SCHOOL 19-DR CHARLES T LUNSFORD

SCHOOL 19-DR CHARLES T LUNSFORD, an intimate primary school in ROCHESTER, New York, operated by ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, caters to 353 students, covering grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 20% below the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 51 schools with combined enrollment of 25,949 students; SCHOOL 19-DR CHARLES T LUNSFORD is among them.

In terms of who attends, SCHOOL 19-DR CHARLES T LUNSFORD shows that Black students make up the majority at 72%. Other groups include 16% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 14% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Around 81% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Monroe County's rate of about 50%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, SCHOOL 19-DR CHARLES T LUNSFORD performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.3%, the actual is 28.2%, a residual of -17.1 points.

In the area at large, Monroe County reports that median household income runs about $76,382, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Monroe County runs 186 public schools (combined enrollment of about 106,108 students), of which SCHOOL 19-DR CHARLES T LUNSFORD is one.

The closest other public school is SCHOOL 25-NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SCHOOL 19-DR CHARLES T LUNSFORD ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 16.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Five-year trend. SCHOOL 19-DR CHARLES T LUNSFORD's enrollment has declined 18% since 2018, when it stood at 432 (now 353). The Black share of enrollment ticked down from 78% to 72% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 11.1:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 today.

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