INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AT SYRACUSE CENTRAL

INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AT SYRACUSE CENTRAL operates as a reasonably sized secondary school in SYRACUSE, New York, operated by SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 598 students spanning grades 9 through 12.

SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 31 schools with combined enrollment of 18,608 students; INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AT SYRACUSE CENTRAL is among them.

Looking at the student body, INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AT SYRACUSE CENTRAL reports that the most-represented group is Black (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 20% White, 12% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 8% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 11%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. Roughly 73% of students at INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AT SYRACUSE CENTRAL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Onondaga County's rate of about 49%.

With demographic context factored in, INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AT SYRACUSE CENTRAL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.1%; this one delivers 46.5%.

In the surrounding community, 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 the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Onondaga County runs 123 public schools (combined enrollment of about 67,044 students), of which INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AT SYRACUSE CENTRAL is one.

The closest other public school is ONONDAGA CNTY SHERIFF'S DEPT, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AT SYRACUSE CENTRAL comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 13.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Over the past 7-year window. INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AT SYRACUSE CENTRAL's enrollment has climbed 9% since 2018, when it stood at 551 (now 598). Over the same period, the Black share fell from 57% to 51%.

On the community side, members of the INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AT SYRACUSE CENTRAL community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.