MINOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

MINOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an intimate K-5 school in MINOA, New York, one of the schools within EAST SYRACUSE MINOA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school works with 307 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so MINOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 31% smaller than that benchmark.

MINOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 7 schools operated by EAST SYRACUSE MINOA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that teaches 3,411 students overall.

Looking at the student body, MINOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that nearly all students (93%) are White. Beyond that, the school records 3% multiracial, 3% Black. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 75%.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.8:1. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 40% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Onondaga County's rate of about 49%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, MINOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 60.4%, the actual is 43.5%, a residual of -16.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, Onondaga County reports that median household earnings sit near $76,945, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Onondaga County's 123 public schools (combined enrollment of about 67,044 students), MINOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

PINE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, MINOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 57.7%.

MINOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a residential location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 21%: 391 students in 2018 compared to 307 in 2025. The White share of enrollment rose from 87% to 93% over that span.

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