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School 58-World Of Inquiry School

Public, Alternative Grades PK, KG-12
2440th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 2,445 New York Alternative Schools
Better than 0% of New York alternative schools
Summary

School 58-World Of Inquiry School is an alternative public school located in Rochester, NY, serving grades PK-12 with a total enrollment of 928 students. The school is part of the Rochester City School District, which is ranked 859 out of 874 districts in New York and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

The school faces significant challenges in terms of student outcomes, with fluctuating four-year graduation rates ranging from 58.5% to 84.3% in recent years, which is lower than the state average of around 80%. The school also has relatively high dropout rates, ranging from 3.3% to 13.6%, and very high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 31.5% to 71.8%, which are much higher than the state averages. The school's performance on state assessments is significantly below the state and district averages across all grade levels and subject areas, with proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Math ranging from 0% to 23.88%, compared to the state averages of 50.86% to 56.61% in ELA and 46.74% to 59.7% in Math.

Interestingly, the nearby schools, such as Rochester Academy Charter School, Eugenio Maria De Hostos Charter School, and Rochester Academy Of Science Charter School, generally perform better than School 58-World Of Inquiry School on key metrics like graduation rates, test scores, and chronic absenteeism. Despite the high spending per student at School 58-World Of Inquiry School, which has increased from $10,401 in 2020-2021 to $30,432 in 2023-2024, the academic performance of the school remains significantly below state and district averages, suggesting that factors beyond just funding may be contributing to the school's challenges.

896
Students ?
12.5
Student/teacher ratio ?
$27,894
Per pupil spending ?
73.7%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 200 University Ave
       Rochester, NY  14605

(585) 325-6170

District: Rochester City School District

Racial breakdown:

African American:
65.1%
Hispanic:
22.2%
White:
5.2%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Declining — 17th percentile in 2022 → 5th in 2025
Worth a look
!Test scores below the New York average (19% vs 59% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (<1st percentile)
!High chronic absenteeism (48% vs 31% New York)
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school19%
District avg22%
New York avg59%
Elementary school
2,440th of 2,445
New York public elementary schools ?
Bottom 1%▼ down 20 pts since 2015
From bottom 20% (2015) to bottom 1% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
1,483rd of 1,500
New York public middle schools ?
Bottom 1%▼ down 12 pts since 2015
From bottom 13% (2015) to bottom 1% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
High school
1,167th of 1,234
New York public high schools ?
Bottom 5%▼ down 9 pts since 2015
From bottom 15% (2015) to bottom 5% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
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
20252.12440 of 24450.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20244.32431 of 24450.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20234.82410 of 24391.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20224.52419 of 24340.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20216.12125 of 22013.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201913.82187 of 24139.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201818.12085 of 239512.9%★☆☆☆☆
201752.21121 of 238653.0%★★★☆☆
201615.82098 of 236611.3%★☆☆☆☆
201522.31876 of 235220.2%★☆☆☆☆
201423.01901 of 234518.9%★☆☆☆☆
201334.01599 of 232531.2%★★☆☆☆
201231.31740 of 232025.0%★☆☆☆☆
201126.01822 of 228620.3%★☆☆☆☆
201051.71244 of 226345.0%★★☆☆☆
200980.2261 of 225788.4%★★★★☆
200871.2676 of 222769.6%★★★☆☆
200775.6510 of 221977.0%★★★★☆
200670.4720 of 220667.4%★★★☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20257.3922 of 9280.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202411.4908 of 9272.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202311.0827 of 8573.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202212.0912 of 9362.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201823.3792 of 94816.5%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20253.82388 of 24090.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20248.62342 of 24132.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20239.32315 of 24033.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20225.02386 of 24010.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201826.81850 of 233820.9%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20252.01568 of 15690.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20247.31521 of 15310.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20236.31414 of 14291.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20226.81493 of 15030.7%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20252.32096 of 20980.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20246.52069 of 20780.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20235.52033 of 20410.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20225.22093 of 20990.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201812.41963 of 20454.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20252.12404 of 24070.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20243.62406 of 24110.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20233.12398 of 24000.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20225.62383 of 24000.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20212.71945 of 19610.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201813.32169 of 23407.3%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202513.22113 of 21341.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202416.02083 of 21101.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202317.71935 of 20164.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202218.51976 of 20312.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201825.71671 of 194113.9%★☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20253.61483 of 15001.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20245.21487 of 15041.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20232.81497 of 15000.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20225.31471 of 14790.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20217.21217 of 12422.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20195.21428 of 14390.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20187.51400 of 14382.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201711.11384 of 14554.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20166.11427 of 14290.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201516.61226 of 140712.9%★☆☆☆☆
201420.31145 of 140118.3%★☆☆☆☆
201324.91044 of 137324.0%★☆☆☆☆
201230.2991 of 133725.9%★☆☆☆☆
201130.6948 of 129526.8%★☆☆☆☆
201052.4699 of 124343.8%★★☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20257.5666 of 6761.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20248.8694 of 7051.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20237.1696 of 6960.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202212.5693 of 7061.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201910.3650 of 6530.5%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20252.31453 of 14570.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20244.21454 of 14650.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20233.71454 of 14630.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20226.21437 of 14541.2%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20259.5937 of 9652.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202410.1928 of 9532.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20234.0943 of 9430.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20254.91274 of 12830.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20246.61282 of 12961.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20233.31287 of 12880.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20226.31303 of 13060.2%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20257.31416 of 14552.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20247.81433 of 14642.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20233.11462 of 14640.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20225.71449 of 14550.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202514.51277 of 12981.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202418.91239 of 13034.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202318.21260 of 13073.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202220.91221 of 12834.8%☆☆☆☆☆
High school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20257.91167 of 12345.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20247.91171 of 12425.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20236.01175 of 12284.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202214.9989 of 119016.9%★☆☆☆☆
202111.7479 of 5197.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201915.51010 of 120716.3%★☆☆☆☆
201820.9934 of 121022.8%★☆☆☆☆
201717.3964 of 122121.0%★☆☆☆☆
201613.21172 of 12556.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201516.71068 of 125514.9%★☆☆☆☆
201416.31021 of 123717.5%★☆☆☆☆
201317.1977 of 121719.7%★☆☆☆☆
201227.3862 of 119828.0%★☆☆☆☆
201141.4743 of 116536.2%★★☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202513.6666 of 7136.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202414.7634 of 6908.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202314.2621 of 6717.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202226.8467 of 59321.2%★☆☆☆☆
201928.3517 of 68624.6%★☆☆☆☆
201837.9405 of 67940.4%★★☆☆☆

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202229.7299 of 38622.5%★☆☆☆☆
20183.0419 of 4261.6%☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202410.7636 of 6370.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202331.4435 of 58325.4%★☆☆☆☆
201943.9284 of 56549.7%★★★☆☆
201843.6294 of 54646.2%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20257.81154 of 12064.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20247.01176 of 12193.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20236.31149 of 11974.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202210.11039 of 115510.0%★☆☆☆☆
201910.71084 of 11939.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201820.5946 of 117619.6%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202514.5812 of 8858.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202413.5795 of 8658.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202311.4793 of 8516.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202210.2713 of 7606.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201911.9738 of 8159.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201829.2573 of 79127.6%★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202536.2412 of 60732.1%★★☆☆☆
201856.6180 of 49863.9%★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20256.61133 of 11793.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20245.01141 of 11702.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20235.31118 of 11553.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202216.4934 of 110115.2%★☆☆☆☆
201913.11033 of 117912.4%★☆☆☆☆
201817.9975 of 115415.5%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20258.01144 of 12014.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202412.01080 of 121110.8%★☆☆☆☆
20237.21132 of 11915.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202219.5907 of 115421.4%★☆☆☆☆
201920.1946 of 119020.5%★☆☆☆☆
201821.9921 of 117621.7%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202522.7979 of 114914.8%★☆☆☆☆
202415.11079 of 11445.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20239.71106 of 11302.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202218.3919 of 103811.5%★☆☆☆☆
201917.81005 of 113211.2%★☆☆☆☆
201831.8747 of 109531.8%★★☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20231.2764 of 7761.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201961.8263 of 79366.8%★★★☆☆
201845.0472 of 76538.3%★★☆☆☆
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)1st percentile~ school
Female (2025)1st percentile~ school
African American (2025)1st percentile~ school
Male (2025)<1st percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)<1st percentile~ school
Hispanic (2025)<1st percentile~ school
Middle school
Hispanic (2025)3rd percentile~ school
Male (2025)3rd percentile~ school
Special Education (2025)2nd percentile~ school
African American (2025)1st percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)1st percentile~ school
Female (2025)<1st percentile~ school
High school
Homeless (2025)32nd percentile+27 vs school
Asian (2022)23rd percentile+6 vs school
Special Education (2025)15th percentile+9 vs school
Hispanic (2025)8th percentile+3 vs school
African American (2025)7th percentile~ school
Male (2025)5th percentile~ school
Female (2025)4th percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)4th percentile~ school
White (2023)2nd percentile-3 vs school
English Language Learner (2024)<1st percentile-6 vs school
By subject vs New York (2024-2025) ?
Common Core English Language Arts53%-22 vs state
Global History and Geography51%-25 vs state
U.S. History and Government34%-41 vs state
Chemistry24%-40 vs state
Algebra I23%-33 vs state
Living Environment22%-35 vs state
Earth and Space Sciences16%-40 vs state
English Language Arts13%-41 vs state
Common Core Geometry12%-12 vs state
Math7%-48 vs state
Earth Science7%-58 vs state
Common Core Algebra II5%-70 vs state
Geometry3%-57 vs state
Science0%-45 vs state

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Students at School 58-World Of Inquiry School are 65% African American, 22% Hispanic, 5% White, 5% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

In the 2024-25 school year, 896 students attended School 58-World Of Inquiry School.

School 58-World Of Inquiry School ranks in the bottom 0.2% of New York alternative schools.


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