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What's something STEAM AT DR KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
439
Elementary
DISTRICT 549 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362859006674
STEAM AT DR KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
416 E RAYNOR AVE, SYRACUSE, NY 13202 · (315) 435-4580 · Onondaga County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL439 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
350 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
19.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
17.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 up about 2 points.
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
14.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-31.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 46% 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 →
About STEAM AT DR KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
STEAM AT DR KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary campus of middle-of-the-pack scale in SYRACUSE, New York, operated by SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, hosting 439 students in grades pre-K through 5.
SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 31 schools in total, collectively educating 18,608 students. STEAM AT DR KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.
For racial and ethnic makeup, STEAM AT DR KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is Black, at 76% of enrollment. Other groups include 14% Hispanic, 5% White, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Onondaga County as a whole is about 11% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.
In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.9:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 80% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Onondaga County (around 49%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, STEAM AT DR KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 45.7%; this one comes in at 14.7%, -31.0 points off the demographic line.
In the surrounding community, Onondaga County reports that the typical household earns roughly $76,945 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Onondaga County runs 123 public schools (combined enrollment of about 67,044 students), of which STEAM AT DR KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.
The closest other public school is INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AT SYRACUSE CENTRAL, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, STEAM AT DR KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 25.6%.
STEAM AT DR KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a city-core location.
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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 SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- 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
- HUNTINGTON K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 934 students
- HURLBUT W SMITH K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 776 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
- INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AT SYRACUSE CENTRAL0.6 mi · 598
- ONONDAGA CNTY SHERIFF'S DEPT0.8 mi · 19
- SEYMOUR DUAL LANGUAGE ACADEMY0.9 mi · 448
- SYRACUSE LATIN SCHOOL1.0 mi · 640
- BRIGHTON ACADEMY1.1 mi · 363
- EDWARD SMITH K-8 SCHOOL1.1 mi · 697
Frequently asked questions
About STEAM AT DR KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at STEAM AT DR KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
STEAM AT DR KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 439 students in grades PK-05.
Is STEAM AT DR KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
STEAM AT DR KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at STEAM AT DR KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 11.9:1 students per teacher at STEAM AT DR KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is STEAM AT DR KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
STEAM AT DR KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 5% White, 14% Hispanic, 76% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees STEAM AT DR KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
STEAM AT DR KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT in Onondaga County.
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