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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST SYRACUSE MINOA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360999000775

MINOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

501 N MAIN ST, MINOA, NY 13116 · (315) 434-3420 · Onondaga County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL307 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 29% of New York public elementary schools
  • C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • C-Beats 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

Enrollment
307
Elementary
DISTRICT 306 · STATE 443
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
122 students
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten4515%
Grade 14314%
Grade 25217%
Grade 36120%
Grade 44414%
Grade 56220%

This year's kindergarten class (45) is 27% smaller than its 5th grade class (62).

Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · STATE 72% · US 70%
White
28593%
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 39% · US 43%
Hispanic
21%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 31% · US 30%
Black
83%
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 16% · US 15%
Two+
103%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Native American
21%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 1%
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
Male
17055%
Female
13745%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
MINOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→PINE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL→EAST SYRACUSE MINOA CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within EAST SYRACUSE MINOA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)
English Language Arts
48.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
42.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +2.0pp since 2023

What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.

NYS Assessments results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2548.0%42.0%
2023-2446.0%40.0%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
43.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.9pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 MINOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

MINOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (43.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
MINOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school30739.7%43.5%
WAYNE CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ONTARIO CENTER
30538.4%54.9%
MCCONNELLSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BLOSSVALE
32240.4%30.1%
BALLARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WILTON
31137.9%45.7%
DELAWARE ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DELHI
32540.3%67.4%
CHAUTAUQUA LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MAYVILLE
30143.5%69.3%
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 MINOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New YorkIn Onondaga County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
43.5%#1,456 of 2,335#29 of 61
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
42.0%#1,765 of 2,342
▼ 81
#38 of 61
▼ 4
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
48.0%#1,423 of 2,343
▼ 378
#26 of 61
▼ 6
Enrollment
ranked largest first
307#1,948 of 2,585#60 of 70
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
12.8:1#1,562 of 2,338#34 of 68
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
13.6%#2,226 of 2,388#66 of 69
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
39.7%#1,702 of 2,534#38 of 70
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-21.5%#563 of 1,757#8 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 2024-25
Enrollment
307
-60 (-16%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 507
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 13.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-253072412.8:140% (122)
2023-243162313.8:141% (129)
2022-233492315.2:146% (162)
2020-213672713.6:140% (147)
2017-1839130.612.8:139% (153)
2015-163802813.6:136% (136)
2010-113563211.1:125% (89)
2000-014983713.5:127% (136)
1990-915073813.3:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MINOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

About MINOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

MINOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a low-enrollment elementary school with its address in MINOA, New York. It offers kindergarten through 5 and has 307 students enrolled. By comparison, elementary schools in New York enroll about 443 students on average.

MINOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of a district of 7 schools: EAST SYRACUSE MINOA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 3,411 students.

A large majority of enrollment at MINOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White, at 93%. Other reported shares: 3% multiracial and 3% Black. Onondaga County's residents are about 75% White, 18 points below the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 14%.

There are 24 full-time-equivalent teachers at MINOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, giving a ratio of 12.8:1. The ratio is within a point of the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. By family income, 40% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 49% average for public schools in Onondaga County.

On the allk12 Grade, MINOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at C, ahead of 29% of New York public elementary schools.

Schools in New York with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 60.4%. MINOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 43.5%.

In Onondaga County, home to about 471,129 people, the median household earns about $76,945 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. MINOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shares Onondaga County with 122 other public schools.

Of the public schools around it, MINOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is closest to PINE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 1.1 miles away. MINOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. MINOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 7th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 43.5% against a local average of 57.7%.

On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.

Enrollment figures show a drop of 60 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.

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Onondaga County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
MINOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
District
EAST SYRACUSE MINOA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
Address
501 N MAIN ST, MINOA, NY 13116
Phone
(315) 434-3420
County
Onondaga County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–05
Total enrollment
307
Teachers (FTE)
24
Student–teacher ratio
12.8:1
Free and reduced lunch
122 (40%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
360999000775
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About MINOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
What is the total enrollment at MINOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MINOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 307 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does MINOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
MINOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does MINOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
MINOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
What is the student diversity at MINOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at MINOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 93% White, 1% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is MINOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
MINOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by EAST SYRACUSE MINOA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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