Jordan-elbridge Middle School, Jordan NY

Original Research by School Decision on Jordan-elbridge Middle School

Jordan-Elbridge Middle School serves grades three through eight from two small adjacent villages—Jordan and Elbridge—in western Onondaga County, west of Syracuse. The school sits at the intersection of a small, historically anchored residential community and a district navigating recent fiscal and facility pressures.

The school's enrollment is relatively small, with a substantial share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating socioeconomic need within the catchment area. The student body is predominantly white, with very limited representation of students of color. Data on the share of students with individualized education plans or English learner status was not available.

State testing results show mixed proficiency across grades and subjects. In math, fourth- and fifth-graders demonstrate proficiency in just over half the cohort, sixth-graders cluster near that same rate, but seventh- and eighth-graders show considerably steeper declines, with eighth grade particularly low. English language arts results follow a similar shape: fourth through sixth graders hover in the mid-to-upper forty percent range, seventh grade drops, and eighth grade recovers somewhat. Science testing shows lower proficiency overall, with fifth grade near forty percent and eighth grade substantially lower. The pattern suggests that students experience difficulty sustaining proficiency as they progress through middle school, particularly in mathematics, and that the older grades are areas where a parent may want to look into instructional support and remediation efforts with the school directly.

When measured across all tested subjects and grades, the school's overall proficiency index places it in the bottom quartile among Onondaga County school districts, reflecting the grade-level trend just described.

The district has recently undergone significant fiscal activity. In May 2025, voters rejected the proposed budget—the first budget defeat for the district in decades—citing concerns about the tax levy increase. A revised plan was approved in June, cutting the tax levy increase substantially and trimming spending in several areas. In December 2024, voters had narrowly approved a capital project for facility upgrades, including science classrooms, music and band rooms, gym floor work, HVAC and air conditioning improvements, new security systems, and field turf replacement. These investments signal the district's intent to modernize learning spaces, though families may want to understand the timeline and scope of those improvements as they relate to current teaching conditions.

Jordan itself is a compact historic village on the Erie Canal, with a documented heritage district and a small-town walkable feel. The broader housing market in Onondaga County shows modest inventory and strong demand, with median home values having appreciated modestly year-over-year. The region's unemployment and mortgage rates fall within national norms, though housing affordability metrics suggest a home purchase requires a multiple of local median household income.

Program offerings, staffing levels, attendance data, and detailed school discipline information were not available in the data provided. A family considering this school should directly inquire about course breadth, support services, and any initiatives designed to address the proficiency decline in the upper grades.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

New York Regents Exams

2 courses reported · 2024-25

End-of-course exams required for a New York Regents diploma. Each row shows the cohort size and the share of students scoring at the proficient level or higher.

Course	Students tested	% proficient
Science	24	46.0%
Math	17	100.0%

Math

Grade 30%

School 0% · District 48% · ▼ 48 pts below district

▼ 59 pts below state median · ▼ 44 pts below county median

Grade 451%

School 51% · District 51%

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

Grade 554%

School 54% · District 53% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 3 pts above state median · ▲ 24 pts above county median

Grade 653%

School 53% · District 52% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 8 pts above state median · ▲ 12 pts above county median

Grade 732%

School 32% · District 30% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▼ 21 pts below state median · ▼ 22 pts below county median

Grade 815%

School 15% · District 15%

▼ 22 pts below state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 30%

School 0% · District 42% · ▼ 41 pts below district

▼ 52 pts below state median · ▼ 38 pts below county median

Grade 443%

School 43% · District 43%

▼ 9 pts below state median · even with county median

Grade 547%

School 47% · District 46% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

Grade 645%

School 45% · District 44% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▲ 7 pts above county median

Grade 737%

School 37% · District 34% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

Grade 847%

School 47% · District 47%

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

Science

Grade 540%

School 40% · District 39% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

Grade 826%

School 26% · District 26%

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

Social studies

Grade 879%

School 79% · district not reported

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

This schoolJORDAN-ELBRIDGE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 4Lower-income35%Higher-income50%15 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income35%Higher-income57%22 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income41%Higher-income48%7 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income25%Higher-income48%23 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income26%Higher-income59%33 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 4Lower-income35%Higher-income65%30 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income36%Higher-income69%33 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income39%Higher-income62%24 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income21%Higher-income42%22 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income13%Higher-income18%5 pp gap