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School 50-Helen Barrett Montgomery

Public Grades PK, KG-6
2421st
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools
Better than 1% of New York elementary schools
Summary

School 50-Helen Barrett Montgomery is an elementary school in Rochester, New York, serving 624 students in grades PK-6. It is part of the Rochester City School District, which is ranked 859 out of 874 school districts in the state.

The school has consistently underperformed compared to the district and state averages on standardized tests in English Language Arts and Math. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, the school's proficiency rates ranged from 7.78% to 27.69% in ELA and 8.45% to 20.24% in Math, while the district and state averages were significantly higher. The school's performance is particularly low for certain student subgroups, ranking in the bottom 5% of New York elementary schools for Asian, African American, Hispanic, and Multi-racial students in ELA and Math.

Despite the school's high spending per student, which reached $32,351 in the 2023-2024 school year, the academic outcomes have not improved. When comparing School 50-Helen Barrett Montgomery to nearby schools within the Rochester City School District, as well as schools in the neighboring West Irondequoit Central School District, the performance gap is even more pronounced. The nearby schools, even those with high percentages of low-income students, generally outperform School 50-Helen Barrett Montgomery on standardized tests.

590
Students ?
12.0
Student/teacher ratio ?
$31,475
Per pupil spending ?
81.2%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 301 Seneca Ave
       Rochester, NY  14621

(585) 266-0331

District: Rochester City School District

Racial breakdown:

African American:
36.1%
Hispanic:
31.9%
White:
13.6%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Holding steady — 4th percentile in 2015 → 1st in 2025
Strengths
Small classes — about 12 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the New York average (13% vs 54% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (1st percentile)
!Math scores 43 pts below the New York average
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school13%
District avg19%
New York avg54%
2,421st of 2,445
New York public elementary schools ?
Bottom 1%▼ down 3 pts since 2015
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SchoolDigger rating ?
18th of 24Elementary Schools in the Rochester City School District
859th of 874Rochester 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)
Elementary school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20254.02421 of 24451.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20246.22400 of 24451.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20235.02403 of 24391.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20228.82337 of 24344.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20212.02187 of 22010.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20198.42321 of 24133.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20184.92368 of 23951.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20175.12363 of 23861.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20166.82313 of 23662.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20158.92260 of 23523.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20149.72245 of 23454.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201312.82158 of 23257.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201210.12155 of 23207.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201119.71931 of 228615.5%★☆☆☆☆
201018.71959 of 226313.4%★☆☆☆☆
200919.11987 of 225712.0%★☆☆☆☆
200819.31921 of 222713.7%★☆☆☆☆
200718.41897 of 221914.5%★☆☆☆☆
200631.11701 of 220622.9%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202511.6892 of 9283.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202416.7853 of 9278.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202316.1773 of 8579.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202217.3844 of 9369.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202112.0408 of 4274.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201915.4839 of 8915.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201810.3939 of 9480.9%☆☆☆☆☆

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20250.2695 of 6960.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20242.6658 of 6620.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20230.9602 of 6050.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20225.5647 of 6713.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20192.1542 of 5481.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20182.8590 of 6011.8%☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202518.61072 of 11174.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202423.4972 of 10668.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202322.5919 of 10018.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202229.6798 of 102722.3%★☆☆☆☆
202114.2442 of 4542.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201931.4645 of 86025.0%★☆☆☆☆
201828.5768 of 93818.1%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20254.92376 of 24091.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20245.82388 of 24131.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20236.72356 of 24032.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20229.62313 of 24013.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20213.61931 of 19551.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20199.12276 of 23573.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20183.52333 of 23380.2%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202512.71478 of 15695.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202415.61419 of 15317.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20237.51407 of 14291.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202218.21369 of 15038.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201916.81211 of 13157.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20188.71365 of 13921.9%☆☆☆☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
201913.3555 of 5702.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20185.8729 of 7300.1%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20257.12066 of 20981.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20249.02041 of 20781.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20237.82014 of 20411.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202211.32028 of 20993.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201916.21888 of 20327.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20189.52000 of 20452.2%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20255.42361 of 24071.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20248.82330 of 24113.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20234.92379 of 24000.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202210.02297 of 24004.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20198.72284 of 23583.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20188.92267 of 23403.1%☆☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20253.2287 of 2870.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202518.41986 of 21346.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202415.92086 of 21101.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202220.01923 of 20315.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201921.71703 of 18598.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201821.41810 of 19416.7%☆☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20253.41382 of 14021.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20232.61323 of 13371.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202210.71315 of 13996.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20197.01300 of 13382.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201812.81320 of 14086.3%☆☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20249.41439 of 15044.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20237.41460 of 15002.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202213.11381 of 14796.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20214.01232 of 12420.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20198.51389 of 14393.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20187.81396 of 14382.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20177.31436 of 14551.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201610.61369 of 14294.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201511.11339 of 14074.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201416.71215 of 140113.3%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202418.4633 of 70510.2%★☆☆☆☆
202313.3659 of 6965.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202216.9643 of 7068.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202114.9234 of 2537.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201914.4624 of 6534.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201813.5644 of 6632.9%☆☆☆☆☆

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20240.8396 of 3960.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20233.5380 of 3882.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202210.5355 of 3816.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20197.5356 of 3693.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20181.4373 of 3740.3%☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202430.3491 of 61520.2%★☆☆☆☆
202326.1535 of 5919.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202234.1397 of 58131.7%★★☆☆☆
201933.1339 of 47328.3%★☆☆☆☆
201837.4303 of 50339.8%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20248.41417 of 14653.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20237.11427 of 14632.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202210.81385 of 14544.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20197.11345 of 13701.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20185.61339 of 13531.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202421.1833 of 95312.6%★☆☆☆☆
202315.4879 of 9436.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202221.6793 of 91413.2%★☆☆☆☆
201911.9792 of 8264.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201819.0732 of 8109.6%☆☆☆☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202317.3508 of 5436.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201925.0348 of 39211.2%★☆☆☆☆
201817.6428 of 4576.3%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202412.61231 of 12965.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202312.41228 of 12884.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202220.41162 of 130611.0%★☆☆☆☆
201910.91223 of 12411.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201813.61200 of 12453.6%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202413.11378 of 14645.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20239.81406 of 14644.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202217.21311 of 14559.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201911.61317 of 13663.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201812.21299 of 13523.9%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202419.81227 of 13035.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202319.41243 of 13074.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202229.41020 of 128320.5%★☆☆☆☆
201923.21065 of 11396.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201819.91154 of 11701.4%☆☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20247.4762 of 7782.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20236.4756 of 7722.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202231.6534 of 74828.6%★☆☆☆☆
201910.3685 of 7164.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20187.2743 of 7632.6%☆☆☆☆☆
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)
Elementary school
Special Education (2025)7th percentile+6 vs school
Hispanic (2025)6th percentile+5 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)4th percentile+3 vs school
African American (2025)4th percentile+3 vs school
Homeless (2019)3rd percentile~ school
Male (2025)2nd percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)2nd percentile~ school
White (2025)1st percentile~ school
Female (2025)1st percentile~ school
Asian (2025)<1st percentile~ school
Multi-racial (2025)<1st percentile~ school
Middle school
English Language Learner (2024)20th percentile+16 vs school
Hispanic (2024)13th percentile+8 vs school
African American (2024)10th percentile+6 vs school
Homeless (2023)6th percentile+4 vs school
Male (2024)6th percentile~ school
Special Education (2024)6th percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2024)5th percentile~ school
Female (2024)3rd percentile~ school
White (2024)2nd percentile~ school
Asian (2024)<1st percentile-4 vs school
By subject vs New York (2024-2025) ?
English Language Arts15%-38 vs state
Math13%-43 vs state
Science8%-37 vs state

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School 50-Helen Barrett Montgomery ranks in the bottom 1.0% of New York elementary schools.

Students at School 50-Helen Barrett Montgomery are 36% African American, 32% Hispanic, 14% White, 11% Asian, 7% Two or more races.

In the 2024-25 school year, 590 students attended School 50-Helen Barrett Montgomery.


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