Enrollment
212
Middle
DISTRICT 349 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362475006712
FRANKLIN LOWER SCHOOL
950 NORTON ST, ROCHESTER, NY 14621 · (585)324-9760 · Monroe County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL212 STUDENTS
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Not graded
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Student : Teacher
6.9:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.8:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
203 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2023-24
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 100 | 47% |
| Grade 8 | 93 | 44% |
| Ungraded | 19 | 9% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2023-24 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
13.0%
NY avg 53.2%
Math
12.5%
NY avg 56.5%
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 13 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 53 and 56.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
13.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-26.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 40% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where FRANKLIN LOWER SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Monroe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.6% | #761 of 766 | #26 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.5% | #760 of 768 | #26 of 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 13.0% | #763 of 768 | #26 of 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 212 | #683 of 796 | #33 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 6.9:1 | #7 of 683 | #1 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.1% | #325 of 688 | #18 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.8% | #52 of 773 | #2 of 33 |
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.
3-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2023-24Enrollment
212
-149 (-41%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
6.6:1
was 10.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | 212 | 32.1 | 6.6:1 | 96% (203) |
| 2022-23 | 267 | 38.9 | 6.9:1 | 95% (253) |
| 2020-21 | 361 | 36 | 10.0:1 | 97% (350) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FRANKLIN LOWER SCHOOL.
About FRANKLIN LOWER SCHOOL
FRANKLIN LOWER SCHOOL is a public small middle-grades school in ROCHESTER, New York. The school enrolls 212 students, from grades 7 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in New York) has about 531 students.
In ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, 51 schools enroll a combined 25,949 students.
At 63%, Black students outnumber all other groups at FRANKLIN LOWER SCHOOL combined. Other students are 31% Hispanic, 3% Asian, and 2% White. By comparison, Monroe County residents are about 14% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at FRANKLIN LOWER SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 51%.
The count of teachers at FRANKLIN LOWER SCHOOL is 32.1 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 6.9:1. The average ratio among middle schools in New York is 10.3:1, higher than at this school. Around 96% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Monroe County average 50%.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, FRANKLIN LOWER SCHOOL would score about 39.8%. It scores 13.6%, a bottom-10% result among New York schools on BeatsExpectations.
Monroe County has these Census figures: median household income is about $76,382, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. FRANKLIN LOWER SCHOOL is among the 186 public schools in Monroe County.
The nearest public school is PADILLA HIGH SCHOOL, at less than a tenth of a mile. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. FRANKLIN LOWER SCHOOL places 6th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Locale: City: Mid-size. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school counted 361 students in 2020-21 and 212 in 2023-24. A shift in the grades offered could account for part of the difference. By 2023-24, the school had 6.6 students per teacher, compared with 10.0 in 2020-21.
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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 ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- EDISON CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,362 students
- PADILLA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,342 students
- SCHOOL OF THE ARTSHigh · 1,065 students
- FRANKLIN UPPER SCHOOLHigh · 1,006 students
- SCHOOL 33-JOHN JAMES AUDUBONElementary · 980 students
- SCHOOL 58-WORLD OF INQUIRY SCHOOLCombined · 896 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
- PADILLA HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 1,342
- FRANKLIN UPPER SCHOOL0.0 mi · 1,006
- EUGENIO MARIA DE HOSTOS CHARTER SCHOOL0.7 mi · 1,051
- SCHOOL 50-HELEN BARRETT MONTGOMERY0.7 mi · 590
- ROCHESTER PREP CHARTER SCHOOL 30.8 mi · 826
- SCHOOL 39-ANDREW J TOWNSON0.9 mi · 330
Frequently asked questions
About FRANKLIN LOWER SCHOOLHow large is FRANKLIN LOWER SCHOOL?
FRANKLIN LOWER SCHOOL enrolls approximately 212 students in grades 07-08.
Is FRANKLIN LOWER SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
FRANKLIN LOWER SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many teachers does FRANKLIN LOWER SCHOOL have?
FRANKLIN LOWER SCHOOL employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 6.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at FRANKLIN LOWER SCHOOL?
At FRANKLIN LOWER SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 2% White, 31% Hispanic, 63% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees FRANKLIN LOWER SCHOOL?
FRANKLIN LOWER SCHOOL is overseen by ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT in Monroe County.
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