ROCHESTER ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL

Located at 841 GENESEE ST, in ROCHESTER, New York, ROCHESTER ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is a big K-12 campus that hosts 829 students (grades K through 12), one of the schools within ROCHESTER ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL. Compared to the state average of about 544 students per school, that is 52% bigger than typical.

Operationally, ROCHESTER ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL answers to ROCHESTER ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On demographics, ROCHESTER ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL reports that Black students make up the majority at 78%. The remainder breaks down as 11% White, 10% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 14%.

Looking at school resources, ROCHESTER ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL records 74 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 8.7:1 average. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Monroe County's rate of about 50%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, ROCHESTER ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.3%, the actual is 26.7%, a residual of -11.5 points.

In the area at large, census data for Monroe County shows median household earnings sit near $76,382, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Monroe County's 186 public schools (combined enrollment of about 106,108 students), ROCHESTER ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: JOSEPH C WILSON MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ROCHESTER ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ROCHESTER ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 24.1%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting. As a public charter, ROCHESTER ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Looking at the recent track record. ROCHESTER ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL's enrollment has rose 96% since 2018, when it stood at 423 (now 829). Hispanic enrollment moved from 17% to 10% across the same window.

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