TULLY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
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Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About TULLY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
TULLY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of the close-knit senior highs in TULLY, New York, part of TULLY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 367 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 12. That puts it 45% below the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.
TULLY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 737 students. TULLY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, TULLY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL reports that nearly all students (94%) are White. The remainder is composed of 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Onondaga County as a whole is about 75% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting TULLY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 33% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Onondaga County (around 49%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.
After controlling for student poverty, TULLY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 62.8%; this one delivers 59.6%.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Onondaga County) shows that median household earnings sit near $76,945, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Onondaga County's 123 public schools (combined enrollment of about 67,044 students), TULLY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
TULLY ELEMENTARY 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. On composite proficiency, TULLY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 49.5%.
TULLY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL operates from a small-town location.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 9%: 403 students in 2018 compared to 367 in 2025.
On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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