Enrollment
400
Elementary
DISTRICT 407 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GATES CHILI CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361188000952
NEIL ARMSTRONG SCHOOL
3273 LYELL RD, ROCHESTER, NY 14606 · (585) 247-3190 · Monroe County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL400 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 21% of New York public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
11.1:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
241 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within GATES CHILI CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
41.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +11.0pp since 2023
Math
45.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 45.0% |
| 2023-24 | 30.0% | 39.0% |
% 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
37.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 NEIL ARMSTRONG SCHOOL
NEIL ARMSTRONG SCHOOL's state test result (37.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEIL ARMSTRONG SCHOOL this school | 400 | 60.3% | 37.0% |
| HUGH R JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL UTICA | 371 | 60.4% | 39.8% |
| LAKESHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 387 | 59.2% | 29.3% |
| BUCKMAN HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 378 | 65.9% | 32.6% |
| MACARTHUR SCHOOL BINGHAMTON | 399 | 62.7% | 28.1% |
| WALT DISNEY SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 416 | 52.9% | 41.8% |
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 NEIL ARMSTRONG SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Monroe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #1,756 of 2,335 | #59 of 97 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #1,645 of 2,342 ▲ 76 | #52 of 97 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #1,744 of 2,343 ▲ 21 | #55 of 97 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 400 | #1,356 of 2,585 | #60 of 106 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #895 of 2,338 | #41 of 99 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.3% | #96 of 2,388 | #5 of 99 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.3% | #1,156 of 2,534 | #43 of 106 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.5% | #641 of 1,757 | #9 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
400
+3 (+1%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 735
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 10.2:1
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 | 400 | 36 | 11.1:1 | 60% (241) |
| 2023-24 | 388 | 37 | 10.5:1 | 58% (224) |
| 2022-23 | 389 | 33 | 11.8:1 | 61% (238) |
| 2020-21 | 397 | 39 | 10.2:1 | 45% (178) |
| 2017-18 | 497 | 45 | 11.0:1 | 63% (313) |
| 2015-16 | 437 | 41 | 10.7:1 | 57% (247) |
| 2010-11 | 512 | 35 | 14.6:1 | 51% (261) |
| 2000-01 | 591 | 42 | 14.1:1 | 31% (184) |
| 1990-91 | 735 | 40 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NEIL ARMSTRONG SCHOOL.
About NEIL ARMSTRONG SCHOOL
ROCHESTER, New York, is home to NEIL ARMSTRONG SCHOOL, a medium-sized elementary school. The school enrolls 400 students, from kindergarten through 5.
District-wide, GATES CHILI CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT has 6 schools and 3,598 students.
NEIL ARMSTRONG SCHOOL's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 42%. The remaining students are 20% Hispanic, 18% Black, 12% multiracial, and 7% Asian. Among people living in Monroe County, the White share is about 70%. By the diversity index, NEIL ARMSTRONG SCHOOL comes in at 73%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 11.1:1, with 36 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. For comparison, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 60%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Monroe County is 50%.
NEIL ARMSTRONG SCHOOL is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 21% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for NEIL ARMSTRONG SCHOOL is 52.8%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 37.0%.
Monroe County has these Census figures: median household income is about $76,382, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. The public schools of Monroe County number 186 and enroll about 106,108.
The closest other public school is GATES CHILI HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.7 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 37.0% is below the 39.4% average for nearby schools.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 397 to 400, a small change.
Discussions about NEIL ARMSTRONG SCHOOL may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 GATES CHILI CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- GATES CHILI HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,134 students
- GATES CHILI MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 838 students
- PAUL ROAD SCHOOLElementary · 426 students
- WALT DISNEY SCHOOLElementary · 416 students
- FLORENCE BRASSER SCHOOLElementary · 384 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
- GATES CHILI HIGH SCHOOL0.7 mi · 1,134
- GATES CHILI MIDDLE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 838
- WALT DISNEY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 416
- WILLIAM C MUNN SCHOOL2.3 mi · 351
- EDISON CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL2.5 mi · 1,362
- HOLMES ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.1 mi · 330
Frequently asked questions
About NEIL ARMSTRONG SCHOOLHow many students attend NEIL ARMSTRONG SCHOOL?
NEIL ARMSTRONG SCHOOL enrolls approximately 400 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does NEIL ARMSTRONG SCHOOL serve?
NEIL ARMSTRONG SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at NEIL ARMSTRONG SCHOOL?
Approximately 11.1:1 students per teacher at NEIL ARMSTRONG SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at NEIL ARMSTRONG SCHOOL?
Student demographics at NEIL ARMSTRONG SCHOOL are roughly 42% White, 20% Hispanic, 18% Black, 7% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is NEIL ARMSTRONG SCHOOL in?
NEIL ARMSTRONG SCHOOL is part of GATES CHILI CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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