WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary campus of close-knit scale in NEDROW, New York, overseen by ONONDAGA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, caters to 240 students in grades 3 through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 46% below the state mean of about 443.

Within ONONDAGA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 3 schools and 771 students, WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that White students make up the majority at 70%. Beyond that, the school shows 10% Hispanic, 10% Black, 8% multiracial, 3% Native American.

On the income-and-resources front, WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.1:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 45% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.3%, the actual is 53.5%, a residual of -4.8 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Onondaga County) shows that median household income runs about $76,945, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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), WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: ONONDAGA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. On composite proficiency, WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 39.0%.

WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from an outlying location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has held roughly steady, going from 235 students in 2018 to 240 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 3% to 10% over that span.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.