MONICA B LEARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

MONICA B LEARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the moderately sized K-5 schools in RUSH, New York, one of the schools within RUSH-HENRIETTA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 443 students on its rolls from grades K through 3.

MONICA B LEARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 9 schools operated by RUSH-HENRIETTA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that educates 5,596 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MONICA B LEARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is White at 52%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 28% Asian, 7% Black, 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 70%.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 40% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Monroe County's rate of about 50%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MONICA B LEARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.3%; this one delivers 70.8%.

In the surrounding community, Monroe County reports that median household income runs about $76,382, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Monroe County's 186 public schools (combined enrollment of about 106,108 students), MONICA B LEARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

MARY K VOLLMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MONICA B LEARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MONICA B LEARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 59.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MONICA B LEARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has edged up 9%, going from 407 students in 2018 to 443 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share climbed from 8% to 28%.

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