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== Education == {{See also|Category:Education in Syracuse, New York}} === Primary and secondary schools === The [[Syracuse City School District]], which covers the entire city limits,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st36_ny/schooldistrict_maps/c36067_onondaga/DC20SD_C36067.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Onondaga County, NY|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-10-17}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st36_ny/schooldistrict_maps/c36067_onondaga/DC20SD_C36067_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref> consists of 34 schools and 4 alternative education programs.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Syracuse City School District {{!}} Syracuse, NY|url=http://www.syracusecityschools.com/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020923151521/http://www.syracusecityschools.com/|archive-date=September 23, 2002|access-date=October 13, 2016|website=www.syracusecityschools.com}}</ref> In the 2014β2015 school year, the K-12 enrollment was 20,084.<ref name="nysed">{{Cite web|url=https://data.nysed.gov/reportcard.php?instid=800000040902&year=2015&createreport=1&enrollment=1&avgclasssize=1&freelunch=1&teacherturnover=1&hscompleters=1&hsnoncompleters=1|title=2015 {{!}} SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT β Report Card {{!}} NYSED Data Site|website=data.nysed.gov|access-date=October 13, 2016|archive-date=March 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308074826/https://data.nysed.gov/reportcard.php?instid=800000040902&year=2015&createreport=1&enrollment=1&avgclasssize=1&freelunch=1&teacherturnover=1&hscompleters=1&hsnoncompleters=1|url-status=live}}</ref> 15% of students were classified as English Language Learners, 20% as students with disabilities, and 77% as economically disadvantaged.<ref name="nysed" /> The drop-out rate was 6%.<ref name="nysed" /> Syracuse City School District is collaborating with [[Say Yes to Education]] with the goal of every public school student graduating high school with the preparation and support to attain, afford, and complete a college or other postsecondary education.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://sayyessyracuse.org/about/|title=About β Say Yes to Education β Syracuse|newspaper=Say Yes to Education β Syracuse|language=en-US|access-date=October 13, 2016|archive-date=October 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161014065058/http://sayyessyracuse.org/about/|url-status=live}}</ref> They are also one of the "Big 5," which consists of the five New York State School districts with populations over 125,000.<ref name="syracusecityschools.com">{{Cite web|title=The Syracuse City School District {{!}} Syracuse, NY|url=http://www.syracusecityschools.com/districtpage.cfm?pageid=5315|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407150502/http://www.syracusecityschools.com/districtpage.cfm?pageid=5315|archive-date=April 7, 2016|access-date=October 13, 2016|website=www.syracusecityschools.com}}</ref> "Big 5" school budgets are approved by annually by the Board of Education and city government as opposed to voters in an annual vote.<ref name="syracusecityschools.com" /> === Colleges and universities === [[File:Crouse College, Syracuse University.jpg|thumb|right|[[Syracuse University]]'s [[Crouse College, Syracuse University|Crouse College]]]] One of Syracuse's major research universities is [[Syracuse University]], located on [[University Hill, Syracuse|University Hill]]. It had an enrollment of 22,484 for the 2017β2018 academic year.<ref name="rankingsandreviews">{{cite web |url=https://www.syracuse.edu/about/facts-figures-rankings/ |title=Syracuse University Facts, Figures, and Rankings |publisher=Syracuse.edu |access-date=May 17, 2018 |archive-date=August 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803012610/https://www.syracuse.edu/about/facts-figures-rankings/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Immediately adjacent to Syracuse University are two doctoral-degree granting universities, the [[SUNY Upstate Medical University]] and [[SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry]]. Both institutions have long-standing ties to Syracuse University. Upstate Medical University is also one of Syracuse's major research universities and is one of only about 125 academic medical centers in the country. The medical university directly generates 10,959 jobs, making it Central New York's largest employer.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Impact of Upstate Medical University|url=https://www.upstate.edu/impact/pdf/executive-summary.pdf|access-date=November 26, 2021|archive-date=November 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211105025742/https://www.upstate.edu/impact/pdf/executive-summary.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> In addition, the [[State University of New York Upstate Medical University#Norton College of Medicine|Norton College of Medicine]] at SUNY Upstate is the only [[Medical school in the United States|medical school]] in the Central New York region providing state of the art education to over 700+ students. Also serving Syracuse are [[Le Moyne College]] on the city's eastern border, and [[Onondaga Community College]], which has its main campus in the adjacent [[Onondaga, New York|Town of Onondaga]] and has two smaller campuses, downtown and in [[Liverpool, New York|Liverpool]]. A branch of SUNY's [[Empire State College]] is in downtown Syracuse, along with a campus of the nationwide [[Bryant & Stratton College]]. There are also the Pomeroy College of Nursing at Crouse Hospital and St. Joseph's College of Nursing. Other colleges and universities in the area include [[Cornell University]] and [[Ithaca College]] in [[Ithaca, New York|Ithaca]], [[Hamilton College]] in [[Clinton, Oneida County, New York|Clinton]], [[State University of New York at Oswego|Oswego State College]] in [[Oswego, New York|Oswego]], [[State University of New York at Cortland|SUNY Cortland]] in [[Cortland, New York|Cortland]], [[Morrisville State College]] in [[Morrisville, New York|Morrisville]], [[Colgate University]] in [[Hamilton (town), New York|Hamilton]], [[Cazenovia College]] in [[Cazenovia, New York|Cazenovia]] (closed 2023), [[Wells College]] in [[Aurora, Cayuga County, New York|Aurora]], and both [[Utica College]] and [[State University of New York Institute of Technology|SUNY Institute of Technology]] in [[Utica, New York|Utica]]. {{Further|Maria Regina College}}
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