Syracuse Latin School, Syracuse NY

Original Research by School Decision on Syracuse Latin School

Syracuse Latin School is a pre-kindergarten through eighth-grade school in Syracuse serving a student body of about six hundred students. The school sits within Syracuse City School District in Onondaga County, in a city experiencing significant growth and investment around the planned Micron semiconductor campus in nearby Clay, which has spurred housing development and education infrastructure spending across the region.

The school's state assessment results reveal a mixed academic profile. In English language arts, the school shows stronger performance in the middle grades, with seventh graders posting the highest proficiency rate and performance holding solid through eighth grade. Third graders also perform above the midpoint, though proficiency dips in grades four and six. Math results are more uneven. Third and seventh graders show proficiency rates around or above the midpoint, but fourth through sixth grades cluster below, with sixth grade particularly low. The eighth-grade cohort presents a notable anomaly: math proficiency falls sharply and the test participation rate drops substantially, suggesting either a much smaller tested cohort or a significant number of students not assessed that year. Science, tested in fifth and eighth grades, shows modest proficiency in fifth grade and drops notably by eighth grade, again with lower participation. Overall across tested subjects and grades, the school's proficiency index places it above the midpoint among Onondaga County districts, a meaningful strength in a region with varied school performance.

The school draws a racially and socioeconomically diverse enrollment. White and Black students each represent a substantial share of the student body, with meaningful numbers of students identifying as two or more races or Hispanic. Close to half of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting a community with significant economic need. The school serves a cross-section of Syracuse's families rather than a narrow slice.

As a pre-K through eighth-grade building, Syracuse Latin has no graduation rate and no high school college and career pathways to report. A parent choosing this school should view it as a feeder into Syracuse's secondary options, including the new Syracuse STEAM High School that opened downtown in fall 2025, a regional technical school with concentrations in semiconductor technology, robotics, and other advanced fields tied to the region's economic growth. The school's name suggests a classical curriculum focus, though detailed program information was not available in the data reviewed.

The housing market around the school reflects Syracuse's broader trajectory. Home values in the area are moderate by national standards and have moved up modestly. Rents have risen, though monthly apartment costs remain accessible for families seeking urban or near-urban living. The market shows healthy pending listings relative to active supply, suggesting solid buyer interest. With major employers anchored in health care and higher education, and with Micron's investment reshaping job and housing demand, families considering homes near this school are entering a neighborhood in transition, where property values and school investment are both climbing.

A parent may want to look into the eighth-grade data further with the school, given the notable drop in participation and proficiency there. Otherwise, the school presents a solid, diverse, neighborhood-serving elementary-to-middle setting with above-average academic standing in its county and access to expanding educational and economic opportunity in the broader Syracuse region.

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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
Math	42	95.0%
Science	41	90.0%

Math

Grade 362%

School 62% · District 29% · ▲ 33 pts above district

▲ 3 pts above state median · ▲ 18 pts above county median

Grade 447%

School 47% · District 19% · ▲ 28 pts above district

▼ 11 pts below state median · even with county median

Grade 550%

School 50% · District 17% · ▲ 33 pts above district

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▲ 20 pts above county median

Grade 638%

School 38% · District 13% · ▲ 25 pts above district

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▼ 3 pts below county median

Grade 767%

School 67% · District 18% · ▲ 49 pts above district

▲ 14 pts above state median · ▲ 13 pts above county median

Grade 817%

School 17% · District 8% · ▲ 10 pts above district

▼ 20 pts below state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 360%

School 60% · District 27% · ▲ 34 pts above district

▲ 8 pts above state median · ▲ 23 pts above county median

Grade 448%

School 48% · District 24% · ▲ 24 pts above district

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

Grade 563%

School 63% · District 27% · ▲ 36 pts above district

▲ 9 pts above state median · ▲ 21 pts above county median

Grade 662%

School 62% · District 19% · ▲ 43 pts above district

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

Grade 772%

School 72% · District 22% · ▲ 50 pts above district

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

Grade 868%

School 68% · District 25% · ▲ 42 pts above district

▲ 19 pts above state median · ▲ 27 pts above county median

Science

Grade 556%

School 56% · District 16% · ▲ 40 pts above district

▲ 15 pts above state median · ▲ 21 pts above county median

Grade 833%

School 33% · District 15% · ▲ 18 pts above district

even with state median · even with county median

This schoolSYRACUSE CITY 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 3Lower-income46%Higher-income70%24 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income44%Higher-income54%10 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income55%Higher-income69%14 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income42%Higher-income78%37 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income55%Higher-income90%34 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income48%Higher-income83%35 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income39%Higher-income78%40 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income29%Higher-income68%39 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income34%Higher-income62%28 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income19%Higher-income54%35 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income53%Higher-income82%29 pp gap