Enrollment
240
Elementary
DISTRICT 224 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ONONDAGA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362181003100
WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
4543 S ONONDAGA RD, NEDROW, NY 13120 · (315) 552-5050 · Onondaga County
GRADES 03–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL240 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% of New York public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
11.1:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
109 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 58 | 24% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 30% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 20% |
| Grade 6 | 63 | 26% |
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→ONONDAGA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within ONONDAGA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
55.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
62.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.0% | 62.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 59.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
53.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (53.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 240 | 45.4% | 53.5% |
| ROCKWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEDROW | 208 | 45.2% | N/A |
| RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ONEONTA | 246 | 49.6% | 38.5% |
| KERHONKSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KERHONKSON | 215 | 46.0% | 57.8% |
| T J CONNOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCOTTSVILLE | 292 | 47.9% | 33.7% |
| MAIN STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NORTH SYRACUSE | 236 | 38.6% | N/A |
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 WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Onondaga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.5% | #1,024 of 2,335 | #20 of 61 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #1,017 of 2,342 ▼ 43 | #18 of 61 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #1,151 of 2,343 ▼ 139 | #21 of 61 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 240 | #2,258 of 2,585 | #66 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #874 of 2,338 | #14 of 68 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.9% | #1,291 of 2,388 | #30 of 69 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.4% | #1,538 of 2,534 | #31 of 70 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.1% | #502 of 606 | #14 of 17 |
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
240
+18 (+8%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 323
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 9.7:1
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 | 240 | 21.7 | 11.1:1 | 45% (109) |
| 2023-24 | 244 | 21 | 11.6:1 | 47% (114) |
| 2022-23 | 233 | 20.6 | 11.3:1 | 54% (125) |
| 2020-21 | 222 | 23 | 9.7:1 | 44% (98) |
| 2017-18 | 235 | 22 | 10.7:1 | 51% (120) |
| 2015-16 | 246 | 19 | 12.9:1 | 43% (106) |
| 2010-11 | 267 | 20 | 13.3:1 | 32% (86) |
| 2000-01 | 324 | 22 | 14.7:1 | 23% (75) |
| 1990-91 | 323 | 18 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
As a small elementary school, WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students in NEDROW, New York. Students in grades 3 through 6 attend the school, which enrolls 240 students. The average among elementary schools in New York is roughly 443 students; this school is 46% smaller than that.
WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits within ONONDAGA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which has 3 schools and 771 students.
At WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, White students make up 70% of the student body. Next come 10% Hispanic, 10% Black, 8% multiracial, and 3% Native American. The school's diversity index is 49%, meaning two students picked at random have a 49% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reported 21.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 11.1:1. That is 1.8 students per teacher below the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 45%.
Measured against New York public elementary schools, WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is -4.8 points: 53.5% actual, 58.3% predicted.
County data help place the school in context: in Onondaga County, the median household income is $76,945, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. In all, Onondaga County has 123 public schools and roughly 67,044 students.
ONONDAGA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is the closest public school, about 0.2 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number 5. Nearby schools with test data average 39.0% proficiency; WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 53.5%.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Fringe, or in rural territory close to an urban area.
The school enrolled 240 students in 2024-25, 18 more than the 222 it had in 2020-21. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (11.1:1) than in 2020-21 (9.7:1).
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 ONONDAGA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- ONONDAGA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 323 students
- ROCKWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 208 students
Other schools in NEDROW
- ONONDAGA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 323 students
- ROCKWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 208 students
- ONONDAGA NATION SCHOOLElementary · 120 students
Other Wheeler Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Wheeler Elementary. WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 4th largest of the 4.
- WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLOMAHA, NE · 633 students
- Wheeler ElementaryLouisville, KY · 626 students
- Wheeler Elementary SchoolTUCSON, AZ · 391 students
Nearby schools
- ONONDAGA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 323
- ONONDAGA NATION SCHOOL2.0 mi · 120
- LA FAYETTE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL4.3 mi · 298
- ROCKWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.4 mi · 208
- MEACHEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.7 mi · 343
- CLARY MIDDLE SCHOOL5.3 mi · 270
Frequently asked questions
About WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 240 students in grades 03-06.
Is WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades 03-06.
How many students per teacher at WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 11.1:1 students per teacher at WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 70% White, 10% Hispanic, 10% Black, 8% Two or more.
Is WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by ONONDAGA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.