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EAST ROCHESTER JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
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Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About EAST ROCHESTER JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Set in EAST ROCHESTER, New York, EAST ROCHESTER JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a modestly sized four-year high school, overseen by EAST ROCHESTER UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. It works with 490 students across grades 6 through 12. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 668 students each, so EAST ROCHESTER JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits 27% smaller than that benchmark.
EAST ROCHESTER UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 922 students. EAST ROCHESTER JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.
For racial and ethnic makeup, EAST ROCHESTER JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL reports that 67% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder breaks down as 12% Hispanic, 11% Black, 8% multiracial. Compared to Monroe County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.4:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 37% of students at EAST ROCHESTER JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Monroe County's rate of about 50%.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), EAST ROCHESTER JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.5%, the actual is 49.6%, a residual of -11.9 points.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Monroe County indicate 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 ROCHESTER JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: EAST ROCHESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), EAST ROCHESTER JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 69.9%.
The school occupies an outer-ring site.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 6%: 523 students in 2018 compared to 490 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 74% to 67% across the same window.
In the discussion threads here, members of the EAST ROCHESTER JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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