GATES CHILI MIDDLE SCHOOL

GATES CHILI MIDDLE SCHOOL is a junior high of large scale in ROCHESTER, New York, one of the schools within GATES CHILI CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, teacheing 838 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 58% larger than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 531 students.

GATES CHILI CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 3,598 students; GATES CHILI MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.

In terms of who attends, GATES CHILI MIDDLE SCHOOL logs that 46% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 20% Black, 18% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 70% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 86 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.8:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 57% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), GATES CHILI MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 54.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.0%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Monroe County) shows that median household earnings sit near $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. In all, Monroe County runs 186 public schools (combined enrollment of about 106,108 students), of which GATES CHILI MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: GATES CHILI HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GATES CHILI MIDDLE SCHOOL at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 39.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 4%: 876 students in 2018 compared to 838 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 58% to 46%. Class-load math has fell: from 10.8:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for GATES CHILI MIDDLE SCHOOL typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.