SCHOOL 25-NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE

Located at 190 REYNOLDS ST, in ROCHESTER, New York, SCHOOL 25-NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE is a moderately sized elementary campus that instructs 471 students (grades pre-K through 6), part of ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.

ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 51 schools in total, collectively educating 25,949 students. SCHOOL 25-NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, SCHOOL 25-NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE lists that 58% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder breaks down as 23% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 8% White. By comparison, Monroe County as a whole is about 14% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, SCHOOL 25-NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE has 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.7:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 83% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Monroe County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, SCHOOL 25-NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 44.6%; this one comes in at 22.9%, -21.7 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Monroe County put median household earnings sit near $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), SCHOOL 25-NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: SCHOOL 2-CLARA BARTON, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SCHOOL 25-NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 15.5%.

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

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SCHOOL 25-NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE has ticked up 35%, going from 349 students in 2018 to 471 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment shrank from 30% to 23% over that span.

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