SALEM HYDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

SALEM HYDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a mid-tier primary school in SYRACUSE, New York, part of SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 466 students spanning grades pre-K through 6.

Across the 31 schools in SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (18,608 students total), SALEM HYDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, SALEM HYDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that 41% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 24% White, 14% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 9% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 11% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, SALEM HYDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting SALEM HYDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 70% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Onondaga County runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SALEM HYDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 49.1%; this one comes in at 22.9%, -26.2 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Onondaga County put median household earnings sit near $76,945, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Onondaga County's 123 public schools (combined enrollment of about 67,044 students), SALEM HYDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SALEM HYDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 25.7%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 16%: 556 students in 2018 compared to 466 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 37% to 24%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.

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