Enrollment
487
Middle
DISTRICT 349 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362475005849
NORTHWEST COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL
940 FERNWOOD PK, ROCHESTER, NY 14609 · (585) 324-9289 · Monroe County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL487 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 0% of New York public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
8.3:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.8:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
438 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 202 | 41% |
| Grade 8 | 278 | 57% |
| Ungraded | 7 | 1% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
6.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -4.0pp since 2023
Math
4.8%
NY avg 57.4% . -0.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 6 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 5 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 6.0% | 4.8% |
| 2023-24 | 10.0% | 5.1% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
11.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-30.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 11% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 42% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 NORTHWEST COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL
NORTHWEST COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (11.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORTHWEST COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL this school | 487 | 89.9% | 11.4% |
| DR. FREDDIE THOMAS MIDDLE SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 512 | 88.9% | N/A |
| LEADERS OF TOMORROW BRONX | 374 | 91.2% | 30.6% |
| UNIVERSITY PREP CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL BRONX | 424 | 87.3% | 48.4% |
| SYRACUSE STEM AT BLODGETT SYRACUSE | 369 | 91.9% | 13.4% |
| EAST LOWER SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 364 | 93.7% | 21.5% |
Matched among New York middle 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 NORTHWEST COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Monroe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 11.4% | #764 of 766 | #28 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 4.8% | #767 of 768 no change | #28 of 29 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 6.0% | #768 of 768 ▼ 2 | #28 of 28 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 487 | #363 of 796 | #23 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.3:1 | #53 of 683 | #5 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.9% | #231 of 688 | #14 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.9% | #138 of 773 | #6 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +113.6% | #1 of 168 | #1 of 9 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
487
+177 (+57%) vs 2020
+11% since 2010-11, when it was 440
Student : Teacher
8.3:1
was 11.5:1
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 | 487 | 58.5 | 8.3:1 | 90% (438) |
| 2023-24 | 238 | 30.5 | 7.8:1 | 96% (228) |
| 2022-23 | 252 | 32.1 | 7.9:1 | 92% (232) |
| 2020-21 | 310 | 27 | 11.5:1 | 96% (298) |
| 2017-18 | 228 | 21 | 10.8:1 | 96% (218) |
| 2015-16 | 206 | 20 | 10.3:1 | 90% (185) |
| 2010-11 | 440 | 39 | 11.3:1 | 82% (362) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NORTHWEST COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL.
About NORTHWEST COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL
NORTHWEST COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL is a medium-sized middle school in ROCHESTER, New York. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 487 students in grades 7 through 8.
ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 25,949 students, and its 51 schools include NORTHWEST COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL.
By race and ethnicity, NORTHWEST COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL is 52% Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 40% Black and 5% White. In Monroe County overall, about 10% of residents are Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at NORTHWEST COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 57%.
Teachers at NORTHWEST COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL total 58.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 8.3:1. For comparison, middle schools in New York average 10.3:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 90%. Compared with the 50% average for public schools in Monroe County, the school's rate is higher.
allk12 grades NORTHWEST COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL an F. The grade compares the school only with New York public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
A school in New York with NORTHWEST COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 41.9%. NORTHWEST COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL scores 11.4%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Monroe County, median household income is about $76,382, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. NORTHWEST COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL is one of 186 public schools in Monroe County, which together enroll about 106,108 students.
LAURELTON-PARDEE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is the closest public school, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, NORTHWEST COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL is 6th among 8 schools close by.
NCES assigns NORTHWEST COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL the locale City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment records show 310 in 2020-21 and 487 in 2024-25. Because schools sometimes add or drop grades, the two numbers may not be directly comparable. The number of students per teacher fell from 11.5 to 8.3 over 4 years.
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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
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- 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
- LAURELTON-PARDEE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 262
- SCHOOL 39-ANDREW J TOWNSON0.9 mi · 330
- SCHOOL 33-JOHN JAMES AUDUBON0.9 mi · 980
- EAST IRONDEQUOIT MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 636
- SCHOOL 45-MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE1.0 mi · 430
- HELENDALE ROAD PRIMARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 311
Frequently asked questions
About NORTHWEST COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend NORTHWEST COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL?
NORTHWEST COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 487 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does NORTHWEST COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL serve?
NORTHWEST COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 07-08.
How many students per teacher at NORTHWEST COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 8.3:1 students per teacher at NORTHWEST COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL.
How diverse is NORTHWEST COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL?
NORTHWEST COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 5% White, 52% Hispanic, 40% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is NORTHWEST COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
NORTHWEST COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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