Oneida City School District is located in Oneida, New York, a small city in Madison County, located between Syracuse and Utica, along the New York State Thruway. The district encompasses communities in Madison and Oneida Counties and is in close proximity to a number of colleges, and universities, including Morrisville State College, Colgate University, and Cazenovia College. 

The Oneida City School District boasts four neighborhood elementary schools, a middle school that offers accelerated math, science, art, and language courses, and a beautiful high school campus with spacious athletic facilities, vibrant art and music programs, and extensive college-level course offerings. Our district is a leader in youth international relations through multiple foreign exchange programs, and we offer a wide array of extracurricular activities. Our high school students have access to a variety of college credits through the Advanced Placement course, Project Lead the Way courses through RIT, and articulation agreements with Mohawk Valley Community College.

Our Community is very supportive of our schools and our educational programs, and our teachers are involved, dedicated, and student-oriented. The non-profit Oneida City School District Foundation offers student scholarships and teacher grants to enhance our programs. Our district’s Wall of Distinction recognizes each year outstanding graduates, retirees, and community members.

Oneida students are offered a full range of programs through the Madison – Oneida BOCES Career and Technical Education Program, located in Verona. BOCES services provide students with a wide variety of learning opportunities. Special needs students are educated with their peers, when feasible in an inclusion model.

District Highlights

• District enrollment: 1,931
• 76% of Oneida graduates enter institutions of higher learning
• Accelerated math, science, art, and language offerings at the Middle School
• Project Lead the Way engineering partnership with RIT
• 11 Advanced Placement courses in Math, Science, English, Art, and Foreign Language
• College articulation agreements with Mohawk Valley Community College and RIT
• Comprehensive athletics program and excellent facilities
• Award-winning art, music, and drama programs
• Extensive international exchange opportunities through the Rotary Club and Japanese Exchange programs
• 2019-2020 Budget: $46,983,114
• Over 70% of the budget is dedicated to educational programming
• Number of employees – 334 (180 instructional and 154 non-instructional
• Administrators: 2 senior administrators, K-12 Executive Principal, 2 district-wide administrators, 5 principals, 2 assistant principals, and an assistant principal/athletic director