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What's one thing LYNCOURT SCHOOL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
430
Elementary
STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LYNCOURT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361794001611
LYNCOURT SCHOOL
2707-2709 COURT ST, SYRACUSE, NY 13208 · (315) 455-7571 · Onondaga County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL430 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 28% of New York public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
40 FTE teachers
STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
256 students
STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 42 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 47 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 27 | 6% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 44 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 39 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 46 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (46).
Student demographics
76%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
32.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
37.2%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.0% | 37.2% |
| 2023-24 | 28.0% | 33.5% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
39.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
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 LYNCOURT SCHOOL
LYNCOURT SCHOOL's state test result (39.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LYNCOURT SCHOOL this school | 430 | 59.5% | 39.9% |
| DAVID B CRANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 376 | 56.4% | 56.0% |
| ETHEL K FYLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 392 | 53.8% | 60.5% |
| THEODORE ROOSEVELT SCHOOL CHEEKTOWAGA | 312 | 58.7% | N/A |
| ROESSLEVILLE SCHOOL ALBANY | 368 | 50.3% | 46.4% |
| ALBANY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL UTICA | 478 | 68.4% | 38.9% |
Matched among New York elementary 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 LYNCOURT SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Onondaga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.9% | #1,628 of 2,335 | #36 of 61 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.2% | #1,927 of 2,342 ▼ 29 | #40 of 61 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #2,075 of 2,343 ▼ 206 | #43 of 61 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 430 | #1,200 of 2,585 | #28 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #720 of 2,338 | #13 of 68 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.6% | #33 of 2,388 | #1 of 69 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.5% | #1,172 of 2,534 | #22 of 70 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.9% | #439 of 606 | #11 of 17 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
430
+39 (+10%) vs 2020
+46% since 1990-91, when it was 294
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 10.0:1
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 | 430 | 40 | 10.8:1 | 60% (256) |
| 2023-24 | 434 | 36 | 12.1:1 | 64% (277) |
| 2022-23 | 406 | 36 | 11.3:1 | 64% (259) |
| 2020-21 | 391 | 39 | 10.0:1 | 56% (219) |
| 2017-18 | 414 | 34.5 | 12.0:1 | 62% (256) |
| 2015-16 | 376 | 32 | 11.8:1 | 61% (229) |
| 2010-11 | 327 | 33 | 9.9:1 | 45% (148) |
| 2000-01 | 336 | 28 | 12.0:1 | 30% (101) |
| 1990-91 | 294 | 26 | 11.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LYNCOURT SCHOOL.
About LYNCOURT SCHOOL
Among the schools in SYRACUSE, New York, is LYNCOURT SCHOOL, a mid-sized elementary school. It reports enrollment of 430 students in pre-K through 8.
The school's district is LYNCOURT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
No group is above 50% at LYNCOURT SCHOOL; the largest is White, at 37%. Other reported shares: 22% Asian, 18% Black, 14% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. Onondaga County's residents are about 75% White, 38 points above the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, LYNCOURT SCHOOL scores 76%.
There are about 10.8 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at LYNCOURT SCHOOL, which has 40. The school's 10.8:1 compares with an average of 12.8:1 for elementary schools in New York. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 60%. The gap from the 49% average for public schools in Onondaga County is 11 points.
LYNCOURT SCHOOL earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 28% of New York public elementary schools.
In New York, LYNCOURT SCHOOL is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 39.9% actual against a predicted 53.1%.
For Onondaga County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $76,945 a year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Onondaga County number 123, with about 67,044 students.
Measured in a straight line, WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.7 miles from LYNCOURT SCHOOL. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, LYNCOURT SCHOOL is ahead of the 29.3% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 9.
Federal data place LYNCOURT SCHOOL in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment rose by 10% across 4 years, from 391 in 2020-21 to 430 in 2024-25.
This page collects posts and questions about LYNCOURT SCHOOL, such as fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
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- ONONDAGA-CORTLAND-MADISON BOCESCombined · 1,113 students
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Nearby schools
- WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 650
- LEMOYNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 338
- SALEM HYDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 466
- GRANT MIDDLE SCHOOL1.1 mi · 612
- LAKESHORE ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 250
- LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL1.4 mi · 476
Frequently asked questions
About LYNCOURT SCHOOLHow large is LYNCOURT SCHOOL?
LYNCOURT SCHOOL enrolls approximately 430 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does LYNCOURT SCHOOL serve?
LYNCOURT SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at LYNCOURT SCHOOL?
Approximately 10.8:1 students per teacher at LYNCOURT SCHOOL.
How diverse is LYNCOURT SCHOOL?
LYNCOURT SCHOOL reports a student body of 37% White, 14% Hispanic, 18% Black, 22% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is LYNCOURT SCHOOL in?
LYNCOURT SCHOOL is part of LYNCOURT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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