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Enrollment
1,350
High
DISTRICT 986 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362859003871
NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL
3100 E GENESEE ST, SYRACUSE, NY 13224 · (315) 435-4380 · Onondaga County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,350 STUDENTS
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Scored higher than 4% of New York public high schools
- DTest 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
89 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
1,062 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 290 | 21% |
| Grade 10 | 343 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 313 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 364 | 27% |
| Ungraded | 40 | 3% |
Student demographics
69%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
42.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -7.0pp since 2023
Math
25.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.0% | 25.0% |
| 2023-24 | 49.0% | 23.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
32.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL
NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (32.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,350 | 78.7% | 32.0% |
| HENNINGER HIGH SCHOOL SYRACUSE | 1,483 | 81.4% | 24.7% |
| CORCORAN HIGH SCHOOL SYRACUSE | 1,338 | 84.9% | 24.2% |
| PUBLIC SERVICE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT FOWLER SYRACUSE | 1,126 | 89.1% | 23.0% |
| TRANSIT TECH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 795 | 82.4% | 40.0% |
| NIAGARA FALLS HIGH SCHOOL NIAGARA FALLS | 2,034 | 75.8% | 28.8% |
Matched among New York high 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 NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Onondaga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #1,060 of 1,135 | #20 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #958 of 1,109 ▲ 15 | #20 of 24 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #1,052 of 1,135 ▼ 52 | #19 of 24 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,350 | #128 of 1,216 | #5 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #996 of 1,058 | #23 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.5% | #117 of 1,070 | #2 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.7% | #465 of 1,167 | #4 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.9% | #722 of 743 | #20 of 20 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,350
+127 (+10%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 1,282
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 1,350 | 89 | 15.2:1 | 79% (1,062) |
| 2023-24 | 1,297 | 93.3 | 13.9:1 | 80% (1,035) |
| 2022-23 | 1,226 | 87.8 | 14.0:1 | 80% (975) |
| 2020-21 | 1,223 | 83 | 14.7:1 | 73% (898) |
| 2017-18 | 1,362 | 82 | 16.6:1 | 77% (1,048) |
| 2015-16 | 1,360 | 79 | 17.2:1 | 71% (959) |
| 2010-11 | 1,316 | 87 | 15.1:1 | 69% (914) |
| 2000-01 | 1,395 | 88 | 15.8:1 | 42% (579) |
| 1990-91 | 1,282 | 101 | 12.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL.
About NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL
In SYRACUSE, New York, part of Onondaga County, NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL is a high school. It reports enrollment of 1,350 students in grades 9 through 12. Across high schools in New York, the average enrollment is about 668.
SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (31 schools, 18,608 students) runs NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL.
About 49% of students at NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL are Black, the largest single group. Beyond that, enrollment is 21% White, 12% Asian, 11% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 11%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 69%.
The school's 89 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1. The average for high schools in New York is 11.0:1, so this school has more students per teacher. At NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL, 79% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Across public schools in Onondaga County, the average is 49%.
NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL holds an F allk12 Grade, placing it above 4% of New York public high schools.
On BeatsExpectations, NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL is 14.1 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New York schools.
The school is in Onondaga County, where the median household earns about $76,945 a year, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL shares Onondaga County with 122 other public schools.
HURLBUT W SMITH K-8 SCHOOL, about 0.4 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL is 5th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Locale: City: Mid-size. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL had a net gain of 127 students, or 10%.
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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
- 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
- FRAZER K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 774 students
Other schools in SYRACUSE
- HENNINGER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,483 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
- HUNTINGTON K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 934 students
Nearby schools
- HURLBUT W SMITH K-8 SCHOOL0.4 mi · 776
- JAMESVILLE-DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 693
- TECUMSEH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 332
- EDWARD SMITH K-8 SCHOOL1.5 mi · 697
- HUNTINGTON K-8 SCHOOL1.5 mi · 934
- HENNINGER HIGH SCHOOL1.6 mi · 1,483
Frequently asked questions
About NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOLHow large is NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL?
NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,350 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL serve?
NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 15.2:1 students per teacher at NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 21% White, 11% Hispanic, 49% Black, 12% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL in?
NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL is part of SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.