WESTHILL HIGH SCHOOL

WESTHILL HIGH SCHOOL operates as a compact four-year high school in SYRACUSE, New York, operated by WESTHILL CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 525 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 21% leaner than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.

WESTHILL HIGH SCHOOL is one of 4 schools operated by WESTHILL CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that serves 1,714 students overall.

On demographics, WESTHILL HIGH SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is White, at 77% of enrollment; the rest looks like 9% Black, 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting WESTHILL HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 31% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, 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.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), WESTHILL HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 63.7%, the actual is 73.7%, a residual of +10.0 points.

In the area at large, census data for Onondaga County shows the typical household earns roughly $76,945 per year, 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), WESTHILL HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: CHERRY ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 1.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WESTHILL HIGH SCHOOL at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 31.2%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 10%: 584 students in 2018 compared to 525 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 88% to 77% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 in 2025.

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