DR DAVID AND RUTH ANDERSON ACADEMY- SCHOOL 16

DR DAVID AND RUTH ANDERSON ACADEMY- SCHOOL 16 is a mid-tier elementary campus in ROCHESTER, New York, part of ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school instructs 430 students in grades pre-K through 6.

Across the 51 schools in ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (25,949 students total), DR DAVID AND RUTH ANDERSON ACADEMY- SCHOOL 16 accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, DR DAVID AND RUTH ANDERSON ACADEMY- SCHOOL 16 lists that the largest single group is Black, at 73% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 17% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% White. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 14%.

On the income-and-resources front, DR DAVID AND RUTH ANDERSON ACADEMY- SCHOOL 16 lists 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting DR DAVID AND RUTH ANDERSON ACADEMY- SCHOOL 16 tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 86% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Monroe County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, DR DAVID AND RUTH ANDERSON ACADEMY- SCHOOL 16 falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 43.4%; this one comes in at 21.8%, -21.7 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Monroe County) records that median household income runs about $76,382, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Monroe County's 186 public schools (combined enrollment of about 106,108 students), DR DAVID AND RUTH ANDERSON ACADEMY- SCHOOL 16 is one campus in the mix.

ROCHESTER PREP CHARTER SCHOOL 2 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DR DAVID AND RUTH ANDERSON ACADEMY- SCHOOL 16 at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 25.5%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 14%: 501 students in 2018 compared to 430 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 78% to 73% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.