NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL

NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL is one of the substantial high schools in SYRACUSE, New York, operated by SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 1,350 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 102% larger than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL lists that 49% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 21% White, 12% Asian, 11% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 11%.

On the resource side, The school lists 89 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.2:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 79% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Onondaga County's rate of about 49%.

With demographic context factored in, NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.1%, the actual is 32.0%, a residual of -14.1 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Onondaga County indicate median household earnings sit near $76,945, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Onondaga County's 123 public schools (combined enrollment of about 67,044 students), NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is HURLBUT W SMITH K-8 SCHOOL, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 44.3%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 1,362 students in 2018 compared to 1,350 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 56% to 49% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.