SYRACUSE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL

Set in SYRACUSE, New York, SYRACUSE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL is a high-enrollment combined-grade school, part of SYRACUSE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL. It instructs 993 students across grades K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 544 students per school, that is 83% bigger than typical.

SYRACUSE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL is a school of SYRACUSE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Demographically, SYRACUSE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL reports that Black students make up the majority at 57%. The remainder comes out to 17% Hispanic, 16% White, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Onondaga County as a whole is about 11% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school reports having 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.8:1. The state averages around 8.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 77% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Onondaga County's rate of about 49%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SYRACUSE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 35.0%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Onondaga County put 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%. In all, Onondaga County runs 123 public schools (combined enrollment of about 67,044 students), of which SYRACUSE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: FRAZER K-8 SCHOOL, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SYRACUSE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SYRACUSE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 18.9%.

SYRACUSE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL operates from an urban location. SYRACUSE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. SYRACUSE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL's enrollment has rose 5% since 2018, when it stood at 950 (now 993). Hispanic enrollment moved from 13% to 17% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 in 2025.

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