Elementary Schools in Rochester City School District

Summary:

The Rochester City School District operates 24 elementary schools serving students from pre-kindergarten through 6th grade. Located in Rochester, New York, the district faces significant challenges, ranking 859 out of 874 districts in the state and receiving a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Despite the district's overall low performance, a few elementary schools stand out as top performers. School 15-Children's School Of Rochester (The) has the highest proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Math across multiple grade levels, significantly outperforming the district and state averages. Other high-performing schools include School 23-Francis Parker, Austin Steward Elementary School 46, and School 19-Dr Charles T Lunsford.

The data reveals a significant performance gap between the top-performing schools and the lower-performing schools within the district, with a strong correlation between socioeconomic factors and academic achievement. While the district spends a high amount per student, ranging from $31,376 to $41,749, this alone does not ensure high academic performance. The district may need to examine how resources are being utilized and distributed to better support student learning and address the inequities within the system.

District Detail

131 W Broad St
Rochester, NY 14614-1187

(585) 262-8378

SchoolDigger Rank:
859^th of 874 New York districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 21,588

Primary Schools: 24
Middle Schools: 6
High Schools: 9
Alternative Schools: 1

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				NY State Assessments English Language Arts (2025)				NY State Assessments Math (2025)				NY State Assessments Science (2025)	% Completely Immunized (2020)	% Polio (2020)	% Measles (2020)	% Mumps (2020)	% Rubella (2020)	% Diphtheria (2020)	% Hepatitis B (2020)	% Varicella (2020)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 3rd Grade	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 4th Grade	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 5th Grade	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 6th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 3rd Grade	NY State Assessments Math 4th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 5th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 6th Grade	NY State Assessments Science 5th Grade	% Completely Immunized All Grades	% Polio All Grades	% Measles All Grades	% Mumps All Grades	% Rubella All Grades	% Diphtheria All Grades	% Hepatitis B All Grades	% Varicella All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
School 15-Children's School Of Rochester (The)	Public	PK, KG-6	85 Hillside Ave	Rochester	14610	Monroe County	Rochester City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 262-8830	384	36	10.7	74.0%	88 (22.9%)	108 (28.1%)	66 (17.2%)	79 (20.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (10.9%)	24.2	1951^st of 2445 public elementary schools	20.2%		19.7	2069^th of 2445 public elementary schools	15.4%	118	54.8	30.4	27.1	37.0	45.8	58.3	20.8	31.4	25.0	97.1	99.3	100.0	100.0	100.0	98.4	99.0	98.7	$33,520	$2,643	$30,876
School 45-Mary McLeod Bethune	Public	PK, KG-8	1445 Clifford Ave	Rochester	14621	Monroe County	Rochester City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 325-6945	430	41	10.5	88.1%	23 (5.3%)	209 (48.6%)	168 (39.1%)	7 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.3%)	2.6	2435^th of 2445 public elementary schools	0.4%		5.5	2419^th of 2445 public elementary schools	1.1%	16	12.7	12.9	16.7	16.0	10.9	16.1	2.1	6.0	8.3	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	$36,183	$2,759	$33,423
School 4-George Mather Forbes	Public	PK, KG-6	198 Dr Samuel McCree Way	Rochester	14611	Monroe County	Rochester City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 235-7848	265	28	9.6	87.2%	15 (5.7%)	178 (67.2%)	52 (19.6%)	5 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (5.7%)	3.1	2430^th of 2445 public elementary schools	0.6%		5.2	2423^rd of 2445 public elementary schools	0.9%	7	9.4	7.4	12.1	6.9	16.7	0.0	6.1	24.1	9.1	99.2	99.7	99.7	99.7	99.7	99.7	99.7	99.7	$39,110	$3,005	$36,104
School 5-John Williams	Public	PK, KG-6	555 N Plymouth Ave	Rochester	14608	Monroe County	Rochester City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 325-2255	485	48	10.1	81.9%	58 (12.0%)	214 (44.1%)	108 (22.3%)	56 (11.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	48 (9.9%)	4.4	2416^th of 2445 public elementary schools	1.2%		4.2	2433^rd of 2445 public elementary schools	0.5%	17	28.0	6.4	10.8	20.0	25.9	2.1	16.9	13.6	4.2	98.2	98.9	99.2	99.2	99.2	98.7	99.0	98.9	$32,681	$2,122	$30,559
School 7-Virgil Grissom	Public	PK, KG-6	31 Bryan St	Rochester	14613	Monroe County	Rochester City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 254-3110	486	43	11.2	81.1%	43 (8.8%)	232 (47.7%)	127 (26.1%)	35 (7.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (9.9%)	5.6	2393^rd of 2445 public elementary schools	2.1%		5.4	2420^th of 2445 public elementary schools	1.0%	27	26.4	33.3	10.7	14.8	25.0	26.7	13.2	12.3	9.2	99.3	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	$31,444	$2,579	$28,865
School 8-Roberto Clemente	Public	PK, KG-6	1180 St Paul St	Rochester	14621	Monroe County	Rochester City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 262-8888	436	42	10.3	77.5%	16 (3.7%)	205 (47.0%)	169 (38.8%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (9.6%)	2.3	2437^th of 2445 public elementary schools	0.3%		3.2	2440^th of 2445 public elementary schools	0.2%	3	14.3	9.8	7.6	13.3	2.2	0.0	1.8	17.0	3.8	99.2	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	99.8	99.8	100.0	$32,174	$2,449	$29,725
School 9-Dr Martin Luther King Junior	Public	PK, KG-6	485 Clinton Ave N	Rochester	14605	Monroe County	Rochester City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 325-7828	614	54	11.3	81.1%	12 (2.0%)	150 (24.4%)	432 (70.4%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (2.8%)	3	2432^nd of 2445 public elementary schools	0.5%		5.3	2421^st of 2445 public elementary schools	1.0%	11	12.7	3.6	6.2	15.9	20.2	9.8	3.7	17.9	6.0	98.2	99.1	98.7	98.7	98.7	98.7	99.1	98.5	$29,213	$2,296	$26,917
Anna Murray-Douglass Academy	Public	PK, KG-6	999 South Ave	Rochester	14620	Monroe County	Rochester City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 461-3280	741	58	12.8	77.2%	78 (10.5%)	284 (38.3%)	291 (39.3%)	16 (2.2%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	70 (9.4%)	9.7	2303^rd of 2445 public elementary schools	5.8%		8.9	2351^st of 2445 public elementary schools	3.8%	48	26.8	22.9	25.3	26.1	32.2	22.7	22.0	24.4	22.0	98.2	99.6	99.7	99.7	99.7	99.6	99.6	99.3	$29,684	$2,968	$26,716
Dr David And Ruth Anderson Academy- School 16	Public	PK, KG-6	321 Post Ave	Rochester	14619	Monroe County	Rochester City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 235-1272	430	36	11.9	85.8%	11 (2.6%)	314 (73.0%)	75 (17.4%)	4 (0.9%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (5.6%)	9.1	2316^th of 2445 public elementary schools	5.3%		15.1	2214^th of 2445 public elementary schools	9.4%	102	11.5	38.5	20.8	20.8	35.2	28.9	7.8	25.0	15.1	99.7	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	99.7	$32,032	$2,866	$29,165
School 17-Enrico Fermi	Public	PK, KG-6	158 Orchard St	Rochester	14611	Monroe County	Rochester City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 436-2560	525	42	12.5	75.6%	23 (4.4%)	139 (26.5%)	337 (64.2%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	19 (3.6%)	1.2	2445^th of 2445 public elementary schools	0.0%		2.2	2444^th of 2445 public elementary schools	0.0%	1	10.5	5.9	8.6	3.5	11.3	1.9	1.6	0.0	3.1	99.2	99.8	99.8	99.8	99.8	100.0	100.0	99.8	$29,772	$2,275	$27,498
School 19-Dr Charles T Lunsford	Public	PK, KG-6	465 Seward St	Rochester	14608	Monroe County	Rochester City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 328-7454	353	36	9.8	80.7%	15 (4.2%)	253 (71.7%)	57 (16.1%)	5 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (6.2%)	16.3	2163^rd of 2445 public elementary schools	11.5%		30.3	1738^th of 2445 public elementary schools	28.9%	425	32.4	20.8	36.1	20.5	45.7	20.0	38.5	15.8	35.9	99.4	99.4	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	99.4	100.0	$33,320	$4,871	$28,450
School 23-Francis Parker	Public	PK, KG-6	170 Barrington St	Rochester	14607	Monroe County	Rochester City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 473-5099	313	29	10.8	58.5%	106 (33.9%)	127 (40.6%)	53 (16.9%)	5 (1.6%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	20 (6.4%)	27.7	1841^st of 2445 public elementary schools	24.7%		34.1	1614^th of 2445 public elementary schools	34.0%	227	37.3	35.0	33.3	53.7	47.1	43.9	22.7	53.7	29.8	98.7	98.7	99.3	99.3	99.3	99.3	98.7	99.0	$33,279	$2,916	$30,362
School 25-Nathaniel Hawthorne	Public	PK, KG-6	190 Reynolds St	Rochester	14608	Monroe County	Rochester City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 288-3654	471	44	10.7	82.6%	36 (7.6%)	274 (58.2%)	110 (23.4%)	7 (1.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (9.1%)	8.9	2322^nd of 2445 public elementary schools	5.0%		18.2	2115^th of 2445 public elementary schools	13.5%	207	14.3	26.8	34.0	18.5	19.0	17.2	29.6	7.7	32.7	99.3	99.7	100.0	100.0	100.0	99.3	99.7	100.0	$32,673	$2,154	$30,519
School 33-John James Audubon	Public	PK, KG-6	500 Webster Ave	Rochester	14609	Monroe County	Rochester City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 482-9290	980	75	13.0	80.6%	29 (3.0%)	367 (37.4%)	520 (53.1%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	59 (6.0%)	3.8	2425^th of 2445 public elementary schools	0.8%		4.4	2430^th of 2445 public elementary schools	0.6%	5	20.0	9.7	16.3	13.9	20.7	7.4	6.6	20.0	12.2	99.5	99.8	100.0	100.0	100.0	99.9	100.0	100.0	$28,605	$2,562	$26,043
Ida B Wells-Barnett Elementary School 34	Public	PK, KG-6	530 Lexington Ave	Rochester	14613	Monroe County	Rochester City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 458-3210	465	38	12.3	87.5%	24 (5.2%)	244 (52.5%)	131 (28.2%)	15 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (10.8%)	8.1	2336^th of 2445 public elementary schools	4.5%		13.7	2252^nd of 2445 public elementary schools	7.9%	84	18.9	31.7	27.4	37.2	15.8	17.2	18.5	18.2	12.5	99.5	100.0	99.8	99.8	99.8	100.0	100.0	99.8	$30,351	$3,906	$26,445
School 35-Pinnacle	Public	PK, KG-6	194 Field St	Rochester	14620	Monroe County	Rochester City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 271-4583	435	36	12.1	73.6%	19 (4.4%)	157 (36.1%)	224 (51.5%)	8 (1.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (5.7%)	5	2403^rd of 2445 public elementary schools	1.7%		6.7	2389^th of 2445 public elementary schools	2.3%	14	14.6	9.8	18.6	21.8	23.0	9.4	19.4	13.3	20.0	97.3	99.0	98.7	98.7	98.7	98.7	99.0	98.3	$28,822	$2,561	$26,261
School 42-Abelard Reynolds	Public	PK, KG-6	3330 Lake Ave	Rochester	14612	Monroe County	Rochester City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 663-4330	465	37	12.5	82.2%	69 (14.8%)	195 (41.9%)	125 (26.9%)	20 (4.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (11.8%)	4.7	2409^th of 2445 public elementary schools	1.5%		6.1	2404^th of 2445 public elementary schools	1.7%	5	15.0	31.7	17.7	16.7	16.2	17.7	13.9	14.3	6.7	98.9	99.3	99.5	99.5	99.5	99.3	99.5	99.5	$31,262	$2,320	$28,942
Austin Steward Elementary School 46	Public	PK, KG-6	250 Newcastle Rd	Rochester	14610	Monroe County	Rochester City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 288-8008	343	31	11.0	66.5%	84 (24.5%)	138 (40.2%)	85 (24.8%)	9 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (7.9%)	18.9	2108^th of 2445 public elementary schools	13.8%		19.4	2081^st of 2445 public elementary schools	14.9%	27	47.6	28.9	42.9	27.3	37.8	32.6	30.2	30.4	27.9	99.3	99.7	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	99.7	99.7	$31,361	$2,490	$28,870
School 50-Helen Barrett Montgomery	Public	PK, KG-6	301 Seneca Ave	Rochester	14621	Monroe County	Rochester City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 266-0331	590	49	12.0	81.2%	80 (13.6%)	213 (36.1%)	188 (31.9%)	64 (10.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	42 (7.1%)	4	2421^st of 2445 public elementary schools	1.0%		6.2	2400^th of 2445 public elementary schools	1.8%	21	15.9	7.9	10.8	27.7	20.2	8.5	7.8	16.2	7.9	99.1	99.4	99.7	99.7	99.7	99.4	99.4	99.2	$31,475	$2,470	$29,005
School 52-Frank Fowler Dow	Public	PK, KG-6	100 Farmington Rd	Rochester	14609	Monroe County	Rochester City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 482-9614	332	26	12.5	81.0%	48 (14.5%)	160 (48.2%)	98 (29.5%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (7.2%)	10.2	2298^th of 2445 public elementary schools	6.0%		19.2	2086^th of 2445 public elementary schools	14.7%	212	33.3	36.6	34.0	6.4	35.7	26.2	10.9	8.5	24.0	98.4	99.3	100.0	100.0	100.0	99.3	99.7	99.3	$31,434	$2,694	$28,740
School 53 Montessori Academy	Public	PK, KG-6	353 Congress Ave	Rochester	14619	Monroe County	Rochester City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 325-0935	306	27	11.3	72.9%	21 (6.9%)	202 (66.0%)	54 (17.6%)	8 (2.6%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (6.2%)	13.2	2237^th of 2445 public elementary schools	8.5%		17	2150^th of 2445 public elementary schools	12.1%	87	18.0	11.8	28.6	52.6	18.0	5.9	24.1	36.8	36.7	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	$30,158	$2,476	$27,682
School 22-Lincoln School	Public	PK, KG-6	595 Upper Falls Blvd	Rochester	14605	Monroe County	Rochester City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 467-7160	522	42	12.5	85.8%	17 (3.3%)	145 (27.8%)	325 (62.3%)	12 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (4.4%)	5.3	2397^th of 2445 public elementary schools	2.0%		6.9	2387^th of 2445 public elementary schools	2.4%	10	19.7	15.0	10.9	14.0	37.1	13.6	6.0	19.0	12.3	99.2	99.8	99.8	99.8	99.8	99.6	99.8	99.8	$29,601	$2,455	$27,146
School 28-Henry Hudson	Public	PK, KG-6	450 Humboldt St	Rochester	14610	Monroe County	Rochester City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 482-4836	567	55	10.3	79.5%	25 (4.4%)	170 (30.0%)	338 (59.6%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	29 (5.1%)	7.7	2348^th of 2445 public elementary schools	4.0%		6.4	2395^th of 2445 public elementary schools	2.0%	47	34.5	18.3	23.8	23.0	34.3	22.6	12.3	14.1	13.9	93.6	98.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	93.6	99.8	99.7	$32,849	$2,480	$30,369
School 54-Flower City Community School	Public	PK, KG-6	36 Otis St	Rochester	14606	Monroe County	Rochester City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 254-2080	325	25	12.9	87.7%	16 (4.9%)	180 (55.4%)	85 (26.2%)	4 (1.2%)	2 (0.6%)	2 (0.6%)	36 (11.1%)	9	2320^th of 2445 public elementary schools	5.1%		8	2366^th of 2445 public elementary schools	3.2%	46	9.8	23.3	21.2	19.4	14.6	32.3	18.2	40.0	18.2	99.4	99.7	100.0	100.0	100.0	99.7	99.7	99.4	$31,560	$3,983	$27,576

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Genesee Community Charter School	2.04 mi	1	538^th

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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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