Total enrollment
21,588
-2,234 (-9%) vs SY 2020-21
51 schools in ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
New York · 25,949 students · 1 city
ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT reports 51 public K-12 schools to NCES, with combined enrollment of roughly 25,949 New York students (30 elementary, 9 middle, and 11 high).
4-year change in ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
40
-6 (-13%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In New York | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.1% | #437 of 437 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 25,949 | #15 of 576 | #269 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 51 | #13 of 576 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #192 of 565 | #577 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 83.6% | #18 of 573 | #1,021 of 8,164 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
State test results across the district's 44 scored schools run from SCHOOL OF THE ARTS at 42.6% proficient to SCHOOL 39-ANDREW J TOWNSON at 2.9%, a gap of 39.8 points. That is the 72nd widest gap among 258 New York districts with four or more scored schools.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
About ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT is a medium-population New York school district running 51 schools with combined enrollment near 25,949.
For a sense of the school types, ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT is built around 30 elementary, 9 middle, 11 high schools, and 1 combined or other.
Trend over the past 4 years. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment decreased 9%: 23,822 students in SY 2020-21 versus 21,588 in SY 2024-25. Over that span, ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT lost 6 schools, going from 46 to 40.
On allk12, the community for ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT discusses comparison threads between local schools and program reviews. Discussions cut across districts, schools, and grade levels.