TULLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

TULLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a modestly sized elementary school in TULLY, New York, run under TULLY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school works with 370 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Within TULLY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 2 schools and 737 students, TULLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, TULLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%). The remainder reads as 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 75% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 31% of students at TULLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Onondaga County's rate of about 49%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, TULLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 63.6%; this one delivers 50.1%.

Around the school, Onondaga County reports that median household income runs about $76,945, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Onondaga County's 123 public schools (combined enrollment of about 67,044 students), TULLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

TULLY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 6 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), TULLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 46.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at TULLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has declined 11%, going from 418 students in 2018 to 370 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 11.0:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.

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