NORTHSIDE SCHOOL

NORTHSIDE SCHOOL is an elementary school of mid-tier scale in FAIRPORT, New York, operated by FAIRPORT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, instructing 580 students in grades 3 through 5. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so NORTHSIDE SCHOOL sits 31% bigger than that benchmark.

FAIRPORT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 5,093 students; NORTHSIDE SCHOOL is among them.

Looking at the student body, NORTHSIDE SCHOOL logs that 85% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest is composed of 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Black. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 70%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 25% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Monroe County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, NORTHSIDE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 65.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 61.8%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Monroe County) shows that median household income runs about $76,382, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Monroe County's 186 public schools (combined enrollment of about 106,108 students), NORTHSIDE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: DUDLEY SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around NORTHSIDE SCHOOL. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NORTHSIDE SCHOOL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 76.7%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 7%: 626 students in 2018 compared to 580 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 today.

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