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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCHESTER ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 360095005995

ROCHESTER ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL

841 GENESEE ST, ROCHESTER, NY 14611 · (585) 467-9201 · Monroe County
GRADES KG–12COMBINED12-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL829 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 7% of New York public K-12 schools
  • FTest 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 K-12 schools

Enrollment
829
Combined
STATE 544
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
74 FTE teachers
STATE 8.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
828 students
STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten678%
Grade 1658%
Grade 2627%
Grade 3678%
Grade 4577%
Grade 5627%
Grade 6719%
Grade 7749%
Grade 8617%
Grade 9719%
Grade 10729%
Grade 11506%
Grade 12506%

This year's kindergarten class (67) is 10% larger than its 8th grade class (61).

Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 72% · US 70%
White
9011%
STATE 39% · US 43%
Hispanic
8010%
STATE 31% · US 30%
Black
65078%
STATE 16% · US 15%
Asian
71%
STATE 10% · US 6%
Two+
20%
STATE 4% · US 5%
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
Male
39347%
Female
43653%

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Test scores

NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)
English Language Arts
32.2%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.2pp since 2023
Math
27.1%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.9pp since 2023

What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.

NYS Assessments results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2532.2%27.1%
2023-2428.0%25.2%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
26.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.5pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 →

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
829
+115 (+16%) vs 2020
+219% since 2010-11, when it was 260
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 11.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2582973.511.3:1100% (828)
2023-2482161.513.3:1100% (821)
2022-2382380.310.3:197% (796)
2020-217146211.5:199% (706)
2017-184233811.1:199% (420)
2015-163703510.6:1N/A
2010-112601715.3:176% (197)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ROCHESTER ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL.

About ROCHESTER ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL

Among the schools in ROCHESTER, New York, is ROCHESTER ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL, a large combined-grade school. The school's enrollment of 829 students covers kindergarten through 12. Enrollment is 52% higher than the average for combined schools in New York, which is about 544.

Federal records list ROCHESTER ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL as its own district.

Black students are the majority at ROCHESTER ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL, with 78% of enrollment. Other groups make up 11% White and 10% Hispanic. Monroe County as a whole is about 14% Black, so the school's share is higher. Pick two students at random and there is a 36% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

ROCHESTER ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL's 73.5 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 11.3:1. On average, combined schools in New York have 8.7:1, compared with 11.3:1 here. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 100%. That is higher than the 50% average for public schools in Monroe County.

The allk12 Grade for ROCHESTER ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is D. Compared with New York public K-12 schools, the school scored higher than 7% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.

The model predicts 38.3% for a school in New York with ROCHESTER ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch share. ROCHESTER ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL posts 26.7%.

Recent Census Bureau figures for Monroe County show that the median household income is $76,382, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Besides ROCHESTER ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL, Monroe County has 185 other public schools.

The closest other public school is JOSEPH C WILSON MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.5 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, ROCHESTER ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL ranks 3rd on average proficiency.

NCES assigns ROCHESTER ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL the locale City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000. As a charter school, ROCHESTER ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is publicly funded and operates under a charter.

Enrollment is up 16% from 2020-21, when ROCHESTER ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL had 714 students, to 2024-25, when it had 829.

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Monroe County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
ROCHESTER ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL
District
ROCHESTER ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL
Address
841 GENESEE ST, ROCHESTER, NY 14611
Phone
(585) 467-9201
County
Monroe County
Level
Combined
Grade range
KG–12
Total enrollment
829
Teachers (FTE)
74
Student–teacher ratio
11.3:1
Free and reduced lunch
828 (100%)
Locale
12-City: Mid-size
NCES ID
360095005995
Charter school
Yes
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About ROCHESTER ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL
How many students attend ROCHESTER ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL?
ROCHESTER ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL enrolls approximately 829 students in grades KG-12.
What grades does ROCHESTER ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL serve?
ROCHESTER ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL serves grades KG-12.
How many students per teacher at ROCHESTER ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL?
Approximately 11.3:1 students per teacher at ROCHESTER ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at ROCHESTER ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL?
At ROCHESTER ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 11% White, 10% Hispanic, 78% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is ROCHESTER ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL in?
ROCHESTER ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is part of ROCHESTER ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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