Enrollment
351
Elementary
DISTRICT 549 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362859003873
PORTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
512 EMERSON AVE, SYRACUSE, NY 13204 · (315) 435-4625 · Onondaga County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL351 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 9% of New York public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
264 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 41 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 49 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (52).
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
35.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +13.0pp since 2023
Math
33.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.0% | 33.0% |
| 2023-24 | 22.0% | 30.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
27.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 47% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 PORTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PORTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (27.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PORTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 351 | 75.2% | 27.5% |
| BROOKLYN BROWNSTONE SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 352 | 81.5% | 71.9% |
| MAPLE AVENUE SCHOOL NIAGARA FALLS | 388 | 70.1% | 23.1% |
| NIAGARA CHARTER SCHOOL NIAGARA FALLS | 342 | 83.0% | 57.9% |
| HENRY J KALFAS MAGNET SCHOOL NIAGARA FALLS | 304 | 78.0% | N/A |
| ELMWOOD VILLAGE CHARTER SCHOOL HERTEL BUFFALO | 416 | 68.0% | 39.0% |
Matched among New York elementary 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 PORTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Onondaga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.5% | #2,097 of 2,335 | #43 of 61 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #2,039 of 2,342 ▼ 21 | #42 of 61 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #2,009 of 2,343 ▲ 106 | #41 of 61 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 351 | #1,667 of 2,585 | #45 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #1,441 of 2,338 | #30 of 68 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.4% | #247 of 2,388 | #7 of 69 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.2% | #891 of 2,534 | #15 of 70 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.4% | #300 of 1,757 | #3 of 50 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
351
+12 (+4%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 519
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 351 | 28.2 | 12.5:1 | 75% (264) |
| 2023-24 | 301 | 26.8 | 11.2:1 | 90% (272) |
| 2022-23 | 299 | 25.7 | 11.6:1 | 90% (268) |
| 2020-21 | 339 | 24 | 14.1:1 | 88% (300) |
| 2017-18 | 497 | 32 | 15.5:1 | 89% (444) |
| 2015-16 | 569 | 34 | 16.7:1 | 75% (426) |
| 2010-11 | 523 | 40 | 13.1:1 | 86% (452) |
| 2000-01 | 552 | 39 | 14.2:1 | 66% (366) |
| 1990-91 | 519 | 51 | 10.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PORTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About PORTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PORTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a low-enrollment elementary school in SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, located in SYRACUSE, New York. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 351 students. The school's enrollment is 21% smaller than the 443 average for elementary schools in New York.
SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT has 31 schools; together they serve 18,608 students.
Black students form the largest group at PORTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 47% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 24% White, 12% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Among people living in Onondaga County, the Black share is about 11%. The chance that two students picked at random at PORTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 69%.
Staffing totals 28.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.5:1. Elementary schools in New York average about 12.8:1, a similar figure. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 75%. That is higher than the 49% average for public schools in Onondaga County.
PORTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is graded D by allk12, scoring above 9% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 47.3% for PORTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 27.5%. The 19.9-point gap ranks in the bottom 10% of New York schools.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Onondaga County show that median household income is 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. Federal data list 123 public schools in Onondaga County, with a combined enrollment of about 67,044.
ONTECH CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL is the public school closest to PORTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.3 miles away. PORTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts PORTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 4th of 9.
The federal government classifies PORTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's location as City: Mid-size.
Enrollment was 339 in 2020-21 and 351 in 2024-25, a increase of 12 students. Federal data show the ratio falling from 14.1:1 to 12.5:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at PORTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
- NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,350 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
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
Other Porter Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 7 states are named Porter Elementary. PORTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 7th largest of the 8.
- Porter Elementary SchoolPORTER, TX · 931 students
- Porter ElementarySan Diego, CA · 590 students
- Porter Elementary SchoolMESA, AZ · 453 students
- Porter Elementary SchoolMESQUITE, TX · 445 students
- Porter Elementary SchoolHagerhill, KY · 431 students
Nearby schools
- ONTECH CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 254
- SYRACUSE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL0.4 mi · 993
- FRAZER K-8 SCHOOL0.7 mi · 774
- PUBLIC SERVICE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT FOWLER1.0 mi · 1,126
- SOLVAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 436
- DELAWARE PRIMARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 377
Frequently asked questions
About PORTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend PORTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PORTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 351 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PORTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
PORTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at PORTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 12.5:1 students per teacher at PORTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is PORTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PORTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 24% White, 12% Hispanic, 47% Black, 4% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is PORTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
PORTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.