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What do students at SMITH ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL actually talk about outside of class?
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Enrollment
553
Elementary
DISTRICT 414 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH SYRACUSE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362121003005
SMITH ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
5959 SMITH RD, NORTH SYRACUSE, NY 13212 · (315) 218-2800 · Onondaga County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL553 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 16% of New York public elementary schools
- C-Test 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
12.2:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
267 students
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 113 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 115 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 120 | 22% |
| Grade 3 | 106 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 99 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (113) is 14% larger than its 4th grade class (99).
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
SMITH ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→ROXBORO ROAD MIDDLE SCHOOL→NORTH SYRACUSE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL→CICERO-NORTH SYRACUSE HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within NORTH SYRACUSE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
38.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +10.0pp since 2023
Math
43.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.0% | 43.0% |
| 2023-24 | 28.0% | 37.0% |
% 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
36.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 57% 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 SMITH ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SMITH ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (36.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 553 | 48.3% | 36.6% |
| GEORGE F JOHNSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ENDICOTT | 570 | 46.7% | 36.0% |
| KARL W SAILE BEAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NORTH SYRACUSE | 537 | 44.1% | 43.5% |
| PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCHENECTADY | 591 | 44.3% | 49.6% |
| PS 55 HENRY M BOEHM STATEN ISLAND | 512 | 43.9% | 72.0% |
| BLASDELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BLASDELL | 498 | 50.8% | 48.0% |
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 SMITH ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Onondaga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.6% | #1,769 of 2,335 | #38 of 61 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #1,741 of 2,342 ▲ 59 | #37 of 61 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #1,894 of 2,343 ▼ 30 | #38 of 61 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 553 | #624 of 2,585 | #13 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #1,340 of 2,338 | #24 of 68 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.5% | #1,448 of 2,388 | #37 of 69 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.3% | #1,465 of 2,534 | #29 of 70 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.5% | #1,741 of 1,757 | #49 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
553
-23 (-4%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 859
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 553 | 45.3 | 12.2:1 | 48% (267) |
| 2023-24 | 564 | 48.6 | 11.6:1 | 44% (246) |
| 2022-23 | 564 | 45.3 | 12.5:1 | 50% (284) |
| 2020-21 | 576 | 44 | 13.1:1 | 47% (271) |
| 2017-18 | 556 | 38 | 14.6:1 | 46% (258) |
| 2015-16 | 595 | 37 | 16.1:1 | 42% (252) |
| 2010-11 | 499 | 36 | 13.9:1 | 29% (147) |
| 2000-01 | 655 | 45 | 14.6:1 | 25% (167) |
| 1990-91 | 859 | 58 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SMITH ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About SMITH ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SMITH ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in NORTH SYRACUSE, New York, and is classified as an elementary school. Total enrollment is 553 students, and the grades served are kindergarten through 4. It has 25% more students than the average for elementary schools in New York (about 443).
SMITH ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among 11 schools run by NORTH SYRACUSE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which serves 7,630 students.
About 73% of the student body at SMITH ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White. Other reported shares: 9% Asian, 8% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, and 4% Black. Among Onondaga County residents, the White share is about 75%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 44%.
Its ratio of 12.2:1 is based on 45.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. It is about the same as the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. In all, 48% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 49% average for public schools in Onondaga County.
SMITH ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 16% of New York public elementary schools.
SMITH ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 20.6 points below expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the bottom 10% in New York.
For Onondaga County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $76,945 a year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Onondaga County number 123, with about 67,044 students.
Measured in a straight line, MAIN STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 1.2 miles from SMITH ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, SMITH ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 7th on proficiency.
Federal data place SMITH ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 4%.
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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 NORTH SYRACUSE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CICERO-NORTH SYRACUSE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,748 students
- NORTH SYRACUSE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,186 students
- GILLETTE ROAD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,101 students
- ROXBORO ROAD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 697 students
- CICERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 596 students
- KARL W SAILE BEAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 537 students
Other schools in NORTH SYRACUSE
- NORTH SYRACUSE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,186 students
- KARL W SAILE BEAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 537 students
- ALLEN ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 326 students
- MAIN STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 236 students
Nearby schools
- MAIN STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 236
- KARL W SAILE BEAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 537
- GILLETTE ROAD MIDDLE SCHOOL1.7 mi · 1,101
- NORTH SYRACUSE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL2.1 mi · 1,186
- ONONDAGA-CORTLAND-MADISON BOCES2.5 mi · 1,113
- CICERO-NORTH SYRACUSE HIGH SCHOOL2.6 mi · 1,748
Frequently asked questions
About SMITH ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend SMITH ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SMITH ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 553 students in grades KG-04.
Is SMITH ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
SMITH ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
How many teachers does SMITH ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
SMITH ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 45 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.2:1.
What is the student diversity at SMITH ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at SMITH ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 73% White, 6% Hispanic, 4% Black, 9% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees SMITH ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SMITH ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by NORTH SYRACUSE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Onondaga County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.