HURLBUT W SMITH K-8 SCHOOL

HURLBUT W SMITH K-8 SCHOOL, a well-populated elementary school in SYRACUSE, New York, part of SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, serves 776 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so HURLBUT W SMITH K-8 SCHOOL sits 75% bigger than that benchmark.

SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 31 schools with combined enrollment of 18,608 students; HURLBUT W SMITH K-8 SCHOOL is among them.

In terms of who attends, HURLBUT W SMITH K-8 SCHOOL reports that Black students make up the majority at 63%. Other groups include 13% White, 11% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 11% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, HURLBUT W SMITH K-8 SCHOOL lists 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.9:1. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 75% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Onondaga County's rate of about 49%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), HURLBUT W SMITH K-8 SCHOOL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 47.3%; this one comes in at 22.0%, -25.3 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Onondaga County) shows that median household income runs about $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 HURLBUT W SMITH K-8 SCHOOL is one.

NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, HURLBUT W SMITH K-8 SCHOOL comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 46.2%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Over the past 7-year window. HURLBUT W SMITH K-8 SCHOOL's enrollment has contracted 10% since 2018, when it stood at 865 (now 776). The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 6% to 11% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 today.

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