FRANKLIN LOWER SCHOOL

FRANKLIN LOWER SCHOOL is a 6-8 campus of tiny scale in ROCHESTER, New York, operated by ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, caters to 212 students in grades 7 through 8. That puts it 60% below the typical public school in New York, which averages around 531 students.

FRANKLIN LOWER SCHOOL is one of 51 schools operated by ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that hosts 25,949 students overall.

On demographics, FRANKLIN LOWER SCHOOL logs that 63% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school logs 31% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 2% White. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 14%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 6.9:1. The state averages around 10.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 96% of students are eligible 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%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), FRANKLIN LOWER SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 39.8%; FRANKLIN LOWER SCHOOL posts 13.6%, -26.2 points below that line.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Monroe County put median household income runs about $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), FRANKLIN LOWER SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

PADILLA HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), FRANKLIN LOWER SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 32.7%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.