MONROE LOWER SCHOOL

MONROE LOWER SCHOOL is one of the tight-knit middle-grades schools in ROCHESTER, New York, overseen by ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 230 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 531 students per school, that is 57% leaner than typical.

Across the 51 schools in ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (25,949 students total), MONROE LOWER SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, MONROE LOWER SCHOOL lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 58%; the rest breaks down as 39% Black. By comparison, Monroe County as a whole is about 10% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, MONROE LOWER SCHOOL logs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.3:1, putting MONROE LOWER SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 96% of students at MONROE LOWER SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Monroe County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, MONROE LOWER SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 39.8%; MONROE LOWER SCHOOL posts 13.4%, -26.4 points below that line.

In the broader community, census data for Monroe County shows the typical household earns roughly $76,382 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Monroe County's 186 public schools (combined enrollment of about 106,108 students), MONROE LOWER SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is JAMES MONROE UPPER SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MONROE LOWER SCHOOL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 27.1%.

MONROE LOWER SCHOOL operates from a metropolitan location.

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