EAST LOWER SCHOOL

EAST LOWER SCHOOL operates as a close-knit 6-8 campus in ROCHESTER, New York, one of the schools within ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 364 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 531 students per school, that is 31% below typical.

Within ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 51 schools and 25,949 students, EAST LOWER SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, EAST LOWER SCHOOL reports that 46% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 42% Black, 8% White, 2% Asian. By comparison, Monroe County as a whole is about 10% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 7.7:1. The state averages around 10.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 94% of students at EAST LOWER SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Monroe County's rate of about 50%.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, EAST LOWER SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 40.5%; actual is 21.5%, a gap of -19.0 points.

In the broader community, Monroe County reports that median household earnings sit near $76,382, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Monroe County's 186 public schools (combined enrollment of about 106,108 students), EAST LOWER SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is EAST UPPER HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around EAST LOWER SCHOOL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), EAST LOWER SCHOOL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 28.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 13%: 322 students in 2018 compared to 364 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 29% to 46% over that span.

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