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Enrollment
640
Elementary
DISTRICT 549 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362859006510
SYRACUSE LATIN SCHOOL
345 JAMESVILLE AVE, SYRACUSE, NY 13210 · (315) 435-4606 · Onondaga County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL640 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 57% of New York public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
11.4:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
267 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 18 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 62 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 72 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 77 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 71 | 11% |
| Ungraded | 22 | 3% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 13% smaller than its 8th grade class (71).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
63.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +9.0pp since 2023
Math
58.7%
NY avg 57.4% . +6.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 58.7% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 52.2% |
% 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
56.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 SYRACUSE LATIN SCHOOL
SYRACUSE LATIN SCHOOL's state test result (56.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SYRACUSE LATIN SCHOOL this school | 640 | 41.7% | 56.1% |
| ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS BROOKLYN | 757 | 36.3% | 65.8% |
| PS 20 CLINTON HILL BROOKLYN | 689 | 38.5% | 66.6% |
| BROOKLYN PROSPECT CHARTER SCHOOL-CSD 13 BROOKLYN | 797 | 37.1% | 80.6% |
| PS 282 PARK SLOPE BROOKLYN | 569 | 33.9% | 62.1% |
| PS 9 SARAH SMITH GARNET SCHOOL (THE) BROOKLYN | 782 | 37.2% | 53.5% |
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 SYRACUSE LATIN SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Onondaga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.1% | #916 of 2,335 | #15 of 61 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.7% | #1,122 of 2,342 ▲ 76 | #23 of 61 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #820 of 2,343 ▼ 83 | #12 of 61 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 640 | #373 of 2,585 | #11 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #1,021 of 2,338 | #16 of 68 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.9% | #267 of 2,388 | #8 of 69 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.7% | #1,646 of 2,534 | #35 of 70 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +118.4% | #14 of 606 | #1 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
640
-9 (-1%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 640 | 56.1 | 11.4:1 | 42% (267) |
| 2023-24 | 644 | 51.5 | 12.5:1 | 43% (279) |
| 2022-23 | 642 | 51.6 | 12.4:1 | 43% (273) |
| 2020-21 | 649 | 44 | 14.8:1 | 46% (299) |
| 2017-18 | 293 | 18 | 16.3:1 | 36% (105) |
| 2015-16 | 162 | 8 | 20.3:1 | 43% (69) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SYRACUSE LATIN SCHOOL.
About SYRACUSE LATIN SCHOOL
The public elementary school SYRACUSE LATIN SCHOOL is located in SYRACUSE, New York. The school's enrollment of 640 students covers pre-K through 8. Statewide, elementary schools in New York average about 443 students each.
SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT runs SYRACUSE LATIN SCHOOL along with 30 other schools, enrolling 18,608 students in total.
The most common group at SYRACUSE LATIN SCHOOL is White students, at 41%. It is also 35% Black, 10% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. Onondaga County's residents are about 75% White, 34 points above the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 69% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
SYRACUSE LATIN SCHOOL operates with 56.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 11.4:1. On average, elementary schools in New York have 12.8:1, compared with 11.4:1 here. SYRACUSE LATIN SCHOOL reports 42% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
allk12 grades SYRACUSE LATIN SCHOOL a B. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, SYRACUSE LATIN SCHOOL is 3.5 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 56.1% actual, 59.6% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New York.
County data help place the school in context: in Onondaga County, 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.
The nearest public school is MCKINLEY-BRIGHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, at about 0.6 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, SYRACUSE LATIN SCHOOL is 1st on average proficiency.
SYRACUSE LATIN SCHOOL has an NCES locale of City: Mid-size.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 640, starting from 649. The number of students per teacher fell from 14.8 to 11.4 over 4 years.
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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
- MCKINLEY-BRIGHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 408
- EDWARD SMITH K-8 SCHOOL0.7 mi · 697
- BRIGHTON ACADEMY0.9 mi · 363
- STEAM AT DR KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 439
- SOUTHSIDE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL1.3 mi · 685
- CITIZENSHIP AND SCIENCE ACADEMY OF SYRACUSE CHARTER SCHOOL1.4 mi · 764
Frequently asked questions
About SYRACUSE LATIN SCHOOLHow large is SYRACUSE LATIN SCHOOL?
SYRACUSE LATIN SCHOOL enrolls approximately 640 students in grades PK-08.
Is SYRACUSE LATIN SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
SYRACUSE LATIN SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many students per teacher at SYRACUSE LATIN SCHOOL?
Approximately 11.4:1 students per teacher at SYRACUSE LATIN SCHOOL.
How diverse is SYRACUSE LATIN SCHOOL?
SYRACUSE LATIN SCHOOL reports a student body of 41% White, 10% Hispanic, 35% Black, 3% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is SYRACUSE LATIN SCHOOL public or private?
SYRACUSE LATIN SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.