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Henninger High School

Public Grades 9-12
1189th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,234 New York High Schools
Better than 4% of New York high schools
Summary

Henninger High School is a public high school in Syracuse, New York, serving 1,443 students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the Syracuse City School District, which is ranked 849 out of 874 school districts in New York and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Henninger High School has consistently ranked in the bottom 10-15% of New York high schools over the past decade, with a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's 4-year graduation rates have ranged from 66.2% to 84.3% in recent years, significantly lower than the state average of around 80%. Dropout rates have been high, ranging from 4.5% to 9.5%, and chronic absenteeism rates have been extremely high, between 31.5% and 59.6%. Henninger students also perform significantly below state and district averages on Regents exams across all subject areas, with proficiency rates often 20-30 percentage points lower than the state.

Compared to nearby high schools, such as Nottingham High School, Institute of Technology at Syracuse Central, and Jamesville-Dewitt High School, Henninger High School performs significantly worse across a range of metrics. These schools have higher graduation rates, lower dropout rates, better test scores, and serve more economically advantaged student populations. Despite the district's low performance, Henninger High School spends significantly more per student ($25,169 in 2023-2024) than the state average, suggesting that resources alone are not the primary driver of the school's challenges.

1,483
Students ?
13.2
Student/teacher ratio ?
$27,338
Per pupil spending ?
81.4%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 600 Robinson St
       Syracuse, NY  13206-3598

(315) 435-4343

District: Syracuse City School District

Racial breakdown:

African American:
49.3%
White:
18.8%
Hispanic:
11.5%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Declining — 19th percentile in 2014 → 4th in 2025
Worth a look
!Test scores below the New York average (29% vs 66% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (4th percentile)
!Graduation rate below the New York average (64% vs 83%)
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school29%
District avg36%
New York avg66%
1,189th of 1,234
New York public high schools ?
Bottom 4%▼ down 13 pts since 2015
From bottom 17% (2015) to bottom 4% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
3rd of 5High Schools in the Syracuse City School District
849th of 874Syracuse City School District among New York districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20256.51189 of 12343.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20246.71188 of 12424.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20235.71181 of 12283.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20227.11105 of 11907.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201911.21068 of 120711.5%★☆☆☆☆
201810.71072 of 121011.4%★☆☆☆☆
201716.5974 of 122120.2%★☆☆☆☆
201629.0903 of 125528.0%★☆☆☆☆
201517.71046 of 125516.7%★☆☆☆☆
201417.9996 of 123719.5%★☆☆☆☆
201317.4975 of 121719.9%★☆☆☆☆
201218.3971 of 119818.9%★☆☆☆☆
201116.41016 of 116512.8%★☆☆☆☆
201020.7927 of 111717.0%★☆☆☆☆
200912.1995 of 10868.4%☆☆☆☆☆
200817.2883 of 102714.0%★☆☆☆☆
200712.7911 of 10029.1%☆☆☆☆☆
200620.8809 of 98618.0%★☆☆☆☆
200528.1737 of 93521.2%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20259.2699 of 7132.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20249.1670 of 6902.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20237.0656 of 6712.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202214.6548 of 5937.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201914.1628 of 6868.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201813.6638 of 6796.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20257.8390 of 4135.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202410.5392 of 4268.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20235.2408 of 4243.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20223.5375 of 3862.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20198.2425 of 4474.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20188.5402 of 4265.6%☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202521.5601 of 66910.2%★☆☆☆☆
202427.4525 of 63717.6%★☆☆☆☆
202318.7553 of 5835.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202228.8382 of 48120.6%★☆☆☆☆
201943.5295 of 56547.8%★★☆☆☆
201843.1296 of 54645.8%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20256.91166 of 12063.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20247.41169 of 12194.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20236.91138 of 11974.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20226.21098 of 11554.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201910.41089 of 11938.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20189.51091 of 11767.2%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202513.5824 of 8856.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202411.5809 of 8656.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20238.6817 of 8514.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20224.5756 of 7600.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201917.2689 of 81515.5%★☆☆☆☆
201830.2560 of 79129.2%★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202514.1584 of 6073.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202415.4538 of 5644.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202313.3512 of 5313.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201934.1346 of 49329.8%★★☆☆☆
201826.7407 of 49818.3%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20255.61145 of 11792.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20245.91129 of 11703.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20233.81131 of 11552.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20227.71037 of 11015.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201911.21061 of 117910.0%★☆☆☆☆
201810.11067 of 11547.5%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20256.61160 of 12013.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202411.71087 of 121110.2%★☆☆☆☆
20236.11142 of 11914.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20228.81052 of 11548.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201911.61051 of 119011.7%★☆☆☆☆
201812.41040 of 117611.6%★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20254.1322 of 3281.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20241.3305 of 3060.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201913.6158 of 1654.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201827.5131 of 15716.6%★☆☆☆☆

Native American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202516.745 of 474.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20244.140 of 412.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201920.744 of 464.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201827.537 of 4314.0%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202511.21124 of 11492.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20249.31132 of 11441.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20238.71113 of 11301.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20227.71033 of 10380.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201912.91079 of 11324.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201812.21064 of 10952.8%☆☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20253.2770 of 7882.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20242.5768 of 7811.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20231.8759 of 7762.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20222.4724 of 7381.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20195.9759 of 7934.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20184.3745 of 7652.6%☆☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
English Language Learner (2025)10th percentile+7 vs school
Hispanic (2025)7th percentile+3 vs school
Asian (2025)6th percentile~ school
Native American (2025)4th percentile~ school
Homeless (2025)4th percentile~ school
Male (2025)3rd percentile~ school
Female (2025)3rd percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)3rd percentile~ school
White (2025)2nd percentile~ school
Special Education (2025)2nd percentile~ school
African American (2025)2nd percentile~ school
Multi-racial (2025)2nd percentile~ school
By subject vs New York (2024-2025) ?
Global History and Geography45%-31 vs state
U.S. History and Government42%-33 vs state
Common Core Algebra II40%-35 vs state
Physics40%-29 vs state
Chemistry39%-25 vs state
Common Core English Language Arts33%-43 vs state
Earth and Space Sciences32%-24 vs state
Living Environment25%-31 vs state
Geometry21%-39 vs state
Life Science Biology18%-40 vs state
Earth Science18%-47 vs state
Algebra I16%-40 vs state
Common Core Geometry12%-11 vs state

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Students at Henninger High School are 49% African American, 19% White, 12% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 8% Two or more races, 2% American Indian.

Henninger High School ranks in the bottom 3.6% of New York high schools.

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,483 students attended Henninger High School.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the WNYC and the New York State Department of Health and the NY State Education Department.

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