SMITH ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in NORTH SYRACUSE, New York, SMITH ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a reasonably sized elementary campus, run under NORTH SYRACUSE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. It works with 553 students across grades K through 4. That puts it 25% bigger than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

Across the 11 schools in NORTH SYRACUSE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (7,630 students total), SMITH ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, SMITH ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 73% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder breaks down as 9% Asian, 8% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 4% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Onondaga County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 48% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, SMITH ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 57.2%; SMITH ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 36.6%, -20.6 points below that line.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Onondaga County put 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. Across Onondaga County's 123 public schools (combined enrollment of about 67,044 students), SMITH ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: MAIN STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 1.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SMITH ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 52.1%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 556 students in 2018 compared to 553 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 82% to 73% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.

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