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What's the biggest difference between GATES-CHILI HIGH SCHOOL and what you expected?
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Enrollment
1,134
High
DISTRICT 600 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GATES CHILI CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361188000950
GATES CHILI HIGH SCHOOL
1 SPARTAN WAY, ROCHESTER, NY 14624 · (585) 247-5050 · Monroe County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,134 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 66% of New York public high schools
- BTest 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
103 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
611 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 289 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 276 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 288 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 272 | 24% |
| Ungraded | 9 | 1% |
Student demographics
70%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
Feeds from
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
76.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -4.0pp since 2023
Math
51.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.0% | 51.0% |
| 2023-24 | 80.0% | 53.0% |
% 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
66.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 GATES CHILI HIGH SCHOOL
GATES CHILI HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (66.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GATES CHILI HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,134 | 53.9% | 66.3% |
| OLYMPIA HIGH SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 1,090 | 56.2% | 37.2% |
| ARCADIA HIGH SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 972 | 49.3% | 54.2% |
| EASTRIDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 888 | 58.4% | 57.8% |
| UNION-ENDICOTT HIGH SCHOOL ENDICOTT | 1,078 | 49.2% | 71.7% |
| FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL HYDE PARK | 1,121 | 47.1% | 55.5% |
Matched among New York high 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 GATES CHILI HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Monroe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.3% | #409 of 1,135 | #15 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #580 of 1,109 ▲ 14 | #17 of 35 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #486 of 1,135 ▼ 14 | #16 of 34 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,134 | #195 of 1,216 | #12 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #528 of 1,058 | #21 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.6% | #95 of 1,070 | #4 of 36 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.9% | #651 of 1,167 | #16 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.8% | #325 of 743 | #4 of 22 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,134
-90 (-7%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 1,409
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 1,134 | 102.8 | 11.0:1 | 54% (611) |
| 2023-24 | 1,127 | 102.3 | 11.0:1 | 54% (610) |
| 2022-23 | 1,132 | 104 | 10.9:1 | 55% (627) |
| 2020-21 | 1,224 | 105 | 11.7:1 | 39% (480) |
| 2017-18 | 1,315 | 115.2 | 11.4:1 | 45% (589) |
| 2015-16 | 1,366 | 117 | 11.7:1 | 36% (490) |
| 2010-11 | 1,605 | 114 | 14.1:1 | 35% (567) |
| 2000-01 | 1,644 | 112 | 14.7:1 | 12% (198) |
| 1990-91 | 1,409 | 90 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GATES CHILI HIGH SCHOOL.
About GATES CHILI HIGH SCHOOL
GATES CHILI HIGH SCHOOL is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a high school in ROCHESTER, New York. A federal count lists 1,134 students at the school, in grades 9 through 12. An average school in this group (high schools in New York) has about 668 students.
GATES CHILI CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT has 6 schools; together they serve 3,598 students.
The most common group at GATES CHILI HIGH SCHOOL is White students, at 46%. After that, the student body is 21% Black, 18% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 6% Asian. Among all residents of Monroe County, the White share is about 70%. The school's diversity index is 70%, meaning two students picked at random have a 70% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at the school number 102.8 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 11.0:1. That is close to the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. The school's lunch program data list 54% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
The allk12 Grade for GATES CHILI HIGH SCHOOL is B+. Compared with New York public high schools, the school scored higher than 66% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for GATES CHILI HIGH SCHOOL is +11.2 points: 66.3% actual, 55.2% predicted.
Across Monroe County, the median household income is $76,382, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. In all, Monroe County has 186 public schools and roughly 106,108 students.
GATES CHILI MIDDLE SCHOOL is the closest public school, about 0.2 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of GATES CHILI HIGH SCHOOL. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, GATES CHILI HIGH SCHOOL ranks 1st on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put GATES CHILI HIGH SCHOOL in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 90 fewer students in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for GATES CHILI HIGH SCHOOL covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 838 students
- PAUL ROAD SCHOOLElementary · 426 students
- WALT DISNEY SCHOOLElementary · 416 students
- NEIL ARMSTRONG SCHOOLElementary · 400 students
- FLORENCE BRASSER SCHOOLElementary · 384 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
- OLYMPIA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,090 students
Nearby schools
- GATES CHILI MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 838
- NEIL ARMSTRONG SCHOOL0.7 mi · 400
- WALT DISNEY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 416
- EDISON CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL2.4 mi · 1,362
- WILLIAM C MUNN SCHOOL2.9 mi · 351
- ROCHESTER PREP CHARTER SCHOOL 23.0 mi · 827
Frequently asked questions
About GATES CHILI HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at GATES CHILI HIGH SCHOOL?
GATES CHILI HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,134 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does GATES CHILI HIGH SCHOOL serve?
GATES CHILI HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does GATES CHILI HIGH SCHOOL have?
GATES CHILI HIGH SCHOOL employs 103 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.0:1.
How diverse is GATES CHILI HIGH SCHOOL?
GATES CHILI HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 46% White, 18% Hispanic, 21% Black, 6% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is GATES CHILI HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
GATES CHILI HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by GATES CHILI CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.