Utica City School District Schools

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The ten highest SchoolGrades in the district. Grades reward actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact.

1. A+ Thomas R Proctor High School (High school, exceeds expectations)
2. A- Hugh R Jones Elementary School (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
3. B+ Christopher Columbus Elementary School (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
4. B+ Albany Elementary School (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
5. B+ Thomas Jefferson Elementary School (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
6. B John F Hughes Elementary School (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
7. B General Herkimer Elementary School (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
8. B- Roscoe Conkling Elementary School (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
9. C+ Watson Williams Elementary School (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
10. C+ Martin Luther King JR Elementary School (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)

High schools (1)

• A+ Thomas R Proctor High School, Utica

Middle and junior high schools (3)

• C+ John F Kennedy Middle School, Utica
• C+ Martin Luther King JR Elementary School, Utica
• D+ Senator James H Donovan Middle School, Utica

Elementary and primary schools (9)

• B+ Albany Elementary School, Utica
• B+ Christopher Columbus Elementary School, Utica
• B General Herkimer Elementary School, Utica
• A- Hugh R Jones Elementary School, Utica
• B John F Hughes Elementary School, Utica
• C+ Kernan Elementary School, Utica
• B- Roscoe Conkling Elementary School, Utica
• B+ Thomas Jefferson Elementary School, Utica
• C+ Watson Williams Elementary School, Utica

Cities and towns served (1)

• Utica (13)

• State: Best schools in New York
• County: Oneida County
• Type: regular local school district
• Setting: small city (NCES locale of the district office)
• Enrollment: 9,329 students with 695 full-time-equivalent teachers and 1,559 total staff FTE (NCES CCD, 2023-24)
• NCES district ID: 3629370
• Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model: each school's actual proficiency against the level projected for its student context. How SchoolGrade works

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