MEACHEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

MEACHEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary-level community of low-enrollment scale in SYRACUSE, New York, overseen by SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, enrolling 343 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so MEACHEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 23% smaller than that benchmark.

Within SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 31 schools and 18,608 students, MEACHEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MEACHEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that Black students make up the majority at 62%. The remainder comes out to 15% White, 13% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Onondaga County as a whole is about 11% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting MEACHEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 78% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Onondaga County runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, MEACHEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 46.3%; actual is 21.3%, a gap of -25.0 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Onondaga County put median household earnings sit near $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%. MEACHEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 123 public schools in Onondaga County (combined enrollment of about 67,044 students).

Nearest neighbor: CLARY MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MEACHEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MEACHEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 27.3%.

MEACHEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a downtown location.

Over the past 7-year window. MEACHEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked down 14% since 2018, when it stood at 401 (now 343). Hispanic enrollment moved from 7% to 13% across the same window.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.