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Enrollment
384
Elementary
DISTRICT 407 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GATES CHILI CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361188000949
FLORENCE BRASSER SCHOOL
1000 COLDWATER RD, ROCHESTER, NY 14624 · (585) 247-1880 · Monroe County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL384 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 45% of New York public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
186 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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 GATES CHILI 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
47.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
58.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.0% | 58.0% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 57.0% |
% 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
48.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 FLORENCE BRASSER SCHOOL
FLORENCE BRASSER SCHOOL's state test result (48.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLORENCE BRASSER SCHOOL this school | 384 | 48.4% | 48.5% |
| PAUL ROAD SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 426 | 45.8% | 43.8% |
| LONG BRANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LIVERPOOL | 378 | 51.9% | N/A |
| WILLIAM C MUNN SCHOOL SPENCERPORT | 351 | 43.6% | 40.9% |
| BEN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUFFALO | 460 | 50.7% | 41.5% |
| BROOKSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAMPUS ROCHESTER | 400 | 44.3% | 40.1% |
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 FLORENCE BRASSER SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Monroe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #1,219 of 2,335 | #38 of 97 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #1,149 of 2,342 ▼ 107 | #36 of 97 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #1,466 of 2,343 ▼ 221 | #42 of 97 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 384 | #1,455 of 2,585 | #65 of 106 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #818 of 2,338 | #38 of 99 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.7% | #722 of 2,388 | #38 of 99 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.4% | #1,459 of 2,534 | #53 of 106 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.3% | #1,747 of 1,757 | #58 of 58 |
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
384
+9 (+2%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 364
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 384 | 35 | 11.0:1 | 48% (186) |
| 2023-24 | 375 | 35.4 | 10.6:1 | 43% (163) |
| 2022-23 | 400 | 33.5 | 12.0:1 | 41% (163) |
| 2020-21 | 375 | 33 | 11.4:1 | 31% (118) |
| 2017-18 | 385 | 32 | 12.0:1 | 42% (161) |
| 2015-16 | 382 | 30 | 12.7:1 | 33% (127) |
| 2010-11 | 257 | 23 | 11.2:1 | 33% (86) |
| 2000-01 | 323 | 24 | 13.5:1 | 11% (34) |
| 1990-91 | 364 | 21 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FLORENCE BRASSER SCHOOL.
About FLORENCE BRASSER SCHOOL
Families in ROCHESTER, New York, are served by FLORENCE BRASSER SCHOOL, a mid-sized elementary school. It had 384 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 5.
FLORENCE BRASSER SCHOOL reports to GATES CHILI CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which has 6 schools and 3,598 students.
At FLORENCE BRASSER SCHOOL, 60% of students are White. The school is also 14% Black, 11% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 5% Asian. That is lower than the 70% White share among all Monroe County residents. The diversity index for FLORENCE BRASSER SCHOOL is 60%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
On staff are 35 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.0:1. Statewide, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. FLORENCE BRASSER SCHOOL has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 48%. The average for public schools in Monroe County is similar, at 50%.
On the allk12 Grade, FLORENCE BRASSER SCHOOL lands at B-, ahead of 45% of New York public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, FLORENCE BRASSER SCHOOL would be expected to post about 57.2%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 48.5%.
In the surrounding county, Monroe County, median household income comes to about $76,382, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. The county's public schools total 186, with about 106,108 students.
The closest school to FLORENCE BRASSER SCHOOL is PAUL ROAD SCHOOL, located about 1.2 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts FLORENCE BRASSER SCHOOL at 3rd of 9.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 375 in 2020-21, 384 in 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 GATES CHILI CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- GATES CHILI HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,134 students
- GATES CHILI MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 838 students
- PAUL ROAD SCHOOLElementary · 426 students
- WALT DISNEY SCHOOLElementary · 416 students
- NEIL ARMSTRONG SCHOOLElementary · 400 students
Other schools in ROCHESTER
- ROCHESTER PREP CHARTER SCHOOL 1Combined · 1,405 students
- EDISON CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,362 students
- PADILLA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,342 students
- BRIGHTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,164 students
- IRONDEQUOIT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,160 students
- GATES CHILI HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,134 students
Nearby schools
- PAUL ROAD SCHOOL1.2 mi · 426
- WALT DISNEY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 416
- CHESTNUT RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.3 mi · 569
- GATES CHILI MIDDLE SCHOOL3.2 mi · 838
- GATES CHILI HIGH SCHOOL3.4 mi · 1,134
- NEIL ARMSTRONG SCHOOL3.6 mi · 400
Frequently asked questions
About FLORENCE BRASSER SCHOOLHow large is FLORENCE BRASSER SCHOOL?
FLORENCE BRASSER SCHOOL enrolls approximately 384 students in grades KG-05.
Is FLORENCE BRASSER SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
FLORENCE BRASSER SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does FLORENCE BRASSER SCHOOL have?
FLORENCE BRASSER SCHOOL employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.0:1.
How diverse is FLORENCE BRASSER SCHOOL?
FLORENCE BRASSER SCHOOL reports a student body of 60% White, 11% Hispanic, 14% Black, 5% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees FLORENCE BRASSER SCHOOL?
FLORENCE BRASSER SCHOOL is overseen by GATES CHILI CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Monroe County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.