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Enrollment
408
Elementary
DISTRICT 549 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362859003869
MCKINLEY-BRIGHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
141 W NEWELL ST, SYRACUSE, NY 13205 · (315) 435-4605 · Onondaga County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL408 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 0% of New York public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
9.3:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
351 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 | 49 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 14% |
| Ungraded | 6 | 1% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (56).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
23.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +12.0pp since 2023
Math
11.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.0% | 11.0% |
| 2023-24 | 11.0% | 4.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
11.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-32.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 11% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 43% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 MCKINLEY-BRIGHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MCKINLEY-BRIGHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (11.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCKINLEY-BRIGHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 408 | 86.0% | 11.3% |
| PS 138 BROOKLYN | 356 | 85.7% | 67.0% |
| DR DAVID AND RUTH ANDERSON ACADEMY- SCHOOL 16 ROCHESTER | 430 | 85.8% | 21.8% |
| PS 40 GEORGE W CARVER BROOKLYN | 465 | 89.5% | 65.9% |
| PS 251 PAERDEGAT BROOKLYN | 329 | 86.9% | 30.7% |
| PS 80 THURGOOD MARSHALL MAGNET SCHOOL OF MULTIMEDIA (THE) JAMAICA | 363 | 88.7% | 52.0% |
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 MCKINLEY-BRIGHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Onondaga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 11.3% | #2,318 of 2,335 | #58 of 61 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.0% | #2,326 of 2,342 ▲ 10 | #59 of 61 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #2,255 of 2,343 ▲ 52 | #53 of 61 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 408 | #1,316 of 2,585 | #31 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.3:1 | #234 of 2,338 | #4 of 68 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.6% | #971 of 2,388 | #22 of 69 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.0% | #568 of 2,534 | #3 of 70 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.2% | #157 of 1,757 | #2 of 50 |
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
408
-68 (-14%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 633
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 408 | 44 | 9.3:1 | 86% (351) |
| 2023-24 | 423 | 41.4 | 10.2:1 | 93% (394) |
| 2022-23 | 451 | 35 | 12.9:1 | 94% (422) |
| 2020-21 | 476 | 35 | 13.6:1 | 93% (444) |
| 2017-18 | 650 | 40 | 16.2:1 | 94% (612) |
| 2015-16 | 618 | 38 | 16.3:1 | 82% (507) |
| 2010-11 | 499 | 34 | 14.7:1 | 94% (469) |
| 2000-01 | 441 | 48 | 9.2:1 | 91% (403) |
| 1990-91 | 633 | 63 | 10.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MCKINLEY-BRIGHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About MCKINLEY-BRIGHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MCKINLEY-BRIGHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school located in SYRACUSE, New York. It educates 408 students in pre-K through 5.
MCKINLEY-BRIGHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belongs to SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district of 31 schools and 18,608 students.
Black students are the majority at MCKINLEY-BRIGHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, with 64% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 13% multiracial, 12% Hispanic, and 9% White. The school's Black share is 53 points above the 11% share among Onondaga County residents. MCKINLEY-BRIGHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's diversity index is 56%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its teaching staff equals 44 full-time positions, a ratio of 9.3:1. That is lower than the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 86%. That is 37 points above the 49% average for public schools in Onondaga County.
Measured against New York public elementary schools, MCKINLEY-BRIGHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives an F. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, MCKINLEY-BRIGHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL would score about 43.4%. It scores 11.3%, a bottom-10% result among New York schools on BeatsExpectations.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Onondaga County show that the median household income is $76,945, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. MCKINLEY-BRIGHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 123 public schools in the county.
The shortest distance from MCKINLEY-BRIGHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL to another public school is about 0.4 miles, to BRIGHTON ACADEMY. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, MCKINLEY-BRIGHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 9th on proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, MCKINLEY-BRIGHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is City: Mid-size.
2024-25 enrollment was 408, a 14% decrease from 476 in 2020-21. The ratio of students to teachers went from 13.6:1 to 9.3:1 over the same years.
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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
Other schools in SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- HENNINGER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,483 students
- NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,350 students
- CORCORAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,338 students
- PUBLIC SERVICE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT FOWLERHigh · 1,126 students
- HUNTINGTON K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 934 students
- HURLBUT W SMITH K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 776 students
Other schools in SYRACUSE
- HENNINGER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,483 students
- NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,350 students
- CORCORAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,338 students
- PUBLIC SERVICE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT FOWLERHigh · 1,126 students
- ONONDAGA-CORTLAND-MADISON BOCESCombined · 1,113 students
- SYRACUSE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOLCombined · 993 students
Nearby schools
- BRIGHTON ACADEMY0.4 mi · 363
- SYRACUSE LATIN SCHOOL0.6 mi · 640
- SOUTHSIDE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL0.7 mi · 685
- CITIZENSHIP AND SCIENCE ACADEMY OF SYRACUSE CHARTER SCHOOL0.8 mi · 764
- VAN DUYN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 346
- STEAM AT DR KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 439
Frequently asked questions
About MCKINLEY-BRIGHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend MCKINLEY-BRIGHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MCKINLEY-BRIGHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 408 students in grades PK-05.
Is MCKINLEY-BRIGHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
MCKINLEY-BRIGHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does MCKINLEY-BRIGHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
MCKINLEY-BRIGHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.3:1.
How diverse is MCKINLEY-BRIGHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MCKINLEY-BRIGHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 9% White, 12% Hispanic, 64% Black, 1% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Is MCKINLEY-BRIGHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
MCKINLEY-BRIGHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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