CHESTNUT RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

CHESTNUT RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a mid-sized elementary school in ROCHESTER, New York, run under CHURCHVILLE-CHILI CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 569 students spanning grades pre-K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 28% above the state mean of about 443.

CHURCHVILLE-CHILI CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 3,767 students; CHESTNUT RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, CHESTNUT RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 62% of the student body identifies as White; the rest looks like 14% Black, 13% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Monroe County as a whole is about 70% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, CHESTNUT RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 27% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Monroe County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CHESTNUT RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 64.9%; this one comes in at 45.6%, -19.3 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, census data for Monroe County shows median household income runs about $76,382, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Monroe County runs 186 public schools (combined enrollment of about 106,108 students), of which CHESTNUT RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is FLORENCE BRASSER SCHOOL, roughly 2.3 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CHESTNUT RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 48.4%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Looking at the recent track record. CHESTNUT RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has grew 10% since 2018, when it stood at 519 (now 569). White enrollment moved from 70% to 62% across the same window.

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