About Syracuse City School District
Syracuse City School District is a public school system serving Onondaga County, New York, based in Syracuse. It serves 18,662 students across 31 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a city: mid-size district. By enrollment it is the #24 largest of New York’s 1071 school systems.
Size and structure
Syracuse City School District enrolls 18,662 students in 31 schools — an average of about 602 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #24 of 1071 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Syracuse City School District, from the NCES Common Core of Data (18,662 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Syracuse City School District employs about 1,713 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 10.9:1 — below the New York average of about 12.1:1, meaning comparatively smaller classes. Total district staff is roughly 4,108.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How New York funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Syracuse City School District are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
New York reports accountability through its ESSA system, published as the NYSED School Report Card, covering achievement, graduation, chronic absenteeism, English-language proficiency, growth and college-and-career readiness. Look up Syracuse City School District on data.nysed.gov.
Accreditation status
New York does not use a private accreditor for public schools: every public district is registered by the Board of Regents under the Commissioner’s Regulations (Part 100), with registration review as the state’s oversight tool. See the New York State Education Department.
Syracuse City School District vs. New York
See every New York district side by side in the New York directory.
Look up Syracuse City School District’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):