The Syracuse City School District is a

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serving students in

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through

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from

Syracuse, New York Syracuse ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Onondaga County, New York, United States. It is the fifth-most populous city in the state of New York following New York City, Buffalo, Yonkers, and Rochester. At the 2020 census, the city' ...

. Syracuse City Schools enrolls 20,000 students in over thirty primary and secondary school buildings. The school district is run by a

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that sets school policy and approves school spending. Having the designation of a city school district, the district's budget is a sub-item in

's municipal budget. The board hires a

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under contract to carry out its policies.

Schools

High schools

Corcoran High School Corcoran High School is a public high school located in Syracuse, New York, having approximately 1800 students. In 2005, it became a member of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program. It is one of the top 1000 ranked schools in the country ...

* George Fowler High School * Henninger High School *

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* Nottingham High School

Middle schools (6-8)

*Clary Middle School *Danforth Middle School *Expeditionary Learning Middle School *Grant Middle School *Lincoln Middle School *Westside Academy at Blodgett Middle School *Bellevue Middle School Academy (Now closed) *Levy Middle School (Now closed but has recently housed two schools)

Elementary schools (K-5)

*Bellevue Elementary School *Delaware Elementary School (Currently being phased out) *Dr. King Magnet School *Dr. Weeks School *Franklin Magnet School *Hughes Magnet School (Currently being phased out into Syracuse Latin) *LeMoyne Elementary School *McKinley-Brighton Magnet School *Meachem School *Porter Elementary School *Salem Hyde School *Seymour Dual Language Academy *VanDuyn School *Webster School

K-8 schools

*Aria S. Huntington School *Edward Smith School *Frazer School *H.W. Smith School *Roberts School *Frank C. McCarthy School (Closed)

Alternative schools

*Elmcrest School *Syracuse Renaissance Academy at Carnegie *William R. Beard School

Other campuses

*Central Technical Vocational Center *Early Childhood Program *Johnson Center

Say Yes to Education

The Syracuse Say Yes to Education and Economic Development program is a district-wide collaboration between Say Yes,

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, and the Syracuse City School District aimed at bridging the achievement gap between urban and suburban children by focusing on academic, social-emotional, health, and financial obstacles facing low-income students."Syracuse University"
Say Yes to Education, accessed November 17, 2010. The following support systems are offered through the Syracuse Say Yes to Education program: annual and regularly reviewed individual student growth plans; tutoring; identification of strengths and weaknesses through student diagnostic testing; inclusive settings, curriculum, and support for students with disabilities and English language learners; after-school and summer school programs; counseling and family engagement; research-based academic programs such as

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often found in suburban schools; financial aid and college selection counseling; and mentoring. The Syracuse Higher Education Compact is a partnership between private and public institutions to "collectively provide the opportunity for Say Yes graduates in the city of Syracuse to attend college with tuition, fees, and books paid for." As of February 2018, more than 100 colleges and universities were promising Syracuse City School District students free college tuition.

Bibliography

*Smith, Edward. 1893. ''A History of the Schools of Syracuse from its Early Settlement to January 1, 1893''. Syracuse: C.W. Bardeen, p. 330. Available at

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*'' Hope and Despair in the American City'' - Which compares the schools in Syracuse to those of the

Wake County Public School System The Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) is a public school district located in Wake County, North Carolina. With 157,673 students in average daily membership and 194 schools as of the 2021–2022 school year, it is the largest public sc ...

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