NCES CCD 2024-25 15 schools NY

Best-Resourced Schools in Utica, NY

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15 public K-12 schools in Utica from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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15
Schools
9,418
Students
26.3/100
Avg Resource Index
12.5:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Utica has more public-school enrollment than 79% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Utica's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

11 of Utica's 15 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 2 middle and 1 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

The composite and staffing measures point in different directions

Utica's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 6th percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 84th percentile. The 78-point percentile gap is a reminder that the index is not a class-size score: counselors, gifted-program reporting, and attendance also affect it. Compare those components directly when two schools have similar index totals; the same headline score can arise from a different mix of reported resources.

City enrollment
Top 21%
School count
Top 23%
Resource Index average
6th percentile
Teacher staffing
84th percentile

Thomas R Proctor High School accounts for 29.9% of all Utica public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Utica-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Utica school enrollment varies 123× across entities

Utica school enrollment ranges from 23 students (lowest) to 2,820 students (highest), a spread of 2,797 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Utica reports 75.3% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share is at least 75%, indicating a high concentration of measured economic need. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Utica student-teacher ratio is 12.5:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Thomas R Proctor High School 37
2. Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center for Children & Youth 30
3. Deerfield Elementary School 29
4. John F Kennedy Middle School 28
5. Senator James H Donovan Middle School 27
6. Roscoe Conkling Elementary School 27
7. Albany Elementary School 27
8. General Herkimer Elementary School 26
9. Watson Williams Elementary School 26
10. Christopher Columbus Elementary School 25
11. Kernan Elementary School 25
12. Thomas Jefferson Elementary School 23
13. Hugh R Jones Elementary School 22
14. John F Hughes Elementary School 22
15. Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School 21

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Utica

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Senator James H Donovan Middle School 77.9/100
  2. 2 Thomas R Proctor High School 77.6/100
  3. 3 John F Kennedy Middle School 77.3/100
  4. 4 Christopher Columbus Elementary School 76.4/100
  5. 5 General Herkimer Elementary School 76.2/100

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Which Utica school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Thomas R Proctor High School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Utica schools in this federal-data comparison at 37/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Utica, NY? ▼

Utica has 15 public schools with a total enrollment of 9,418 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 12.5:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.