BUCKMAN HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

BUCKMAN HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a K-5 school of mid-sized scale in ROCHESTER, New York, one of the schools within GREECE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, teacheing 378 students in grades 3 through 5.

BUCKMAN HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 17 schools operated by GREECE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that educates 9,935 students overall.

Looking at the student body, BUCKMAN HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is White at 49%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 22% Hispanic, 15% Black, 9% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 70%.

On the income-and-resources front, BUCKMAN HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Around 66% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Monroe County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BUCKMAN HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 32.6%.

In the area at large, census data for Monroe County shows median household earnings sit near $76,382, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Monroe County's 186 public schools (combined enrollment of about 106,108 students), BUCKMAN HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

OLYMPIA HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BUCKMAN HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 38.3%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. BUCKMAN HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked up 5% since 2018, when it stood at 361 (now 378). White enrollment moved from 57% to 49% across the same window.

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