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What's one thing HENNINGER HIGH SCHOOL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
1,483
High
DISTRICT 986 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362859003864
HENNINGER HIGH SCHOOL
600 ROBINSON ST, SYRACUSE, NY 13206 · (315) 435-4343 · Onondaga County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,483 STUDENTS
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Scored higher than 1% of New York public high schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
112 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
1,207 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 332 | 22% |
| Grade 10 | 369 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 345 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 420 | 28% |
| Ungraded | 17 | 1% |
Student demographics
69%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
33.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -9.0pp since 2023
Math
16.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.0% | 16.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 14.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
24.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 45% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 HENNINGER HIGH SCHOOL
HENNINGER HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (24.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HENNINGER HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,483 | 81.4% | 24.7% |
| NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL SYRACUSE | 1,350 | 78.7% | 32.0% |
| CORCORAN HIGH SCHOOL SYRACUSE | 1,338 | 84.9% | 24.2% |
| PUBLIC SERVICE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT FOWLER SYRACUSE | 1,126 | 89.1% | 23.0% |
| NIAGARA FALLS HIGH SCHOOL NIAGARA FALLS | 2,034 | 75.8% | 28.8% |
| JOSEPH C WILSON MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 868 | 88.2% | 23.7% |
Matched among New York high 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 HENNINGER HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Onondaga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.7% | #1,106 of 1,135 | #21 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.0% | #1,059 of 1,109 ▲ 3 | #22 of 24 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #1,113 of 1,135 ▼ 43 | #23 of 24 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,483 | #98 of 1,216 | #3 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #861 of 1,058 | #20 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.0% | #111 of 1,070 | #1 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.4% | #424 of 1,167 | #3 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.0% | #180 of 743 | #5 of 20 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,483
-180 (-11%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 1,569
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 1,483 | 111.7 | 13.3:1 | 81% (1,207) |
| 2023-24 | 1,443 | 112 | 12.9:1 | 87% (1,260) |
| 2022-23 | 1,499 | 104.8 | 14.3:1 | 85% (1,276) |
| 2020-21 | 1,663 | 104 | 16.0:1 | 84% (1,400) |
| 2017-18 | 1,854 | 104 | 17.8:1 | 82% (1,519) |
| 2015-16 | 1,894 | 92 | 20.6:1 | 73% (1,389) |
| 2010-11 | 1,683 | 108 | 15.6:1 | 67% (1,123) |
| 2000-01 | 1,748 | 110 | 15.9:1 | 42% (735) |
| 1990-91 | 1,569 | 108 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HENNINGER HIGH SCHOOL.
About HENNINGER HIGH SCHOOL
HENNINGER HIGH SCHOOL is a large high school in New York, with an address in SYRACUSE. The school had 1,483 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for high schools in New York is about 668, so this school runs 122% larger than that.
SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT is the district for HENNINGER HIGH SCHOOL. It has 31 schools and 18,608 students.
Federal enrollment data show Black students as the largest group at HENNINGER HIGH SCHOOL, at 49%. Beyond that, enrollment is 19% White, 12% Hispanic, 11% Asian, and 8% multiracial. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 11%. HENNINGER HIGH SCHOOL's diversity index is 69%, against a US figure of 70%.
The count of teachers at HENNINGER HIGH SCHOOL is 111.7 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 13.3:1. That is 2.3 students per teacher above the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. Around 81% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. That is higher than the 49% average for public schools in Onondaga County.
allk12 grades HENNINGER HIGH SCHOOL an F. The grade compares the school only with New York public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. HENNINGER HIGH SCHOOL posts 24.7% against a 45.1% prediction, a bottom-10% result in New York.
Within Onondaga County, the median household income is $76,945, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Besides HENNINGER HIGH SCHOOL, Onondaga County has 122 other public schools.
HUNTINGTON K-8 SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles away. The five-mile area around HENNINGER HIGH SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. HENNINGER HIGH SCHOOL ranks 3rd of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 24.7% against a local average of 23.9%.
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.
Over 4 years, HENNINGER HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment declined 11%, to 1,483. The number of students per teacher fell from 16.0 to 13.3 over 4 years.
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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
- 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
- FRAZER K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 774 students
Other schools in SYRACUSE
- 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
- HUNTINGTON K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 934 students
Nearby schools
- HUNTINGTON K-8 SCHOOL0.5 mi · 934
- LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 476
- DR WEEKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 711
- SALEM HYDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 466
- HURLBUT W SMITH K-8 SCHOOL1.4 mi · 776
- FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 678
Frequently asked questions
About HENNINGER HIGH SCHOOLHow large is HENNINGER HIGH SCHOOL?
HENNINGER HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,483 students in grades 09-12.
Is HENNINGER HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
HENNINGER HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at HENNINGER HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at HENNINGER HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 13.3:1 (112 FTE teachers).
How diverse is HENNINGER HIGH SCHOOL?
HENNINGER HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 19% White, 12% Hispanic, 49% Black, 11% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees HENNINGER HIGH SCHOOL?
HENNINGER HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT in Onondaga County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.