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North Syracuse Junior High School

Serves grades 8 - 9

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
5353 W Taft Rd
North Syracuse, NY 13212
Phone
(315) 218-3600
District
NORTH SYRACUSE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
ONONDAGA COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1208
Classroom Teachers
111

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New York

6

(10 is best)

Better than 57.0% of all NY schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

6

(10 is best)

North Syracuse Junior High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 8

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
51%
45%
48%
51%
53%
39%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
11
12
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 8 571 47.3%
Grade 9 632 52.3%
Total 1208 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 80.9% 81.9% 41.4%
Black 6.8% 5.5% 16.1%
Hispanic 6.5% 6.2% 31.0%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 5.3% 5.8% 10.5%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.4% 0.6% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 46.5% 40.1% 54.7%
Free lunch eligible 44.3% 38.3% 52.3%
Reduced lunch eligible 2.2% 1.8% 2.4%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 58,411 19,571,216
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 906.5 413
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.0% 5.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 17.4% 17.7%
20-44 YEARS OLD 31.0% 33.4%
45-64 YEARS OLD 29.3% 25.9%
65 OR OLDER 17.3% 17.4%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 23,676 7,668,956
Single Parent Households With Children 7.7% 7.8%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 93.9% 87.9%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 31.6% 39.6%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 22.0% 26.5%
$100,000 - $149,999 23.1% 16.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.0% 11.4%
$50,000 - $74,999 16.4% 13.8%
$30,000 - $49,999 12.2% 12.1%
$15,000 - $29,999 8.1% 9.7%
$15,000 or less 5.1% 9.7%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $15,198 $121,435,000 60.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,005 $8,029,000 4.0%
Staff $1,086 $8,675,000 4.3%
General Administration $303 $2,423,000 1.2%
School Administration $913 $7,298,000 3.6%
Operation $1,829 $14,616,000 7.3%
Transportation $1,590 $12,707,000 6.3%
Other $320 $2,554,000 1.3%
Total Support $7,047 $56,302,000 28.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,860 $22,855,000 11.4%
Total Expenditures $25,105 $200,592,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $19,896 $50,406,243,000 56.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $809 $2,049,610,000 2.3%
Staff $1,397 $3,539,495,000 4.0%
General Administration $417 $1,057,675,000 1.2%
School Administration $1,199 $3,036,934,000 3.4%
Operation $2,479 $6,281,335,000 7.1%
Transportation $1,691 $4,284,036,000 4.8%
Other $992 $2,514,157,000 2.8%
Total Support $8,985 $22,763,242,000 25.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $6,238 $15,804,476,000 17.8%
Total Expenditures $35,120 $88,973,961,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,169 $453,314,948,000 49.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,031 $50,976,033,477 5.6%
Staff $799 $39,519,417,000 4.3%
General Administration $308 $15,224,255,000 1.7%
School Administration $850 $42,029,112,000 4.6%
Operation $1,430 $70,704,769,000 7.7%
Transportation $613 $30,295,759,523 3.3%
Other $623 $30,798,344,000 3.4%
Total Support $5,654 $279,547,690,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,675 $181,697,172,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $18,499 $914,559,810,000 100.0%

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