ROBERTS K-8 SCHOOL

ROBERTS K-8 SCHOOL is an elementary school of medium-sized scale in SYRACUSE, New York, part of SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, enrolling 641 students in grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 45% larger than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

Within SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 31 schools and 18,608 students, ROBERTS K-8 SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, ROBERTS K-8 SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is Black, at 56% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 19% White, 12% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Onondaga County as a whole is about 11% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting ROBERTS K-8 SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 79% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Onondaga County (around 49%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ROBERTS K-8 SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 46.0%; ROBERTS K-8 SCHOOL posts 16.6%, -29.3 points below that line.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Onondaga County) shows that median household income runs about $76,945, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Onondaga County runs 123 public schools (combined enrollment of about 67,044 students), of which ROBERTS K-8 SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: CORCORAN HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, ROBERTS K-8 SCHOOL comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 21.5%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 7%: 691 students in 2018 compared to 641 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 25% to 19% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.