Middle · New York
Brighton Academy
Free meals for allBrighton Academy, a public middle school in Syracuse, New York: grades 6–8, 363 students, 8.9 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Syracuse City School District.
Size and class size
Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 363
- Teachers (FTE)
- 40.8
- Students per teacher
- 8.9
- Grades
- 6–8
- Middle
Fewer students per teacher than 77% of middle schools in New York
Median 10.1 · 780 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 95% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Smaller than 61% of middle schools in New York
Median 447 · 790 schools compared
Smaller than 68% of middle schools in the US
Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on New York's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
New York: 53%13%proficient
+4.0 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 99% of middle schools in New York
Median 47% · 788 middle schools compared
344 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · NYSTP; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
New York: 55%7.5%proficient
+1.2 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 99% of middle schools in New York
Median 49% · 788 middle schools compared
331 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · NYSTP; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Middle · Grades 6–8
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Midsize city
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Syracuse City School District.
Location
- Address
- 309 W Brighton Ave, Syracuse, NY 13205
- Phone
- (315)435-4535
- City or town
- Syracuse
- County
- Onondaga County
Nearby middle schools
The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Expeditionary Learning Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 172 | 7.1 | 38% | 39% |
Clary Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 270 | 8.0 | 13% | 5.7% |
Onondaga Hill Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 5–8 | 575 | 12.5 | 51% | 61% |
Syracuse STEM at BlodgettFree meals for all | 6–8 | 369 | 8.5 | 7.0% | 3.4% |
Jamesville-Dewitt Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 5–8 | 693 | 10.0 | 74% | 76% |
Lincoln Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 476 | 9.5 | 18% | 8.3% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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