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Enrollment
809
High
DISTRICT 798 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362475003371
JAMES MONROE UPPER SCHOOL
164 ALEXANDER ST, ROCHESTER, NY 14607 · (585) 232-1530 · Monroe County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL809 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 0% of New York public high schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
10.0:1
81 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.9:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
713 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 201 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 179 | 22% |
| Grade 11 | 202 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 227 | 28% |
Student demographics
56%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.
Gender split
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
40.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
9.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.0% | 9.0% |
| 2023-24 | 37.0% | 11.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
19.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-23.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 43% 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 →
Schools most like JAMES MONROE UPPER SCHOOL
JAMES MONROE UPPER SCHOOL's state test result (19.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JAMES MONROE UPPER SCHOOL this school | 809 | 88.1% | 19.2% |
| BRONX PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL BRONX | 860 | 90.1% | 57.5% |
| BROOKLYN PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 591 | 87.6% | 42.3% |
| EAST UPPER HIGH SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 814 | 84.9% | 34.8% |
| ACADEMY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL FAR ROCKAWAY | 605 | 86.0% | 32.8% |
| WILLIAMSBURG CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 665 | 87.4% | 32.7% |
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 JAMES MONROE UPPER SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Monroe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.2% | #1,131 of 1,135 | #33 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.0% | #1,098 of 1,109 ▼ 14 | #33 of 35 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #1,070 of 1,135 ▲ 40 | #27 of 34 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 809 | #316 of 1,216 | #26 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.0:1 | #304 of 1,058 | #11 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.1% | #349 of 1,070 | #15 of 36 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.1% | #275 of 1,167 | #5 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.5% | #587 of 743 | #17 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
809
+181 (+29%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 1,258
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 809 | 81.2 | 10.0:1 | 88% (713) |
| 2023-24 | 649 | 67.3 | 9.6:1 | 91% (593) |
| 2022-23 | 681 | 66.7 | 10.2:1 | 93% (630) |
| 2020-21 | 628 | 54 | 11.6:1 | 93% (585) |
| 2017-18 | 856 | 80 | 10.7:1 | 94% (805) |
| 2015-16 | 1,058 | 81 | 13.1:1 | 90% (951) |
| 2010-11 | 1,074 | 95 | 11.3:1 | 86% (926) |
| 2000-01 | 1,133 | 91 | 12.4:1 | 71% (804) |
| 1990-91 | 1,258 | 100 | 12.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JAMES MONROE UPPER SCHOOL.
About JAMES MONROE UPPER SCHOOL
JAMES MONROE UPPER SCHOOL is a public mid-sized high school in ROCHESTER, New York. Its enrollment is 809 students, spread over grades 9 through 12. On average, high schools in New York enroll around 668, and this school is 21% above that mark.
JAMES MONROE UPPER SCHOOL is part of a district of 51 schools: ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 25,949 students.
No group is above 50% at JAMES MONROE UPPER SCHOOL; the largest is Hispanic, at 49%. Other reported shares: 44% Black, 3% White, and 2% Asian. Monroe County's residents are about 10% Hispanic, 39 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, JAMES MONROE UPPER SCHOOL scores 56%.
The school's 81.2 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.0:1. Statewide, high schools in New York average 11.0:1. Income data for the school show 88% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Monroe County is 50%.
JAMES MONROE UPPER SCHOOL earns an F on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 0% of New York public high schools.
JAMES MONROE UPPER SCHOOL trails its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results by 23.4 points (19.2% versus 42.6%), a bottom-10% result in New York on BeatsExpectations.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Monroe County show that 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%. Monroe County counts 186 public schools with about 106,108 students.
MONROE LOWER SCHOOL is the nearest public school to JAMES MONROE UPPER SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles of JAMES MONROE UPPER SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, JAMES MONROE UPPER SCHOOL ranks 6th on average proficiency.
JAMES MONROE UPPER SCHOOL falls in the City: Mid-size locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 809, from 628 in 2020-21. The school's ratio dropped from 11.6:1 to 10.0:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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
- MONROE LOWER SCHOOL0.0 mi · 230
- SCHOOL WITHOUT WALLS0.1 mi · 258
- INNOVA GIRLS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL0.5 mi · 179
- GENESEE COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL0.6 mi · 233
- SCHOOL 35-PINNACLE0.8 mi · 435
- SCHOOL 23-FRANCIS PARKER0.8 mi · 313
Frequently asked questions
About JAMES MONROE UPPER SCHOOLHow many students attend JAMES MONROE UPPER SCHOOL?
JAMES MONROE UPPER SCHOOL enrolls approximately 809 students in grades 09-12.
Is JAMES MONROE UPPER SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
JAMES MONROE UPPER SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at JAMES MONROE UPPER SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at JAMES MONROE UPPER SCHOOL is approximately 10.0:1 (81 FTE teachers).
How diverse is JAMES MONROE UPPER SCHOOL?
JAMES MONROE UPPER SCHOOL reports a student body of 3% White, 49% Hispanic, 44% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees JAMES MONROE UPPER SCHOOL?
JAMES MONROE UPPER SCHOOL is overseen by ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT in Monroe County.
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