Fayetteville-manlius Senior High School, Manlius NY

Original Research by School Decision on Fayetteville-manlius Senior High School

Fayetteville-Manlius Senior High School serves a single, consolidated cohort of high school students from grades nine through twelve in Manlius, a well-established residential suburb southeast of Syracuse. The school enrolls roughly fourteen hundred students across its four grade levels, a mid-sized population for a suburban public high school. Its student body is predominantly white, with a notable Asian representation and smaller populations of Black, Hispanic, and multiracial students. The school's free-or-reduced-price lunch rate and special population counts were not available in the data, so income-based need and special education prevalence cannot be assessed from the information provided.

The school sits within the Fayetteville-Manlius Central School District, which covers the towns and villages of Manlius, Fayetteville, and the surrounding area. Manlius itself is a historic village with a compact, walkable downtown core where civic anchors including the library, town offices, parks, and shops cluster around Limestone Plaza and the village's Seneca Street commercial area. The broader town is a car-oriented suburb with established single-family neighborhoods and a strong owner-occupied housing market. Home values and rental costs here run well above county medians, reflecting a prosperous suburban demographic and a community where most residents own their homes. Recent development has brought mixed-use and multi-family housing projects to the village center, including a major planned residential development slated for completion around 2027, though the town remains predominantly single-family and residential in character.

The district has undertaken two significant facilities referendums within recent years. A major capital project approved in late 2021 modernized and expanded Fayetteville-Manlius Senior High School, adding a STEM wing, a two-story cafeteria and commons, connecting corridors between the school's two main houses, and HVAC upgrades including air conditioning in one wing. This project phased in a measurable but lasting increase to district property taxes beginning in 2024-25. A second capital project approved in 2024 addressed aging infrastructure and safety upgrades across all six district buildings, including partial roof replacements at the high school and two middle schools. These investments signal sustained community and board commitment to maintaining and upgrading school facilities, though families should note the ongoing tax impact.

At the elementary level, the district adopted a new literacy curriculum grounded in science-of-reading practices beginning in the 2025-26 school year, following a multiyear review and pilot. While this change does not directly affect the high school, it reflects the district's attention to curriculum refresh and evidence-based instruction.

State assessment results, a graduation rate, and detailed academic proficiency data for Fayetteville-Manlius Senior High School were not available in the provided dataset. Without these metrics, it is not possible to characterize the school's academic performance or college and career outcomes. A parent seeking to understand the school's graduation trajectory, test performance, or standing relative to other Onondaga County high schools would need to request this information directly from the school or the district.

The school occupies a stable, well-resourced community with above-average wealth and strong parental engagement reflected in successful facility bond votes. Its location within a walkable suburban village with a historic center and connection to Syracuse via public transit provides students with both a hometown context and regional access. The school's House structure (referenced in the facilities project details) suggests some level of personalization or smaller learning communities within the larger enrollment. Families choosing this school are opting for a suburban high school in an affluent, owner-occupied neighborhood with active civic life and ongoing facility investment, though they will want to investigate academic programs, outcomes, and student support services directly with school officials.

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Academic performance

How students graduate and prepare for what comes next.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

98.0%Cohort of 355 students · Class of 2021

How this school compares to all schools in this state

Each dot is one school’s SY 2020-21 graduation rate, binned by integer rate. Taller columns mean more schools at that rate. This school is highlighted.

1,253 schools plotted. 14 additional schools' rates are federally suppressed and not shown. Data: EDFacts SY 2020-21.

Advanced Placement & IB

28 subjects offered · 2023-24

Each card is one AP or IB subject. The headline number is the share of students scoring 3 or higher on the exam — the threshold for college credit at most universities. The bar below each rate shows the underlying distribution across performance levels.

Score:12· no credit345· extremely well qualified

Math and Computer Science

Calculus AB

1 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Calculus BC

49 tested

89.8%

scored 3 or higher

Computer Science A

34 tested · Grade 10

100.0%

scored 3 or higher

Precalculus

37 tested

97.3%

scored 3 or higher

Statistics

12 tested

83.3%

scored 3 or higher

Sciences

Biology

76 tested · Grade 10

94.7%

scored 3 or higher

Chemistry

76 tested

100.0%

scored 3 or higher

Environmental Science

2 tested · Grade 10

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Physics 1

45 tested · Grade 10

64.4%

scored 3 or higher

Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism

1 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Physics C: Mechanics

16 tested

93.8%

scored 3 or higher

History and Social Sciences

Comparative Government and Politics

24 tested

95.8%

scored 3 or higher

Human Geography

1 tested · Grade 10

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Macroeconomics

4 tested · Grade 10

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Microeconomics

5 tested · Grade 10

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Psychology

8 tested · Grade 9, Grade 10

62.5%

scored 3 or higher

U.S. History

102 tested · Grade 10

98.0%

scored 3 or higher

World Languages and Cultures

Chinese Language and Culture

5 tested · Grade 9, Grade 10

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

French Language and Culture

26 tested

46.2%

scored 3 or higher

German Language and Culture

12 tested

91.7%

scored 3 or higher

Latin: Vergil (archived)

10 tested

80.0%

scored 3 or higher

Spanish Language and Culture

19 tested

94.7%

scored 3 or higher

Arts

Studio Art Drawing

25 tested

92.0%

scored 3 or higher

Other

Language and Comp

7 tested

85.7%

scored 3 or higher

Literature and Comp

47 tested

97.9%

scored 3 or higher

Studio Art 2d Design

8 tested

100.0%

scored 3 or higher

Studio Art 3d Design

3 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

World History

95 tested · Grade 10

97.9%

scored 3 or higher

New York Regents Exams

4 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
Ela	353	93.0%
Social Studies	300	95.0%
Science	275	93.0%
Math	249	96.0%

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.