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If you had an hour of school board time for COBBLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
542
Elementary
DISTRICT 529 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PENFIELD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362271003192
COBBLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
140 GEBHARDT RD, PENFIELD, NY 14526 · (585) 249-6500 · Monroe County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL542 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
135 students
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 106 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 109 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (94).
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within PENFIELD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
69.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +16.0pp since 2023
Math
74.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 16 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.0% | 74.0% |
| 2023-24 | 53.0% | 76.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
66.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like COBBLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
COBBLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (66.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| COBBLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 542 | 24.9% | 66.2% |
| NORTHSIDE SCHOOL FAIRPORT | 580 | 24.8% | 61.8% |
| MAE E REYNOLDS SCHOOL BALDWINSVILLE | 513 | 26.7% | 59.3% |
| CLINTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLINTON | 563 | 22.6% | 56.0% |
| FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WILLIAMSVILLE | 515 | 23.3% | 72.2% |
| INDIAN LANDING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 545 | 27.5% | 64.3% |
Matched among New York elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where COBBLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Monroe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.2% | #516 of 2,335 | #13 of 97 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #569 of 2,342 ▼ 159 | #13 of 97 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #579 of 2,343 ▲ 187 | #14 of 97 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 542 | #665 of 2,585 | #21 of 106 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.8:1 | #370 of 2,338 | #9 of 99 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.9% | #1,930 of 2,388 | #95 of 99 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.9% | #2,100 of 2,534 | #84 of 106 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.8% | #443 of 606 | #21 of 31 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
542
-15 (-3%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 615
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
was 12.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 542 | 55.3 | 9.8:1 | 25% (135) |
| 2023-24 | 554 | 53.4 | 10.4:1 | 23% (126) |
| 2022-23 | 546 | 42.8 | 12.8:1 | 24% (133) |
| 2020-21 | 557 | 44 | 12.7:1 | 19% (105) |
| 2017-18 | 522 | 42 | 12.4:1 | 22% (114) |
| 2015-16 | 489 | 39 | 12.5:1 | 18% (87) |
| 2010-11 | 514 | 42 | 12.2:1 | 11% (55) |
| 2000-01 | 604 | 41 | 14.7:1 | 12% (70) |
| 1990-91 | 615 | 41 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for COBBLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About COBBLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
COBBLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is classified as an elementary school. It is located in PENFIELD, New York. Students in kindergarten through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 542 students. By comparison, elementary schools in New York enroll about 443 students on average.
PENFIELD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT counts 6 schools and 4,651 students, including COBBLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
A large majority of enrollment at COBBLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White, at 85%. Beyond that, enrollment is 6% multiracial, 4% Black, 3% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. The White share of the county population is lower, at 70%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, COBBLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 28%.
COBBLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 55.3 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.8:1. Across elementary schools in New York, the average ratio is 12.8:1. The school has 25% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 50% average for public schools in Monroe County is 25 points higher.
Test results at COBBLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are within a point of what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (66.2% actual, 65.8% predicted).
In Monroe County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $76,382 a year, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Public schools in Monroe County number 186, with about 106,108 students.
COBBLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's closest public school neighbor is PENFIELD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.6 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, COBBLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 6th on average proficiency.
COBBLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment figures show a decrease of 15 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 12.7:1 to 9.8:1 over the same years.
This page is set up for the COBBLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community to discuss fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Monroe County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
753,753
Census ACS
Median income
$76,382
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
186
106,108 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PENFIELD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- PENFIELD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,442 students
- BAY TRAIL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,094 students
- SCRIBNER ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 549 students
- INDIAN LANDING ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 545 students
- HARRIS HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 479 students
Other schools in PENFIELD
- PENFIELD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,442 students
- BAY TRAIL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,094 students
- SCRIBNER ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 549 students
- HARRIS HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 479 students
Nearby schools
- PENFIELD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 1,442
- BAY TRAIL MIDDLE SCHOOL1.5 mi · 1,094
- SCRIBNER ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 549
- HARRIS HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 479
- EAST ROCHESTER JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.9 mi · 490
- EAST ROCHESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 432
Frequently asked questions
About COBBLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend COBBLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
COBBLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 542 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does COBBLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
COBBLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does COBBLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
COBBLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 55 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at COBBLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At COBBLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 85% White, 3% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is COBBLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
COBBLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by PENFIELD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.