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Enrollment
578
Middle
DISTRICT 641 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RUSH-HENRIETTA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362517004566
EMMA E SHERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
50 AUTHORS AVE, HENRIETTA, NY 14467 · (585) 359-5490 · Monroe County
GRADES 04–06MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL578 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 71% of New York public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public middle schools
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
296 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 201 | 35% |
| Grade 5 | 205 | 35% |
| Grade 6 | 172 | 30% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
61.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +9.0pp since 2023
Math
66.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.0% | 66.0% |
| 2023-24 | 52.0% | 66.0% |
% 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
60.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 EMMA E SHERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
EMMA E SHERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (60.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| EMMA E SHERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 578 | 51.2% | 60.5% |
| CHARLES H ROTH JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL HENRIETTA | 591 | 55.8% | 58.1% |
| MARY K VOLLMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEST HENRIETTA | 700 | 48.1% | 58.4% |
| HENRY V BURGER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL WEST HENRIETTA | 694 | 45.0% | 62.3% |
| SAND CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL ALBANY | 873 | 47.4% | 54.8% |
| EXPLORATORY SCHOOL (THE) BROOKLYN | 518 | 44.0% | 76.0% |
Matched among New York middle 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 EMMA E SHERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Monroe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.5% | #256 of 766 | #13 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #309 of 768 ▼ 5 | #17 of 29 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #200 of 768 ▲ 64 | #9 of 28 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 578 | #299 of 796 | #19 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #558 of 683 | #30 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.4% | #95 of 688 | #6 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.2% | #407 of 773 | #14 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.2% | #382 of 524 | #9 of 16 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
578
+23 (+4%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 520
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 578 | 48 | 12.0:1 | 51% (296) |
| 2023-24 | 581 | 51.8 | 11.2:1 | 55% (319) |
| 2022-23 | 564 | 49.2 | 11.5:1 | 52% (293) |
| 2020-21 | 555 | 47 | 11.8:1 | 51% (284) |
| 2017-18 | 623 | 48 | 13.0:1 | 46% (289) |
| 2015-16 | 492 | 32 | 15.4:1 | 26% (126) |
| 2010-11 | 467 | 43 | 10.9:1 | 24% (113) |
| 2000-01 | 494 | 40 | 12.3:1 | 17% (82) |
| 1990-91 | 520 | 32 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for EMMA E SHERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About EMMA E SHERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
EMMA E SHERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized middle school in New York, located in HENRIETTA. Students in grades 4 through 6 attend the school, which enrolls 578 students.
RUSH-HENRIETTA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which runs EMMA E SHERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, has 9 schools and 5,596 students.
White students make up a majority at EMMA E SHERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, at 51%. The next largest groups are 19% Asian, 13% Black, 10% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. In Monroe County overall, about 70% of residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 67% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teacher staffing is 48 full-time equivalents, or about 12.0 students per teacher. On average, middle schools in New York have 10.3:1, compared with 12.0:1 here. About 51% of students, or 296, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That tracks the 50% average for public schools in Monroe County.
allk12 grades EMMA E SHERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL a B+. The grade compares the school only with New York public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, EMMA E SHERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 4.3 points above its prediction. Actual: 60.5%. Predicted: 56.2%.
EMMA E SHERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is located in Monroe County, where the median household income is $76,382, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. EMMA E SHERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 186 public schools in the county.
The shortest distance from EMMA E SHERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL to another public school is about 0.8 miles, to RUSH-HENRIETTA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. EMMA E SHERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in 3rd of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, EMMA E SHERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment grew 4%, to 578.
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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 RUSH-HENRIETTA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- RUSH-HENRIETTA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,317 students
- MARY K VOLLMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMiddle · 700 students
- HENRY V BURGER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 694 students
- CHARLES H ROTH JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 591 students
- FLOYD S WINSLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 505 students
- MONICA B LEARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 443 students
Other schools in HENRIETTA
- RUSH-HENRIETTA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,317 students
- CHARLES H ROTH JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 591 students
- FLOYD S WINSLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 505 students
Nearby schools
- RUSH-HENRIETTA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.8 mi · 1,317
- CHARLES H ROTH JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 591
- DAVID B CRANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 376
- FLOYD S WINSLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 505
- ETHEL K FYLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 392
- HENRY V BURGER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL2.7 mi · 694
Frequently asked questions
About EMMA E SHERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is EMMA E SHERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
EMMA E SHERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 578 students in grades 04-06.
Is EMMA E SHERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
EMMA E SHERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 04-06.
How many students per teacher at EMMA E SHERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 12.0:1 students per teacher at EMMA E SHERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is EMMA E SHERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
EMMA E SHERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 51% White, 10% Hispanic, 13% Black, 19% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is EMMA E SHERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
EMMA E SHERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of RUSH-HENRIETTA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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