KARL W SAILE BEAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in NORTH SYRACUSE, New York, KARL W SAILE BEAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary-level community, run under NORTH SYRACUSE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. It teaches 537 students across grades K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 21% above typical.

KARL W SAILE BEAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 11 schools operated by NORTH SYRACUSE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that works with 7,630 students overall.

On demographics, KARL W SAILE BEAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 72% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 13% multiracial, 6% Black, 5% Asian, 5% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, KARL W SAILE BEAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.6:1. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 44% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, KARL W SAILE BEAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 58.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.5%.

Zooming out to the county, Onondaga County reports that the typical household earns roughly $76,945 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Onondaga County runs 123 public schools (combined enrollment of about 67,044 students), of which KARL W SAILE BEAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

MAIN STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around KARL W SAILE BEAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, KARL W SAILE BEAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 50.9%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Looking at the recent track record. KARL W SAILE BEAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has shrank 10% since 2018, when it stood at 594 (now 537). The White share of enrollment decreased from 79% to 72% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 today.

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