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Enrollment
1,126
High
DISTRICT 986 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362859006480
PUBLIC SERVICE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT FOWLER
227 MAGNOLIA ST, SYRACUSE, NY 13204 · (315) 435-4408 · Onondaga County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,126 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 0% of New York public high schools
- FTest 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
12.8:1
88 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
1,003 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 | 274 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 262 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 300 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 258 | 23% |
| Ungraded | 32 | 3% |
Student demographics
66%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% . -7.0pp since 2023
Math
12.0%
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 12 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 down about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.0% | 12.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 15.0% |
% 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
23.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 42% 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 PUBLIC SERVICE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT FOWLER
PUBLIC SERVICE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT FOWLER's state test result (23.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PUBLIC SERVICE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT FOWLER this school | 1,126 | 89.1% | 23.0% |
| MCKINLEY VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL BUFFALO | 862 | 93.0% | 21.3% |
| CORCORAN HIGH SCHOOL SYRACUSE | 1,338 | 84.9% | 24.2% |
| JOSEPH C WILSON MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 868 | 88.2% | 23.7% |
| PADILLA HIGH SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 1,342 | 86.9% | N/A |
| EDISON CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 1,362 | 89.7% | 20.7% |
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 PUBLIC SERVICE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT FOWLER ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Onondaga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #1,119 of 1,135 | #23 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.0% | #1,085 of 1,109 ▼ 30 | #23 of 24 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #1,101 of 1,135 ▼ 30 | #22 of 24 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,126 | #199 of 1,216 | #11 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #816 of 1,058 | #18 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.9% | #157 of 1,070 | #4 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.1% | #247 of 1,167 | #1 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +20.7% | #71 of 339 | N/A |
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
1,126
+113 (+11%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 1,126 | 87.8 | 12.8:1 | 89% (1,003) |
| 2023-24 | 1,077 | 91.5 | 11.8:1 | 89% (961) |
| 2022-23 | 1,075 | 86.3 | 12.5:1 | 87% (938) |
| 2020-21 | 1,013 | 80 | 12.7:1 | 85% (856) |
| 2017-18 | 933 | 71.6 | 13.0:1 | 87% (815) |
| 2015-16 | 452 | 29 | 15.6:1 | 80% (363) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PUBLIC SERVICE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT FOWLER.
About PUBLIC SERVICE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT FOWLER
PUBLIC SERVICE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT FOWLER is a high school in SYRACUSE, New York, according to federal school records. The grade span is 9 through 12, and enrollment is 1,126 students. Average enrollment for high schools in New York is about 668, so this school runs 69% above that.
The district, SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, operates 31 schools serving 18,608 students.
By race and ethnicity, PUBLIC SERVICE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT FOWLER is 52% Black. The rest of enrollment is 19% Hispanic, 15% White, 7% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Census estimates put the Black share of Onondaga County's population at about 11%. The chance that two students picked at random at PUBLIC SERVICE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT FOWLER belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 66%.
PUBLIC SERVICE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT FOWLER employs 87.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 12.8:1. The average ratio among high schools in New York is 11.0:1, lower than at this school. PUBLIC SERVICE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT FOWLER's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 89%. That is 40 points above the 49% average for public schools in Onondaga County.
PUBLIC SERVICE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT FOWLER is graded F by allk12, scoring above 0% of New York public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
A school in New York with PUBLIC SERVICE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT FOWLER's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 42.2%. PUBLIC SERVICE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT FOWLER scores 23.0%.
Census Bureau estimates for Onondaga County show that median household income is about $76,945, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. A total of 123 public schools operate in Onondaga County, serving about 67,044 students.
The nearest public school is DELAWARE PRIMARY SCHOOL, at about 0.4 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. PUBLIC SERVICE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT FOWLER places 3rd of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
PUBLIC SERVICE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT FOWLER is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels City: Mid-size.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 11%, from 1,013 to 1,126.
Conversations here can range across sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
- 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
- NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,350 students
- CORCORAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,338 students
- ONONDAGA-CORTLAND-MADISON BOCESCombined · 1,113 students
- SYRACUSE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOLCombined · 993 students
- HUNTINGTON K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 934 students
Nearby schools
- DELAWARE PRIMARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 377
- SYRACUSE STEM AT BLODGETT0.4 mi · 369
- FRAZER K-8 SCHOOL0.5 mi · 774
- SYRACUSE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL0.7 mi · 993
- SEYMOUR DUAL LANGUAGE ACADEMY0.8 mi · 448
- BELLEVUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 415
Frequently asked questions
About PUBLIC SERVICE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT FOWLERHow many students attend PUBLIC SERVICE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT FOWLER?
PUBLIC SERVICE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT FOWLER enrolls approximately 1,126 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does PUBLIC SERVICE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT FOWLER serve?
PUBLIC SERVICE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT FOWLER serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does PUBLIC SERVICE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT FOWLER have?
PUBLIC SERVICE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT FOWLER employs 88 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PUBLIC SERVICE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT FOWLER?
At PUBLIC SERVICE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT FOWLER, the student body is approximately 15% White, 19% Hispanic, 52% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is PUBLIC SERVICE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT FOWLER public or private?
PUBLIC SERVICE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT FOWLER is a public K-12 school, overseen by SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.