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Edison Career And Technology High School

Public Grades 9-12
1229th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,234 New York High Schools
Better than 0% of New York high schools
Summary

Edison Career And Technology High School is a public high school in Rochester, New York, serving 1,161 students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the Rochester City School District, which is ranked 859 out of 874 districts in the state and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Edison Career And Technology High School faces significant challenges, consistently ranking among the lowest-performing high schools in New York state over the past 10 years, placing it in the bottom 5-10% of schools. The school's performance across various student subgroups is also very low, with proficiency rates on Regents exams ranging from 0% to 30.63%, far below the state averages. Additionally, the school has an extremely high chronic absenteeism rate, ranging from 31.5% to 72.9% in recent years, and a four-year graduation rate that has ranged from 52.2% to 84.3%, well below the state average.

Interestingly, the nearby schools within the Rochester City School District, such as School Without Walls and Rochester Early College International High School, also perform poorly compared to the state, but generally outperform Edison Career And Technology High School. When comparing the school to others in the neighboring Greece Central School District, such as Olympia High School and Odyssey Academy, the performance gap is even more pronounced, with these schools generally having higher graduation rates, lower chronic absenteeism, and better academic proficiency rates.

1,362
Students ?
8.7
Student/teacher ratio ?
$38,322
Per pupil spending ?
89.7%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 655 Colfax St
       Rochester, NY  14606

(585) 324-9760

District: Rochester City School District

Racial breakdown:

African American:
49.6%
Hispanic:
39.2%
White:
5.8%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Holding steady — 1st percentile in 2015 → <1st in 2025
Strengths
Small classes — about 9 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the New York average (20% vs 66% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (<1st percentile)
!Graduation rate below the New York average (39% vs 83%)
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school20%
District avg28%
New York avg66%
1,229th of 1,234
New York public high schools ?
Bottom 1%▼ down 1 pts since 2015
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SchoolDigger rating ?
7th of 8High 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)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20252.51229 of 12340.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20242.61238 of 12420.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20232.41213 of 12281.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20223.31171 of 11901.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20217.7492 of 5195.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20191.01199 of 12070.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20182.01200 of 12100.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20175.31185 of 12212.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20169.21218 of 12552.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20154.81240 of 12551.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20145.91177 of 12374.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20132.41190 of 12172.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20129.61075 of 119810.3%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20255.2710 of 7130.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20247.2682 of 6901.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20237.7652 of 6712.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20229.9575 of 5933.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202126.132 of 4223.8%★☆☆☆☆
20193.4682 of 6860.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20186.2671 of 6791.2%☆☆☆☆☆

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20250.8411 of 4130.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20240.5424 of 4260.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20221.9379 of 3861.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20190.3445 of 4470.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20181.5423 of 4260.7%☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202515.9642 of 6694.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202417.7603 of 6375.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202320.6537 of 5837.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202222.4430 of 48110.6%★☆☆☆☆
201916.0543 of 5653.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201822.0474 of 54613.2%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20252.51201 of 12060.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20242.51215 of 12190.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20231.91192 of 11970.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20222.31144 of 11551.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20190.91189 of 11930.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20181.71168 of 11760.7%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20255.6875 of 8851.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20245.0860 of 8650.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20235.1837 of 8511.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20226.0750 of 7601.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20193.9805 of 8151.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20184.3785 of 7910.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20258.4599 of 6071.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202413.0553 of 5642.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202319.6488 of 5318.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202225.4324 of 38916.7%★☆☆☆☆
201910.7484 of 4931.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201811.2489 of 4981.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20252.21175 of 11790.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20242.81161 of 11700.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20232.51146 of 11550.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20223.31089 of 11011.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20191.01176 of 11790.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20182.21145 of 11540.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20253.11195 of 12010.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20243.31203 of 12110.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20233.41171 of 11911.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20224.61110 of 11543.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20191.11184 of 11900.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20182.71163 of 11761.1%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20259.91130 of 11491.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20249.01134 of 11440.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20237.51122 of 11300.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202212.7995 of 10384.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20195.61127 of 11320.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20188.11089 of 10950.5%☆☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20250.5785 of 7880.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20240.4778 of 7810.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20231.6761 of 7761.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20220.5731 of 7380.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20190.1792 of 7930.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20180.3765 of 7650.0%☆☆☆☆☆
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)
English Language Learner (2025)4th percentile+4 vs school
Special Education (2025)2nd percentile~ school
Homeless (2025)1st percentile~ school
Hispanic (2025)1st percentile~ school
Male (2025)<1st percentile~ school
Asian (2025)<1st percentile~ school
African American (2025)<1st percentile~ school
Female (2025)<1st percentile~ school
White (2025)<1st percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)<1st percentile~ school
By subject vs New York (2024-2025) ?
Common Core English Language Arts31%-45 vs state
Global History and Geography29%-47 vs state
U.S. History and Government25%-50 vs state
Living Environment12%-44 vs state
Life Science Biology12%-46 vs state
Common Core Algebra II12%-63 vs state
Earth and Space Sciences11%-45 vs state
Algebra I11%-45 vs state
Chemistry9%-55 vs state
Earth Science8%-57 vs state
Geometry8%-52 vs state
Common Core Geometry0%-24 vs state

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In the 2024-25 school year, 1,362 students attended Edison Career And Technology High School.

Edison Career And Technology High School ranks in the bottom 0.4% of New York high schools.

Students at Edison Career And Technology High School are 50% African American, 39% Hispanic, 6% White, 3% Two or more races, 2% Asian.


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