Eagle Hill Middle School, Manlius NY

Original Research by School Decision on Eagle Hill Middle School

Eagle Hill Middle School serves students in grades five through eight across four cohorts in Manlius, a prosperous suburb southeast of Syracuse. The school enrolls a moderate-sized student body with a composition that is predominantly white, with meaningful Asian representation and smaller percentages of other backgrounds. The school building is one of six in the Fayetteville-Manlius Central School District, and sits in a well-established residential community where home values exceed county norms and most families own their homes.

Academically, Eagle Hill demonstrates broad proficiency. In math, students across grades five through seven show strong results, with roughly nine in ten proficient or above at grades six and seven, and just over eight in ten at grade five. Eighth-grade math results are notably higher, though participation data for that grade is incomplete, so the result should be read with some caution. English language arts proficiency runs solid in fifth and eighth grades, with about eight or nine in ten students proficient or above, though sixth and seventh grades show somewhat lower attainment, around four in five students meeting proficiency. Science testing is reported for fifth and eighth grades only, not a gap in the school's teaching but a feature of New York's state testing calendar; results show strong proficiency at fifth grade and solid performance at eighth. The school's overall proficiency index places it in the top quartile among Onondaga County districts, a meaningful strength.

The school faces a transition in its core literacy instruction. The district adopted Benchmark Advance, a science-of-reading based program, beginning in the 2025-26 school year after piloting in 2024-25. Grades five and six received an aligned curriculum refresh. Parents new to the school may want to understand how this change has settled into classroom practice and how the school supports students who came through different instructional approaches in elementary school.

The building itself is undergoing modernization as part of a district-wide facilities initiative. In May 2024, voters approved a capital project addressing aging infrastructure and safety upgrades across all six school buildings. Eagle Hill is specifically receiving a partial roof replacement and HVAC control upgrades, work that aligns with the district's broader commitment to building conditions but represents ongoing construction activity families should be aware of.

The Manlius context is stable and civic-minded. The village core is compact and walkable, centered on Limestone Plaza with libraries, shops, parks, and restaurants within reach. Swan Park, Mill Run Park, and Bicentennial Park provide green space and recreational access. The broader Town of Manlius is a sparser suburban setting where residents drive for most errands. Median home values run well above the county average, and ownership is the dominant housing tenure, creating an economically secure peer environment. Recent mixed-use development, including the Twin Ponds project approved in 2024, is bringing new apartments to the area and reshaping the economic profile at the margins, though the town remains predominantly owner-occupied single-family residential.

The district faces a significant ongoing tax commitment. The December 2021 referendum for high school modernization is generating phased increases through 2027-28, and the 2024 infrastructure project adds additional annual costs, making school funding a tangible household expense for families in the district.

State testing data for math and English language arts are current and complete. Science results are available only for tested grades; social studies data reported here is from 2009-10 and no longer reflects current instruction. Participation rates for eighth-grade math and science are notably lower than other grades, a pattern that may reflect scheduling or course-selection differences at that level and would be worth asking the school to clarify. Free-or-reduced-price-lunch data and special education enrollment were not available in the data provided, limiting the full picture of student need and support services. A parent interested in those specifics may want to ask the school directly.

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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	81	99.0%
Math	58	100.0%

Math

Grade 586%

School 86% · District 77% · ▲ 10 pts above district

▲ 35 pts above state median · ▲ 56 pts above county median

Grade 688%

School 88% · District 87% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 43 pts above state median · ▲ 48 pts above county median

Grade 789%

School 89% · District 86% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▲ 36 pts above state median · ▲ 35 pts above county median

Grade 895%

School 95% · District 87% · ▲ 9 pts above district

▲ 58 pts above state median · ▲ 69 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 586%

School 86% · District 82% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▲ 32 pts above state median · ▲ 44 pts above county median

Grade 679%

School 79% · District 79%

▲ 33 pts above state median · ▲ 41 pts above county median

Grade 778%

School 78% · District 76% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 31 pts above state median · ▲ 37 pts above county median

Grade 887%

School 87% · District 84% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▲ 39 pts above state median · ▲ 46 pts above county median

Science

Grade 582%

School 82% · District 74% · ▲ 8 pts above district

▲ 40 pts above state median · ▲ 47 pts above county median

Grade 886%

School 86% · District 78% · ▲ 8 pts above district

▲ 53 pts above state median · ▲ 53 pts above county median

Social studies

Grade 598%

School 98% · district not reported

▲ 6 pts above state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

Grade 897%

School 97% · district not reported

▲ 19 pts above state median · ▲ 14 pts above county median

This schoolFAYETTEVILLE-MANLIUS 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 5Lower-income75%Higher-income88%13 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income63%Higher-income80%18 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income68%Higher-income80%12 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income56%Higher-income91%36 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 5Lower-income71%Higher-income88%17 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income69%Higher-income90%22 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income87%Higher-income90%3 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income87%Higher-income97%11 pp gap