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Enrollment
575
Middle
DISTRICT 429 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WESTHILL CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360732000522
ONONDAGA HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL
4860 ONONDAGA RD, SYRACUSE, NY 13215 · (315) 426-3400 · Onondaga County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL575 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 47% of New York public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
187 students
DISTRICT 29% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 132 | 23% |
| Grade 6 | 130 | 23% |
| Grade 7 | 165 | 29% |
| Grade 8 | 147 | 26% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
ONONDAGA HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL→WESTHILL HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within WESTHILL CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
51.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -4.0pp since 2023
Math
68.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.0% | 68.0% |
| 2023-24 | 55.0% | 66.1% |
% 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
56.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 ONONDAGA HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL
ONONDAGA HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (56.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ONONDAGA HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 575 | 32.5% | 56.6% |
| SCHALMONT MIDDLE SCHOOL SCHENECTADY | 537 | 31.5% | 44.4% |
| CAMILLUS MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMILLUS | 693 | 30.7% | 67.6% |
| SCOTIA-GLENVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL SCOTIA | 489 | 35.8% | 68.5% |
| DAKE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 551 | 32.8% | 67.3% |
| BOYNTON MIDDLE SCHOOL ITHACA | 513 | 34.3% | 63.3% |
Matched among New York middle 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 ONONDAGA HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Onondaga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.6% | #315 of 766 | #13 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #287 of 768 ▲ 14 | #8 of 24 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #325 of 768 ▼ 99 | #11 of 24 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 575 | #302 of 796 | #11 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #587 of 683 | #22 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.3% | #475 of 688 | #15 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.5% | #594 of 773 | #16 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.0% | #127 of 168 | #6 of 7 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
575
+74 (+15%) vs 2020
+67% since 1990-91, when it was 344
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 575 | 46 | 12.5:1 | 33% (187) |
| 2023-24 | 563 | 50 | 11.3:1 | 30% (171) |
| 2022-23 | 554 | 47.8 | 11.6:1 | 32% (175) |
| 2020-21 | 501 | 43 | 11.7:1 | 23% (114) |
| 2017-18 | 558 | 39.4 | 14.2:1 | 18% (99) |
| 2015-16 | 564 | 38 | 14.8:1 | 17% (94) |
| 2010-11 | 592 | 49 | 12.1:1 | 11% (64) |
| 2000-01 | 666 | 47 | 14.2:1 | 6% (43) |
| 1990-91 | 344 | 28 | 12.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ONONDAGA HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About ONONDAGA HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL
ONONDAGA HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL is a mid-sized middle school in SYRACUSE, New York, (ZIP code 13215). Enrollment totals 575 students across grades 5 through 8.
WESTHILL CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT has 1,714 students in 4 schools, and ONONDAGA HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those schools.
At ONONDAGA HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL, 78% of students are White. It is also 8% Black, 7% multiracial, and 6% Hispanic. Census estimates put Onondaga County at about 75% White, close to the school's figure. The diversity index for ONONDAGA HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL is 38%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 46 full-time-equivalent teachers at ONONDAGA HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL, giving a ratio of 12.5:1. The school's 12.5:1 compares with an average of 10.3:1 for middle schools in New York. By family income, 33% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 49% average for public schools in Onondaga County is 16 points.
ONONDAGA HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 47% of New York public middle schools.
ONONDAGA HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 56.6% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 63.0%.
For the population of Onondaga County, median household income comes to about $76,945, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Onondaga County's 123 public schools enroll about 67,044 students and include ONONDAGA HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About 0.8 miles separate ONONDAGA HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL from the closest public school, CORCORAN HIGH SCHOOL. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, ONONDAGA HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL is 1st of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Federal data place ONONDAGA HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 15%.
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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 WESTHILL CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WESTHILL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 525 students
- CHERRY ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 358 students
- WALBERTA PARK PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 256 students
Other schools in SYRACUSE
- HENNINGER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,483 students
- NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,350 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
Nearby schools
- CORCORAN HIGH SCHOOL0.8 mi · 1,338
- ROBERTS K-8 SCHOOL0.9 mi · 641
- CITIZENSHIP AND SCIENCE ACADEMY OF SYRACUSE CHARTER SCHOOL1.3 mi · 764
- SOUTHSIDE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL1.4 mi · 685
- VAN DUYN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 346
- BELLEVUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 415
Frequently asked questions
About ONONDAGA HILL MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend ONONDAGA HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL?
ONONDAGA HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 575 students in grades 05-08.
Is ONONDAGA HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
ONONDAGA HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 05-08.
How many teachers does ONONDAGA HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
ONONDAGA HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at ONONDAGA HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At ONONDAGA HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 78% White, 6% Hispanic, 8% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is ONONDAGA HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
ONONDAGA HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by WESTHILL CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.