Syracuse Sun

The majority of students in Onondaga County schools during the 2021-22 school year were white, according to the New York State Education Department.

Of the 62,067 students attending Onondaga County schools, 61.1% were white. Black students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 17.7% of Onondaga County students.

In the previous school year, white was also the most common student ethnicity in Onondaga County, representing 62.4% of the student body.

Grant Middle School had the most even distribution of races among county schools, with 37.6% Black students, 21.3% Asian or Pacific Islander students, 19.8% white students, 11.8% Hispanic students, 7.2% multiracial students, and 2.3% American Indian or Alaska Native students.

In the 2023-24 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county dropped to 1% when compared to the previous year.

In 2022, New York had roughly one teacher for every 12 students, which is lower than the national average of one teacher for every 16 students. A lower student-to-teacher ratio has been found to help improve students' school performance.

A 2021 report from the NYC Center for Innovation Through Data Intelligence revealed racial and gender groups were seeing better outcomes compared to 2013, though significant disparities remained between different groups, particularly between Black and Hispanic students.

School name	Most prevalent ethnicity	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
Allen Road Elementary School	White	75.4%	325
Bellevue Elementary School	Black	51.9%	399
Brewerton Elementary School	White	92.1%	393
Brighton Academy	Black	73.7%	350
C. Grant Grimshaw School	White	73.1%	324
C. S. Driver Middle School	White	94.7%	486
Camillus Middle School	White	80.9%	664
Catherine M. Mcnamara Elementary School	White	85.4%	507
Charles W. Baker High School	White	87.3%	1,269
Cherry Road Elementary School	White	77.5%	369
Chestnut Hill Elementary School	White	62.3%	403
Chestnut Hill Middle School	White	64.8%	386
Cicero Elementary School	White	79.7%	522
Cicero-North Syracuse High School	White	77.8%	1,747
Clary Middle School	Black	65.4%	263
Corcoran High School	Black	55.4%	1,244
Delaware Primary School	Black	38.4%	396
Donald S. Ray School	White	86.7%	835
Donlin Drive Elementary School	White	65.9%	384
Dr. Weeks Elementary School	Black	52.6%	682
Eagle Hill Middle School	White	75.4%	647
East Hill Elementary School	White	82.7%	342
East Syracuse Elementary School	White	66.2%	355
East Syracuse Minoa Central High School	White	78.1%	1,159
Edward Smith K-8 School	Black	42.8%	675
Elbridge Elementary School	White	97.5%	406
Elmcrest Elementary School	White	74.4%	371
Enders Road Elementary School	White	79.4%	538
Expeditionary Learning Middle School	Black	32.8%	174
Fabius-Pompey Elementary School	White	93.8%	320
Fabius-Pompey Middle School High School	White	93.6%	326
Fayetteville Elementary School	White	84.3%	458
Fayetteville-Manlius Senior High School	White	76.7%	1,380
Franklin Elementary School	Black	43.3%	646
Frazer K-8 School	Black	41%	788
Fremont Elementary School	White	89.1%	350
Gillette Road Middle School	White	79%	1,025
Grant Middle School	Black	37.6%	601
Harry E. Elden Elementary School	White	81.8%	484
Henninger High School	Black	43.7%	1,444
Huntington K-8 School	Black	35.6%	871
Hurlbut W. Smith K-8 School	Black	61.7%	767
Institute of Technology at Syracuse Central	Black	49.6%	568
Jamesville Elementary School	White	70.9%	330
Jamesville-Dewitt High School	White	71.9%	843
Jamesville-Dewitt Middle School	White	71.4%	714
Jordan-Elbridge High School	White	95.2%	330
Jordan-Elbridge Middle School	White	95.9%	413
K. C. Heffernan Elementary School	White	91.7%	458
Karl W. Saile Bear Road Elementary School	White	76.6%	529
L. Pearl Palmer Elementary School	White	87.8%	482
La Fayette Junior-Senior High School	White	63.9%	330
Lakeshore Road Elementary School	White	85.2%	432
Lemoyne Elementary School	Black	35.9%	323
Lincoln Middle School	Black	48%	483
Liverpool Elementary School	White	61.3%	333
Liverpool High School	White	67.7%	2,100
Liverpool Middle School	White	64.2%	327
Long Branch Elementary School	White	68.3%	328
Lyncourt School	White	41.2%	434
Mae E. Reynolds School	White	86.9%	510
Main Street Elementary School	White	76.7%	219
Marcellus High School	White	93.2%	453
Mckinley-Brighton Elementary School	Black	64.7%	428
Meachem Elementary School	Black	57.9%	340
Morgan Road Elementary School	White	72.3%	393
Moses Dewitt Elementary School	White	67.9%	246
Mott Road Elementary School	White	78.2%	449
North Syracuse Junior High School	White	74.8%	1,208
Nottingham High School	Black	50.5%	1,306
Onondaga Hill Middle School	White	77.6%	563
Onondaga Nation School	American Indian or Alaska Native	99.2%	121
Onondaga Road Elementary School	White	81%	321
Onondaga Senior High School	White	69.9%	319
Park Hill School	White	75.3%	215
Pine Grove Middle School	White	79.1%	689
Porter Elementary School	Black	38.5%	301
Public Service Leadership Academy at Fowler	Black	52.4%	1,077
Roberts K-8 School	Black	54.2%	622
Rockwell Elementary School	White	68.1%	204
Roxboro Road Elementary School	White	64.2%	430
Roxboro Road Middle School	White	67.7%	705
Salem Hyde Elementary School	Black	36.9%	463
Seymour Dual Language Academy	Hispanic	71.6%	419
Skaneateles Middle School	White	92.8%	277
Skaneateles Senior High School	White	95.4%	409
Smith Road Elementary School	White	74.9%	565
Solvay Elementary School	White	71.3%	442
Solvay High School	White	68.3%	451
Solvay Middle School	White	67.6%	438
Soule Road Elementary School	White	66.9%	396
Soule Road Middle School	White	69%	358
Split Rock Elementary School	White	83.6%	299
State Street Intermediate School	White	90.7%	258
Steam at Dr. King Elementary School	Black	75%	436
Stonehedge Elementary School	White	81.5%	745
Syracuse Latin School	White	42.2%	644
Syracuse Stem at Blodgett	Hispanic	42.9%	364
Tecumseh Elementary School	White	68.8%	333
Theodore R. Durgee Junior High School	White	85.9%	829
Tully Elementary School	White	89.9%	415
Tully Junior-Senior High School	White	95.1%	324
Van Buren Elementary School	White	88.8%	510
Van Duyn Elementary School	Black	72.8%	334
Walberta Park Primary School	White	78.6%	248
Waterman Elementary School	White	94.4%	284
Webster Elementary School	Black	40.2%	624
Wellwood Middle School	White	79.1%	647
West Genesee Middle School	White	79.2%	707
West Genesee Senior High School	White	83.2%	1,387
Westhill High School	White	81.2%	552
Wheeler Elementary School	White	76.2%	244
Willow Field Elementary School	White	68.5%	403
Woodland Elementary School	White	77.2%	311