NORTHWEST COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL

NORTHWEST COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL operates as a mid-sized 6-8 campus in ROCHESTER, New York, operated by ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 487 students spanning grades 7 through 8.

NORTHWEST COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL is one of 51 schools operated by ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that hosts 25,949 students overall.

On the student-mix side, NORTHWEST COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL lists that 52% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 40% Black, 5% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 10%.

On the income-and-resources front, NORTHWEST COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL shows 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 10.3:1 average. About 90% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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 somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), NORTHWEST COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 41.9%; NORTHWEST COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL posts 11.4%, -30.5 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, Monroe County reports that median household income runs about $76,382, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. NORTHWEST COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL is one of 186 public schools in Monroe County (combined enrollment of about 106,108 students).

Nearest neighbor: LAURELTON-PARDEE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around NORTHWEST COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, NORTHWEST COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 24.8%.

NORTHWEST COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL operates from a downtown location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 114%: 228 students in 2018 compared to 487 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 29% to 52%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 10.8:1 in 2018 to 8.3:1 today.

On the community side, members of the NORTHWEST COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.