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What's the vibe like in the hallways at SOLVAY MIDDLE SCHOOL right now?
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Enrollment
414
Middle
DISTRICT 428 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOLVAY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362715005736
SOLVAY MIDDLE SCHOOL
299 BURY DR, SYRACUSE, NY 13209 · (315) 487-7061 · Onondaga County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL414 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 17% of New York public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.7:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
254 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 40 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 19% |
| Grade 6 | 99 | 24% |
| Grade 7 | 81 | 20% |
| Grade 8 | 109 | 26% |
| Ungraded | 5 | 1% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
SOLVAY MIDDLE SCHOOL→SOLVAY HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within SOLVAY UNION FREE 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
35.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
35.9%
NY avg 57.4% . -0.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.0% | 35.9% |
| 2023-24 | 29.0% | 36.2% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
41.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
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 SOLVAY MIDDLE SCHOOL
SOLVAY MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (41.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOLVAY MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 414 | 61.4% | 41.0% |
| CARL I BERGERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL ALBION | 400 | 63.0% | 48.0% |
| AUBURN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL AUBURN | 560 | 59.5% | 43.9% |
| AARON MOSSELL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL LOCKPORT | 587 | 64.6% | 49.9% |
| BATAVIA MIDDLE SCHOOL BATAVIA | 605 | 61.5% | 51.9% |
| NEWARK MIDDLE SCHOOL NEWARK | 395 | 53.7% | 37.6% |
Matched among New York middle 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 SOLVAY MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Onondaga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #593 of 766 | #18 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.9% | #667 of 768 ▼ 11 | #19 of 24 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #622 of 768 ▲ 47 | #18 of 24 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 414 | #425 of 796 | #15 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #343 of 683 | #13 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.5% | #336 of 688 | #9 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.4% | #336 of 773 | #7 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.4% | #374 of 524 | #9 of 14 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
414
-18 (-4%) vs 2020
-20% since 2010-11, when it was 515
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 414 | 40.1 | 10.3:1 | 61% (254) |
| 2023-24 | 438 | 39.8 | 11.0:1 | 62% (270) |
| 2022-23 | 438 | 40.2 | 10.9:1 | 71% (309) |
| 2020-21 | 432 | 38 | 11.4:1 | 57% (246) |
| 2017-18 | 447 | 39 | 11.5:1 | 67% (301) |
| 2015-16 | 502 | N/A | N/A | 61% (308) |
| 2010-11 | 515 | 51 | 10.1:1 | 53% (274) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SOLVAY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About SOLVAY MIDDLE SCHOOL
SOLVAY MIDDLE SCHOOL is classified as a middle school. It is located in SYRACUSE, New York. The school reports 414 students in grades 5 through 8. The school's enrollment is 22% smaller than the 531 average for middle schools in New York.
SOLVAY MIDDLE SCHOOL is run by SOLVAY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, whose 3 schools enroll 1,284 students.
White students make up a majority at SOLVAY MIDDLE SCHOOL, at 68%. Other students are 13% Hispanic, 10% Black, and 6% multiracial. The school's diversity index is 51%, meaning two students picked at random have a 51% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.3:1 at SOLVAY MIDDLE SCHOOL, with 40.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, middle schools in New York average 10.3:1. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 61% of enrollment. Public schools in Onondaga County average 49%.
The allk12 Grade for SOLVAY MIDDLE SCHOOL is C-. Compared with New York public middle schools, the school scored higher than 17% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
SOLVAY MIDDLE SCHOOL sits between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 41.0% and a predicted 52.4%.
Onondaga County has these Census figures: the median household income is $76,945, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. In all, Onondaga County has 123 public schools and roughly 67,044 students.
LIVERPOOL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.0 miles away. Within five miles of SOLVAY MIDDLE SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, SOLVAY MIDDLE SCHOOL is 7th of 7 on proficiency.
SOLVAY MIDDLE SCHOOL is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Enrollment is down 4% from 2020-21, when SOLVAY MIDDLE SCHOOL had 432 students, to 2024-25, when it had 414. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 10.3:1, from 11.4:1.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 SOLVAY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SOLVAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 436 students
- SOLVAY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 434 students
Other schools in SYRACUSE
- HENNINGER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,483 students
- NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,350 students
- CORCORAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,338 students
- PUBLIC SERVICE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT FOWLERHigh · 1,126 students
- ONONDAGA-CORTLAND-MADISON BOCESCombined · 1,113 students
- SYRACUSE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOLCombined · 993 students
Nearby schools
- LIVERPOOL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 373
- LIVERPOOL MIDDLE SCHOOL2.1 mi · 350
- LONG BRANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.6 mi · 378
- ELMCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.7 mi · 362
- SOLVAY HIGH SCHOOL3.0 mi · 434
- SOLVAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.2 mi · 436
Frequently asked questions
About SOLVAY MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend SOLVAY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
SOLVAY MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 414 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does SOLVAY MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
SOLVAY MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 05-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SOLVAY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SOLVAY MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 10.3:1 (40 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at SOLVAY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at SOLVAY MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 68% White, 13% Hispanic, 10% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is SOLVAY MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
SOLVAY MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by SOLVAY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.