SOLVAY MIDDLE SCHOOL

SOLVAY MIDDLE SCHOOL, a tight-knit 6-8 campus in SYRACUSE, New York, one of the schools within SOLVAY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, hosts 414 students, covering grades 5 through 8. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 531 students each, so SOLVAY MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 22% leaner than that benchmark.

SOLVAY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 3 schools operated by SOLVAY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that caters to 1,284 students overall.

On demographics, SOLVAY MIDDLE SCHOOL records that the largest single group is White, at 68% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 13% Hispanic, 10% Black, 6% multiracial.

On the resource side, SOLVAY MIDDLE SCHOOL lists 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 61% 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 higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SOLVAY MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.4%; this one delivers 41.0%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Onondaga County indicate median household earnings sit near $76,945, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. SOLVAY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 123 public schools in Onondaga County (combined enrollment of about 67,044 students).

LIVERPOOL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SOLVAY MIDDLE SCHOOL at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 53.3%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Five-year trend. SOLVAY MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has declined 7% since 2018, when it stood at 447 (now 414). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 74% to 68%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 11.5:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 today.

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