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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TULLY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362913003926

TULLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

20 STATE ST, TULLY, NY 13159 · (315) 696-6213 · Onondaga County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL370 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 40% of New York public elementary schools
  • B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • CBeats 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

Enrollment
370
Elementary
DISTRICT 369 · STATE 443
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
115 students
DISTRICT 32% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K359%
Kindergarten4913%
Grade 15515%
Grade 27019%
Grade 36016%
Grade 44913%
Grade 55114%
Ungraded10%

This year's kindergarten class (49) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (51).

Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · STATE 72% · US 70%
White
33089%
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 39% · US 43%
Hispanic
144%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 31% · US 30%
Asian
31%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 10% · US 6%
Two+
205%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Native American
31%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 1% · US 1%
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
Male
19653%
Female
17447%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
TULLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→TULLY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within TULLY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)
English Language Arts
56.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +11.0pp since 2023
Math
45.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -10.0pp since 2023

What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 10 points.

NYS Assessments results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2556.0%45.0%
2023-2445.0%55.0%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
50.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.5pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 TULLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

TULLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (50.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
TULLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school37031.1%50.1%
RIDGE ROAD SCHOOL
HORSEHEADS
36932.0%55.5%
MILLER HILL SCHOOL
AVERILL PARK
37729.7%55.5%
OHIO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
NORTH TONAWANDA
36731.1%49.3%
DUANESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DELANSON
35630.3%57.3%
ALDEN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
ALDEN
34431.7%56.7%
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 TULLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New YorkIn Onondaga County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
50.1%#1,165 of 2,335#23 of 61
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
45.0%#1,661 of 2,342
▼ 528
#35 of 61
▼ 14
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
56.0%#1,120 of 2,343
▼ 25
#18 of 61
▲ 4
Enrollment
ranked largest first
370#1,547 of 2,585#41 of 70
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
14.0:1#1,872 of 2,338#46 of 68
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
20.0%#2,103 of 2,388#61 of 69
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
31.1%#1,945 of 2,534#47 of 70
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-11.5%#1,055 of 1,757#21 of 50
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 2024-25
Enrollment
370
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
-43% since 1990-91, when it was 645
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 10.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2537026.414.0:131% (115)
2023-244153711.2:133% (137)
2022-2340933.112.3:133% (133)
2020-213733610.4:134% (128)
2017-184183811.0:134% (144)
2015-164083511.7:134% (138)
2010-114894211.6:127% (131)
2000-016625113.0:114% (90)
1990-916454514.3:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for TULLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

About TULLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Federal records list TULLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as an elementary school in TULLY, New York. In all, 370 students attend the school in pre-K through 5.

TULLY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT is the district for TULLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. It has 2 schools and 737 students.

The share of students at TULLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL who are White is 89%. Other students are 5% multiracial and 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Onondaga County residents are about 75% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 20, compared with 70 nationally.

TULLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists 26.4 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 14.0 students per teacher. The school's 14.0:1 compares with an average of 12.8:1 for elementary schools in New York. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 31% of the student body. That rate is below the 49% average among public schools in Onondaga County.

Among New York public elementary schools, TULLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outscored 40%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.

TULLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (50.1%) and its predicted rate (63.6%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New York schools.

For Onondaga County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $76,945 a year, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting TULLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Onondaga County has 123 public schools.

TULLY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest public school to TULLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 6 other public schools are within ten miles. On proficiency, TULLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is ahead of the 46.6% nearby average, ranking 6th of 9.

TULLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is coded as Rural: Distant in federal locale data.

Enrollment at TULLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL was 373 in 2020-21 and 370 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. Its ratio of students to teachers was 10.4:1 in 2020-21, and 14.0:1 in 2024-25.

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Onondaga County at a glance

View full county profile
Population
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

School name
TULLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
District
TULLY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
Address
20 STATE ST, TULLY, NY 13159
Phone
(315) 696-6213
County
Onondaga County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
370
Teachers (FTE)
26
Student–teacher ratio
14.0:1
Free and reduced lunch
115 (31%)
Locale
42-Rural: Distant
NCES ID
362913003926
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in TULLY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
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Other Tully Elementary schools

One other US public school is named Tully Elementary. TULLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 2.

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Frequently asked questions

About TULLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
What is the total enrollment at TULLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
TULLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 370 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does TULLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
TULLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does TULLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
TULLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
How diverse is TULLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
TULLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 89% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is TULLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
TULLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of TULLY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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