JAMESVILLE-DEWITT HIGH SCHOOL

JAMESVILLE-DEWITT HIGH SCHOOL is a 9-12 campus of mid-sized scale in DEWITT, New York, operated by JAMESVILLE-DEWITT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, teacheing 820 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 23% bigger than the state mean of about 668.

Within JAMESVILLE-DEWITT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 5 schools and 2,431 students, JAMESVILLE-DEWITT HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, JAMESVILLE-DEWITT HIGH SCHOOL reports that 70% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder consists of 10% Asian, 8% Black, 7% multiracial, 4% Hispanic.

On the income-and-resources front, JAMESVILLE-DEWITT HIGH SCHOOL reports 70 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.7:1. The state averages about 11.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 28% of students at JAMESVILLE-DEWITT HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Onondaga County runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, JAMESVILLE-DEWITT HIGH SCHOOL ranks in the top 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 64.9%; JAMESVILLE-DEWITT HIGH SCHOOL posts 89.5%, +24.6 points above that line.

Across the wider county, census data for Onondaga County shows median household income runs about $76,945, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. JAMESVILLE-DEWITT HIGH SCHOOL is one of 123 public schools in Onondaga County (combined enrollment of about 67,044 students).

MOTT ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, JAMESVILLE-DEWITT HIGH SCHOOL comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 67.6%.

JAMESVILLE-DEWITT HIGH SCHOOL operates from a bedroom-community location.

Trend over the last 7 years. JAMESVILLE-DEWITT HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has shrank 13% since 2018, when it stood at 947 (now 820). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 77% to 70%. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 in 2025.

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