Enrollment
323
High
DISTRICT 257 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ONONDAGA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362181003098
ONONDAGA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
4479 S ONONDAGA RD, NEDROW, NY 13120 · (315) 552-5020 · Onondaga County
GRADES 07–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL323 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% of New York public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
8.6:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.6:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
138 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 7 | 57 | 18% |
| Grade 8 | 63 | 20% |
| Grade 9 | 47 | 15% |
| Grade 10 | 57 | 18% |
| Grade 11 | 40 | 12% |
| Grade 12 | 59 | 18% |
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within ONONDAGA 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
65.1%
NY avg 58.3% . +3.1pp since 2023
Math
75.3%
NY avg 57.4% . -4.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.1% | 75.3% |
| 2023-24 | 62.0% | 79.5% |
% 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
63.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
ONONDAGA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (63.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ONONDAGA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 323 | 42.7% | 63.7% |
| MYNDERSE ACADEMY SENECA FALLS | 350 | 44.0% | 67.2% |
| WILLIAMSON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL WILLIAMSON | 277 | 39.4% | 71.0% |
| CAMBRIDGE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL CAMBRIDGE | 345 | 44.1% | 67.5% |
| LA FAYETTE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL LAFAYETTE | 298 | 40.3% | 51.3% |
| DRYDEN HIGH SCHOOL DRYDEN | 356 | 39.9% | 69.2% |
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 ONONDAGA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Onondaga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.7% | #465 of 1,135 | #10 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.3% | #195 of 1,109 ▲ 27 | #4 of 24 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.1% | #677 of 1,135 ▲ 120 | #14 of 24 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 323 | #890 of 1,216 | #21 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.6:1 | #108 of 1,058 | #3 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.1% | #557 of 1,070 | #10 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.7% | #806 of 1,167 | #9 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.7% | #125 of 743 | #1 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
323
-42 (-12%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 439
Student : Teacher
8.6:1
was 10.7:1
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 | 323 | 37.5 | 8.6:1 | 43% (138) |
| 2023-24 | 319 | 36.2 | 8.8:1 | 46% (146) |
| 2022-23 | 327 | 35.6 | 9.2:1 | 50% (163) |
| 2020-21 | 365 | 34 | 10.7:1 | 48% (177) |
| 2017-18 | 429 | 33.5 | 12.8:1 | 45% (194) |
| 2015-16 | 409 | 34 | 12.0:1 | 38% (157) |
| 2010-11 | 448 | 39 | 11.5:1 | 29% (128) |
| 2000-01 | 546 | 37 | 14.8:1 | 19% (104) |
| 1990-91 | 439 | 33 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ONONDAGA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About ONONDAGA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Students in NEDROW, New York, attend ONONDAGA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, a low-enrollment high school. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 323 students in grades 7 through 12. Against the 668-student average for high schools in New York, enrollment here is 52% lower.
Within ONONDAGA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, ONONDAGA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 3 schools. The district enrolls 771 students.
At 71%, White students outnumber all other groups at ONONDAGA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL combined. Other students are 12% Black, 9% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, and 2% Native American. The county population is about 75% White, within a few points of the school. The chance that two students picked at random at ONONDAGA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 47%.
Teacher staffing is 37.5 full-time equivalents, or about 8.6 students per teacher. Among high schools in New York, the typical ratio is 11.0:1. About 43% of students, or 138, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
allk12 grades ONONDAGA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL a B-. The grade compares the school only with New York public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Test results at ONONDAGA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL are 4.4 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (63.7% actual, 59.3% predicted).
Federal survey data for Onondaga County show that median household income is about $76,945, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. A total of 123 public schools operate in Onondaga County, serving about 67,044 students.
WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is located about 0.2 miles from ONONDAGA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. Within five miles are 5 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 63.7% is above the 37.6% average for nearby schools.
NCES assigns ONONDAGA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL the locale Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
The student count in 2024-25 was 323, 12% below the 365 of 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 8.6 students per teacher, compared with 10.7 in 2020-21.
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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 ONONDAGA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 240 students
- ROCKWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 208 students
Other schools in NEDROW
- WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 240 students
- ROCKWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 208 students
- ONONDAGA NATION SCHOOLElementary · 120 students
Nearby schools
- WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 240
- ONONDAGA NATION SCHOOL2.2 mi · 120
- LA FAYETTE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL4.5 mi · 298
- ROCKWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.5 mi · 208
- MEACHEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.8 mi · 343
- ONONDAGA HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL5.4 mi · 575
Frequently asked questions
About ONONDAGA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at ONONDAGA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
ONONDAGA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 323 students in grades 07-12.
Is ONONDAGA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
ONONDAGA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 07-12.
How many teachers does ONONDAGA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL have?
ONONDAGA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.6:1.
How diverse is ONONDAGA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
ONONDAGA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 71% White, 6% Hispanic, 12% Black, 0% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees ONONDAGA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
ONONDAGA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by ONONDAGA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Onondaga County.
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