PARK HILL SCHOOL

As a compact elementary-level community in EAST SYRACUSE, New York, PARK HILL SCHOOL works with 227 students from grade pre-K, overseen by EAST SYRACUSE MINOA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so PARK HILL SCHOOL sits 49% below that benchmark.

Within EAST SYRACUSE MINOA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 7 schools and 3,411 students, PARK HILL SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, PARK HILL SCHOOL shows that nearly all students (82%) are White. Beyond that, the school logs 9% Black, 4% Hispanic, 3% Asian.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 30.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 31% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Onondaga County (around 49%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Onondaga County indicate median household earnings sit near $76,945, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Onondaga County runs 123 public schools (combined enrollment of about 67,044 students), of which PARK HILL SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is EAST SYRACUSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PARK HILL SCHOOL.

PARK HILL SCHOOL operates from a residential location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PARK HILL SCHOOL has decreased 15%, going from 268 students in 2018 to 227 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 88% to 82% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 38.3:1 in 2018 to 30.3:1 today.

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