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Enrollment
443
Elementary
DISTRICT 429 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RUSH-HENRIETTA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362517003486
MONICA B LEARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
5509 E HENRIETTA RD, RUSH, NY 14543 · (585) 359-5460 · Monroe County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL443 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% of New York public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
177 students
DISTRICT 48% · 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 | 99 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 104 | 23% |
| Grade 2 | 109 | 25% |
| Grade 3 | 130 | 29% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
69.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +16.0pp since 2023
Math
88.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +15.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 88 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 16 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.0% | 88.0% |
| 2023-24 | 53.0% | 73.0% |
% 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
70.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 MONICA B LEARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MONICA B LEARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (70.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MONICA B LEARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 443 | 40.0% | 70.8% |
| BLUE CREEK SCHOOL LATHAM | 450 | 38.7% | 54.2% |
| FORTS FERRY SCHOOL LATHAM | 423 | 38.1% | 59.0% |
| MAPLEMERE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AMHERST | 488 | 44.9% | 57.9% |
| BROOKLYN SCHOOL OF INQUIRY BROOKLYN | 501 | 37.5% | 92.4% |
| LATHAM RIDGE SCHOOL LATHAM | 433 | 29.8% | 55.3% |
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 MONICA B LEARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Monroe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.8% | #381 of 2,335 | #9 of 97 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 88.0% | #183 of 2,342 ▲ 304 | #2 of 97 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #580 of 2,343 ▲ 188 | #15 of 97 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 443 | #1,110 of 2,585 | #48 of 106 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #746 of 2,338 | #33 of 99 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.6% | #529 of 2,388 | #30 of 99 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.0% | #1,695 of 2,534 | #62 of 106 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.8% | #295 of 606 | #11 of 31 |
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
443
-25 (-5%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 690
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 11.1:1
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 | 443 | 41 | 10.8:1 | 40% (177) |
| 2023-24 | 463 | 45 | 10.3:1 | 36% (168) |
| 2022-23 | 481 | 45.5 | 10.6:1 | 33% (158) |
| 2020-21 | 468 | 42 | 11.1:1 | 29% (137) |
| 2017-18 | 407 | 40 | 10.2:1 | 23% (95) |
| 2015-16 | 623 | 46 | 13.5:1 | 25% (155) |
| 2010-11 | 509 | 44 | 11.6:1 | 19% (97) |
| 2000-01 | 521 | 44 | 11.8:1 | 8% (41) |
| 1990-91 | 690 | 36 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MONICA B LEARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About MONICA B LEARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MONICA B LEARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in RUSH, New York, and is classified as an elementary school. The school counts 443 students across kindergarten through 3.
RUSH-HENRIETTA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT has a total of 9 schools and 5,596 students, MONICA B LEARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among them.
At 52%, White students outnumber all other groups at MONICA B LEARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL combined. Other students are 28% Asian, 7% Black, 7% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. By comparison, Monroe County residents are about 70% White. MONICA B LEARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a diversity index of 64%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Dividing enrollment by its 41 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 10.8:1. Among elementary schools in New York, the typical ratio is 12.8:1. Eligible students account for 40% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. The rate at public schools in Monroe County averages 50%, higher than here.
MONICA B LEARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 83% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
MONICA B LEARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 10.4 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (70.8% versus 60.3%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New York.
Census estimates describe Monroe County this way: median household income is about $76,382, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Federal data list 186 public schools in Monroe County, with a combined enrollment of about 106,108.
MARY K VOLLMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is located about 2.3 miles from MONICA B LEARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, MONICA B LEARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 1st on average proficiency.
Locale: Rural: Fringe. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
The student count in 2024-25 was 443, 5% below the 468 of 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 RUSH-HENRIETTA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- RUSH-HENRIETTA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,317 students
- MARY K VOLLMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMiddle · 700 students
- HENRY V BURGER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 694 students
- CHARLES H ROTH JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 591 students
- EMMA E SHERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMiddle · 578 students
- FLOYD S WINSLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 505 students
Nearby schools
- MARY K VOLLMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.3 mi · 700
- HENRY V BURGER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL2.4 mi · 694
- CHARLES H ROTH JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL2.5 mi · 591
- EMMA E SHERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.3 mi · 578
- RUSH-HENRIETTA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL3.7 mi · 1,317
- INDUSTRY LIMITED SECURE SCHOOL3.9 mi · 59
Frequently asked questions
About MONICA B LEARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at MONICA B LEARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MONICA B LEARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 443 students in grades KG-03.
Is MONICA B LEARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
MONICA B LEARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-03.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MONICA B LEARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MONICA B LEARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 10.8:1 (41 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at MONICA B LEARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At MONICA B LEARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 52% White, 5% Hispanic, 7% Black, 28% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is MONICA B LEARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
MONICA B LEARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of RUSH-HENRIETTA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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