16% White, 11% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 11%.

On the resource side, GRANT MIDDLE SCHOOL reports 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 10.3:1 average. Around 84% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Onondaga County's rate of about 49%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, GRANT MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 26.5%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Onondaga County) records that median household earnings sit near $76,945, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Onondaga County runs 123 public schools (combined enrollment of about 67,044 students), of which GRANT MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, GRANT MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 28.0%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. GRANT MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked down 9% since 2018, when it stood at 676 (now 612). White enrollment moved from 27% to 16% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 9.4:1 in 2025.

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