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Enrollment
640
Elementary
DISTRICT 479 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PITTSFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362316004744
MENDON CENTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
110 MENDON CENTER RD, PITTSFORD, NY 14534 · (585) 267-1402 · Monroe County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL640 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% of New York public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
2%
12 students
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 97 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 98 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 118 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 113 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 119 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (97) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (119).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
75.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +10.0pp since 2023
Math
80.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.0% | 80.0% |
| 2023-24 | 65.0% | 75.0% |
% 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
72.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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 MENDON CENTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MENDON CENTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (72.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MENDON CENTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 640 | 1.9% | 72.2% |
| NASSAKEAG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EAST SETAUKET | 551 | 8.5% | 77.8% |
| GREENVALE SCHOOL SCARSDALE | 478 | 0.6% | 79.8% |
| STEWART SCHOOL GARDEN CITY | 624 | 4.3% | 78.4% |
| MUNSEY PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MANHASSET | 803 | 8.8% | 82.3% |
| HARRISON AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HARRISON | 607 | 8.9% | 81.8% |
Matched among New York elementary 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 MENDON CENTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Monroe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.2% | #327 of 2,335 | #8 of 97 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #360 of 2,342 ▲ 75 | #8 of 97 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #385 of 2,343 ▼ 6 | #6 of 97 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 640 | #372 of 2,585 | #10 of 106 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #2,079 of 2,338 | #94 of 99 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.2% | #861 of 2,388 | #47 of 99 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 1.9% | #2,518 of 2,534 | #105 of 106 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.3% | #941 of 1,757 | #24 of 58 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
640
+2 (+0%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 663
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 640 | 41.8 | 15.3:1 | 2% (12) |
| 2023-24 | 649 | 40.7 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 645 | 40 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 638 | 41 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 738 | 45.4 | 16.3:1 | 1% (9) |
| 2015-16 | 702 | 35 | 20.1:1 | 2% (16) |
| 2010-11 | 802 | 52 | 15.4:1 | 1% (12) |
| 2000-01 | 753 | 40 | 18.8:1 | 1% (7) |
| 1990-91 | 663 | 37 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MENDON CENTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About MENDON CENTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MENDON CENTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the name of a mid-sized elementary school in PITTSFORD, New York. The school covers kindergarten through 5 and reported 640 students in 2024-25. Across elementary schools in New York, the average enrollment is about 443.
Federal data list 9 schools in PITTSFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 5,516 students enrolled.
The student body at MENDON CENTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 59% White. The rest of enrollment is 26% Asian, 9% multiracial, 3% Black, and 3% Hispanic. Among all residents of Monroe County, the White share is about 70%. A diversity index of 57% means there is a 57% chance two randomly chosen students at MENDON CENTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are from different groups.
On staff are 41.8 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.3:1. The average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1, so this school has more students per teacher. About 2% of students at MENDON CENTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Monroe County is 50%.
MENDON CENTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 74% of New York public elementary schools.
MENDON CENTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (72.2%) and its predicted rate (74.3%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New York schools.
For the population of Monroe County, the median household earns about $76,382 a year, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. MENDON CENTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shares Monroe County with 185 other public schools.
Of the public schools around it, MENDON CENTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is closest to PITTSFORD-MENDON HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.7 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts MENDON CENTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 8th of 9.
The federal government classifies MENDON CENTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's location as Suburb: Large.
Federal data show 638 students in 2020-21 and 640 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.
On allk12, people connected to MENDON CENTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 PITTSFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- PITTSFORD-MENDON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 919 students
- PITTSFORD SUTHERLAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 882 students
- BARKER ROAD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 717 students
- CALKINS ROAD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 602 students
- JEFFERSON ROAD SCHOOLElementary · 507 students
- THORNELL ROAD SCHOOLElementary · 490 students
Other schools in PITTSFORD
- PITTSFORD-MENDON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 919 students
- PITTSFORD SUTHERLAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 882 students
- BARKER ROAD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 717 students
- CALKINS ROAD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 602 students
- JEFFERSON ROAD SCHOOLElementary · 507 students
- THORNELL ROAD SCHOOLElementary · 490 students
Nearby schools
- PITTSFORD-MENDON HIGH SCHOOL0.7 mi · 919
- BARKER ROAD MIDDLE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 717
- CALKINS ROAD MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 602
- JEFFERSON ROAD SCHOOL1.1 mi · 507
- THORNELL ROAD SCHOOL1.2 mi · 490
- PITTSFORD SUTHERLAND HIGH SCHOOL1.3 mi · 882
Frequently asked questions
About MENDON CENTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at MENDON CENTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MENDON CENTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 640 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does MENDON CENTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
MENDON CENTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at MENDON CENTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 15.3:1 students per teacher at MENDON CENTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at MENDON CENTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at MENDON CENTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 59% White, 3% Hispanic, 3% Black, 26% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is MENDON CENTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
MENDON CENTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by PITTSFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.