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Enrollment
650
Elementary
DISTRICT 549 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362859003883
WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
500 WADSWORTH ST, SYRACUSE, NY 13208 · (315) 435-4670 · Onondaga County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL650 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 6% of New York public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
13.9:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
513 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 | 36 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 102 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 105 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 97 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 107 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 110 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 14% |
| Ungraded | 3 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (102) is 13% larger than its 5th grade class (90).
Student demographics
73%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
33.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +10.0pp since 2023
Math
25.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.0% | 25.0% |
| 2023-24 | 23.0% | 23.0% |
% 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 · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
24.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 46% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (24.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 650 | 78.9% | 24.6% |
| HARRY F ABATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NIAGARA FALLS | 650 | 83.2% | 24.8% |
| PS 81 BUFFALO | 739 | 85.3% | 29.8% |
| BENNETT PARK MONTESSORI SCHOOL BUFFALO | 612 | 75.5% | 17.1% |
| ROBERTS K-8 SCHOOL SYRACUSE | 641 | 78.9% | 16.6% |
| DR WEEKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SYRACUSE | 711 | 81.2% | 18.1% |
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 WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Onondaga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.6% | #2,160 of 2,335 | #46 of 61 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #2,197 of 2,342 ▼ 25 | #47 of 61 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #2,054 of 2,343 ▲ 30 | #42 of 61 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 650 | #359 of 2,585 | #9 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #1,845 of 2,338 | #45 of 68 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.8% | #112 of 2,388 | #5 of 69 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.9% | #806 of 2,534 | #11 of 70 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.9% | #1,727 of 1,757 | #48 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 2024-25Enrollment
650
+27 (+4%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 682
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 650 | 46.9 | 13.9:1 | 79% (513) |
| 2023-24 | 625 | 47.9 | 13.0:1 | 89% (556) |
| 2022-23 | 609 | 45 | 13.5:1 | 84% (514) |
| 2020-21 | 623 | 48 | 13.0:1 | 85% (528) |
| 2017-18 | 656 | 44 | 14.9:1 | 89% (587) |
| 2015-16 | 646 | 45 | 14.4:1 | 84% (540) |
| 2010-11 | 597 | 46 | 13.0:1 | 86% (515) |
| 2000-01 | 582 | 43 | 13.5:1 | 64% (372) |
| 1990-91 | 682 | 59 | 11.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
At 500 WADSWORTH ST in SYRACUSE, New York, WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a mid-sized elementary school. Total enrollment is 650 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5. It has 47% more students than the average for elementary schools in New York (about 443).
WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports to SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, which has 31 schools and 18,608 students.
No group is above 50% at WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL; the largest is Black, at 44%. Other reported shares: 20% White, 12% Hispanic, 11% Asian, and 10% multiracial. Onondaga County's residents are about 11% Black, 33 points below the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 73%.
There are 46.9 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 13.9:1. The gap from the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is 1.0 students per teacher. On the income side, 79% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Onondaga County is 49%.
On the allk12 Grade, WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at D, ahead of 6% of New York public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is -21.4 points, in the bottom 10% of New York. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 24.6%, and the predicted rate is 46.0%.
The school's county is Onondaga County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $76,945, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. There are 123 public schools in the county, enrolling about 67,044, WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among them.
GRANT MIDDLE SCHOOL is about 0.5 miles from WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th on proficiency.
WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the City: Mid-size locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school's enrollment rose 4% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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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
Other Webster Elementary schools
23 other US public schools in 15 states are named Webster Elementary. WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 24.
- WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWEBSTER, FL · 690 students
- Webster ElementaryMadera, CA · 634 students
- Webster Elementary SchoolMESA, AZ · 591 students
- Webster Elementary SchoolCOLORADO SPRINGS, CO · 582 students
- Webster Elementary SchoolUrbandale, IA · 519 students
Nearby schools
- GRANT MIDDLE SCHOOL0.5 mi · 612
- SALEM HYDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 466
- LYNCOURT SCHOOL0.7 mi · 430
- LEMOYNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 338
- LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 476
- FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 678
Frequently asked questions
About WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 650 students in grades PK-05.
Is WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 20% White, 12% Hispanic, 44% Black, 11% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT in Onondaga County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.