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Enrollment
685
Elementary
STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTHSIDE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 360007004898
SOUTHSIDE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL
2200 ONONDAGA CREEK BLVD, SYRACUSE, NY 13207 · (315) 476-3019 · Onondaga County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY12-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL685 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% of New York public elementary schools
- DTest 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
34 FTE teachers
STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
656 students
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 | 71 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 80 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 78 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 73 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (73).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
26.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
26.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 are down about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.0% | 26.0% |
| 2023-24 | 20.0% | 27.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
25.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 SOUTHSIDE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL
SOUTHSIDE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL's state test result (25.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTHSIDE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL this school | 685 | 95.8% | 25.2% |
| ACHIEVEMENT FIRST LINDEN CHARTER SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 630 | 92.7% | 45.7% |
| PS/MS 42 R VERNAM ARVERNE | 627 | 93.3% | 29.1% |
| NORMA ADAMS CLEMONS ACADEMY BROOKLYN | 588 | 91.8% | 33.1% |
| BROOKLYN SCHOLARS CHARTER SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 728 | 89.1% | 58.8% |
| PS 189 BILINGUAL CENTER (THE) BROOKLYN | 887 | 97.2% | 54.6% |
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 SOUTHSIDE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Onondaga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.2% | #2,151 of 2,335 | #45 of 61 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #2,178 of 2,342 ▼ 81 | #45 of 61 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #2,181 of 2,343 ▼ 23 | #46 of 61 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 685 | #295 of 2,585 | #7 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.1:1 | #2,300 of 2,338 | #63 of 68 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.3% | #852 of 2,388 | #18 of 69 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.8% | #162 of 2,534 | #1 of 70 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.7% | #576 of 606 | #15 of 17 |
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
685
+2 (+0%) vs 2020
+6% since 2010-11, when it was 646
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
was 20.7:1
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 | 685 | 34 | 20.1:1 | 96% (656) |
| 2023-24 | 697 | 34.5 | 20.2:1 | 97% (679) |
| 2022-23 | 691 | 27 | 25.6:1 | 97% (671) |
| 2020-21 | 683 | 33 | 20.7:1 | 92% (630) |
| 2017-18 | 680 | 40 | 17.0:1 | 94% (638) |
| 2015-16 | 687 | 34 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 646 | 34 | 19.0:1 | 90% (581) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SOUTHSIDE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL.
About SOUTHSIDE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL
At 2200 ONONDAGA CREEK BLVD in SYRACUSE, New York, SOUTHSIDE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL operates as a high-enrollment elementary school. Enrollment is 685 students in 2024-25, and the school serves kindergarten through 8. Against the 443-student average for elementary schools in New York, enrollment here is 55% higher.
The school serves as its own district in federal records.
Roughly 60% of students at SOUTHSIDE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL are Black. The rest of enrollment is 19% multiracial, 18% Hispanic, and 2% White. Among all residents of Onondaga County, the Black share is about 11%. The school's diversity index is 57%, meaning two students picked at random have a 57% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal staffing data show 34 full-time-equivalent teachers at SOUTHSIDE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL and a ratio of 20.1:1. This ratio sits 7.3 above the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 96% of students. That is 47 points above the 49% average for public schools in Onondaga County.
The allk12 Grade for SOUTHSIDE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is D. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 11% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, SOUTHSIDE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is 14.6 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 25.2% actual, 39.8% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New York.
Census Bureau estimates for Onondaga County show that the median household income is $76,945, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. There are 123 public schools in Onondaga County, enrolling about 67,044 students in all.
CITIZENSHIP AND SCIENCE ACADEMY OF SYRACUSE CHARTER SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles of SOUTHSIDE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, SOUTHSIDE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
The school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Mid-size). It is a charter school, open to the public and funded by taxpayers.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (683) to 2024-25 (685).
The SOUTHSIDE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 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
- CITIZENSHIP AND SCIENCE ACADEMY OF SYRACUSE CHARTER SCHOOL0.3 mi · 764
- VAN DUYN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 346
- BRIGHTON ACADEMY0.5 mi · 363
- MCKINLEY-BRIGHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 408
- ROBERTS K-8 SCHOOL1.0 mi · 641
- CORCORAN HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 1,338
Frequently asked questions
About SOUTHSIDE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at SOUTHSIDE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL?
SOUTHSIDE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL enrolls approximately 685 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does SOUTHSIDE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL serve?
SOUTHSIDE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at SOUTHSIDE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL?
Approximately 20.1:1 students per teacher at SOUTHSIDE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at SOUTHSIDE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL?
At SOUTHSIDE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 2% White, 18% Hispanic, 60% Black, 0% Asian, 19% Two or more.
Is SOUTHSIDE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL public or private?
SOUTHSIDE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by SOUTHSIDE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.