Is Wheeler Elementary School a good school?

Wheeler Elementary School ranks 1003 rd of 2445 New York elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Wheeler Elementary School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 244 students attended Wheeler Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Wheeler Elementary School?

Students at Wheeler Elementary School are 76% White, 8% African American, 8% Hispanic, 5% Two or more races, 2% American Indian.

What schools do graduates of Wheeler Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Wheeler Elementary School usually go on to attend: High : Onondaga Senior High School

Wheeler Elementary School

Summary:

Wheeler Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Nedrow, New York, serving grades 3-6 with a total enrollment of 233 students. The school is part of the Onondaga Central School District, which is ranked 270 out of 865 school districts in New York and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Wheeler Elementary School's performance is generally on par with or slightly above the district average, but below the statewide average in most subjects and grade levels. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, the percentage of students proficient or better in English Language Arts (ELA) ranged from 40.32% to 55.56% across grades 3-6, compared to the district average of 39.68% to 55.56% and the state average of 42.6% to 47.05%. In mathematics, the percentage of students proficient or better ranged from 42.62% to 80% across grades 3-6, compared to the district average of 42.62% to 80% and the state average of 48.93% to 58.03%. The school's performance varies across different student subgroups, with male students generally outperforming female students and African American and Hispanic students performing significantly lower than the overall school performance.

Compared to nearby schools, Rockwell Elementary School has similar performance metrics and demographics to Wheeler Elementary School, while schools in the Syracuse City School District, such as McKinley-Brighton Elementary School and Van Duyn Elementary School, have significantly lower performance on state assessments and higher percentages of economically disadvantaged students. The nearby Onondaga Nation School has the lowest performance among the nearby schools, with a statewide ranking in the bottom 5% of New York elementary schools.

Detail:

Public 3-6

4543 S Onondaga Rd
Nedrow, NY 13120-9715

(315) 552-5050

District: Onondaga Central School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
1003^rd of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $15,569

Students who attend Wheeler Elementary School usually attend:

High:

Onondaga Senior High School

Student/teacher ratio: 11.6

Number of students: 244

Racial breakdown:

White:

76.2%

African American:

8.2%

Hispanic:

7.8%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 46.7%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Wheeler Elementary School ranks better than 59% of elementary schools in New York. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 56.02. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (76.2%), African American (8.2%), Hispanic (7.8%). (See more...)

Compare Details 46.7% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Wheeler Elementary School is 11.6. (See more...)

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Wheeler Elementary School is $15,569.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Wheeler Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Wheeler Elementary School 1003^rd of 2445 New York public elementary schools. (See Wheeler Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Onondaga Central School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Onondaga Central School District 270^th of 865 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Wheeler Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Wheeler Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2006	57.18	1169^th	2206	47.0%
2007	53.38	1262^nd	2219	43.1%
2008	46.51	1432^nd	2227	35.7%
2009	56.21	1218^th	2257	46.0%
2010	66.46	803^rd	2263	64.5%
2011	69.12	722^nd	2286	68.4%
2012	66.40	831^st	2320	64.2%
2013	65.42	714^th	2325	69.3%
2014	54.77	1033^rd	2345	55.9%
2015	56.69	984^th	2352	58.2%
2016	49.90	1193^rd	2366	49.6%
2017	41.83	1401^st	2386	41.3%
2018	41.37	1433^rd	2395	40.2%
2019	39.48	1437^th	2413	40.4%
2021	54.62	968^th	2201	56.0%
2022	51.34	1137^th	2434	53.3%
2023	61.67	878^th	2439	64.0%
2024	56.02	1003^rd	2445	59.0%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Wheeler Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	37.40	165^th	289	42.9%
2023	47.66	98^th	223	56.1%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Wheeler Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	39.89	1078^th	1941	44.5%
2019	35.07	1143^rd	1859	38.5%
2021	45.25	497^th	1044	52.4%
2022	43.70	978^th	2031	51.8%
2023	55.67	632^nd	2016	68.7%
2024	40.30	1136^th	2110	46.2%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Wheeler Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	40.26	1212^th	2045	40.7%
2019	39.64	1201^st	2032	40.9%
2021	46.12	875^th	1678	47.9%
2022	43.46	1111^th	2099	47.1%
2023	56.38	750^th	2041	63.3%
2024	48.80	956^th	2078	54.0%

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Rank History for Female students at Wheeler Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	43.45	1381^st	2338	40.9%
2019	42.49	1349^th	2357	42.8%
2021	47.30	1028^th	1955	47.4%
2022	50.53	1167^th	2401	51.4%
2023	54.47	1040^th	2403	56.7%
2024	49.08	1174^th	2413	51.3%

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Rank History for Male students at Wheeler Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	39.77	1452^nd	2340	37.9%
2019	37.75	1471^st	2358	37.6%
2021	56.90	819^th	1961	58.2%
2022	52.96	1073^rd	2400	55.3%
2023	66.85	734^th	2400	69.4%
2024	62.05	829^th	2411	65.6%

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Rank History for African American students at Wheeler Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	40.90	557^th	948	41.2%
2019	47.76	393^rd	891	55.9%
2022	29.03	688^th	936	26.5%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Wheeler Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	15.36	1328^th	1429	7.1%
2024	28.71	1159^th	1531	24.3%

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Rank History for White students at Wheeler Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	35.56	984^th	1408	30.1%
2019	29.65	1015^th	1338	24.1%
2021	46.65	693^rd	1224	43.4%
2022	43.87	812^th	1399	42.0%
2023	53.03	653^rd	1337	51.2%
2024	46.52	757^th	1392	45.6%

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Data source: test scores: NY State Education Department, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: NY State Education Department

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Enrollment information for Wheeler Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total
1989	362	7	0	0	15	n/a	n/a	384
1990	310	9	0	0	7	n/a	n/a	326
1991	307	7	0	0	9	n/a	n/a	323
1992	306	9	2	1	7	n/a	n/a	325
1993	318	9	3	2	0	n/a	n/a	332
1994	318	5	1	0	4	n/a	n/a	328
1995	349	2	1	0	14	n/a	n/a	366
1996	349	2	1	0	14	n/a	n/a	366
1997	353	4	0	0	5	n/a	n/a	362
1998	341	5	0	0	6	n/a	n/a	352
1999	322	13	0	0	5	n/a	n/a	340
2000	306	13	0	3	4	n/a	n/a	326
2001	316	7	0	0	1	n/a	n/a	324
2002	285	15	1	3	6	n/a	n/a	310
2003	285	15	1	3	6	n/a	n/a	310
2004	295	9	2	3	8	n/a	n/a	317
2005	274	10	2	4	14	n/a	n/a	304
2006	239	15	2	6	12	n/a	n/a	274
2007	248	15	2	6	9	n/a	n/a	280
2008	246	13	0	4	10	n/a	n/a	273
2009	243	16	0	2	11	n/a	n/a	272
2010	229	19	1	2	14	n/a	n/a	265
2011	229	17	2	3	15	0	1	267
2012	217	29	4	5	9	0	3	267
2013	205	23	2	9	12	0	11	262
2014	208	23	3	10	13	0	10	267
2015	210	26	3	7	7	0	9	262
2016	192	18	4	7	11	0	14	246
2017	184	27	3	7	12	0	6	239
2018	175	31	1	7	13	0	8	235
2019	159	34	1	9	12	0	9	224
2020	160	25	0	9	8	0	13	215
2021	171	22	0	8	3	0	18	222
2022	169	24	0	17	4	0	17	231
2023	171	18	0	17	5	0	22	233
2024	186	20	0	19	6	0	13	244

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Wheeler Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	384	23.9	16.0	n/a
1990	326	22.5	14.4	n/a
1991	323	18.9	17.0	n/a
1992	325	21.9	14.8	n/a
1993	332	16.0	20.8	n/a
1994	328	19.5	16.8	14.6
1995	366	20.8	17.6	13.7
1996	366	20.8	17.6	13.7
1997	362	23.3	15.5	15.7
1998	352	23.3	15.1	15.6
1999	340	24.3	14.0	16.2
2000	326	24.3	13.4	24.5
2001	324	22.5	14.4	23.1
2002	310	21.5	14.4	27.1
2003	310	21.5	14.4	27.1
2004	317	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	304	22.5	13.5	29.3
2006	274	21.0	13.0	30.3
2007	280	20.5	13.7	30
2008	273	21.5	12.7	30
2009	272	21.5	12.7	34.9
2010	265	19.8	13.3	29.1
2011	267	20.1	13.2	32.2
2012	267	16.0	16.6	36.3
2013	262	17.2	15.1	38.5
2014	267	20.2	13.2	34.5
2015	262	20.0	13.1	42.7
2016	246	20.0	12.3	43.1
2017	239	21.9	10.8	47.3
2018	235	22.0	10.6	51.1
2019	224	19.0	11.7	53.1
2020	215	20.9	10.2	51.2
2021	222	23.3	9.4	44.1
2022	231	23.8	9.6	51.1
2023	233	20.6	11.3	53.6
2024	244	21.0	11.6	46.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Wheeler Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	384	23.9	16.0	n/a
1990	326	22.5	14.4	n/a
1991	323	18.9	17.0	n/a
1992	325	21.9	14.8	n/a
1993	332	16.0	20.8	n/a
1994	328	19.5	16.8	14.6
1995	366	20.8	17.6	13.7
1996	366	20.8	17.6	13.7
1997	362	23.3	15.5	15.7
1998	352	23.3	15.1	15.6
1999	340	24.3	14.0	16.2
2000	326	24.3	13.4	24.5
2001	324	22.5	14.4	23.1
2002	310	21.5	14.4	27.1
2003	310	21.5	14.4	27.1
2004	317	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	304	22.5	13.5	29.3
2006	274	21.0	13.0	30.3
2007	280	20.5	13.7	30
2008	273	21.5	12.7	30
2009	272	21.5	12.7	34.9
2010	265	19.8	13.3	29.1
2011	267	20.1	13.2	32.2
2012	267	16.0	16.6	36.3
2013	262	17.2	15.1	38.5
2014	267	20.2	13.2	34.5
2015	262	20.0	13.1	42.7
2016	246	20.0	12.3	43.1
2017	239	21.9	10.8	47.3
2018	235	22.0	10.6	51.1
2019	224	19.0	11.7	53.1
2020	215	20.9	10.2	51.2
2021	222	23.3	9.4	44.1
2022	231	23.8	9.6	51.1
2023	233	20.6	11.3	53.6
2024	244	21.0	11.6	46.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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