Our Alma Mater

Skaneateles Schools

History of SCS

Did you know?

The original high school housed around ~690 children and 40 teachers.

All of the students at Skaneateles Academy in 1908. The school plaque above the doorway reads, School District No. 10. 1855

Founded around 1798, General Robert Earll built a schoolhouse near his home. We know that Miss Edith Williams was the first school teacher. In that year the first frame schoolhouse was built, Nicholas Otis being tthat school’s first teacher.

The Skaneateles Academy was incorporated April 14, 1829, and a brick building was erected. This became the Union School in 1844, and in 1855 a new schoolhouse was built, and afterward enlarged.

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Iternships with SHS

“A seething mass of flames enveloping both wings of the building”

— Skaneateles Press, 1952

The Great Fire

The Fire of 1952

On Friday, March 21, 1952, A fire destroyed the then Small high school.

Despite the efforts of more than 150 firefighters from six fire companies — Skaneateles, Mottville, Elbridge, Jordan, Marcellus and Borodino — a fire destroyed the high school that day and momentarily changed the school district's educational landscape.

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SCS of Today

Recognized for excellence

Nationally and state recognized for excellence, Skaneateles Schools are the pinnacle of perfection for students. Based on state and federal measures, the district is a high performing district with a low need resource capacity. The district has a Combined Wealth Ratio of 1.3 and is deemed an affluent community which has a high capacity to support the financial needs of the district.