SCHOOL 29-ADLAI E STEVENSON

Located at 88 KIRKLAND RD, in ROCHESTER, New York, SCHOOL 29-ADLAI E STEVENSON is a close-knit primary school that enrolls 236 students (grades pre-K through 6), operated by ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so SCHOOL 29-ADLAI E STEVENSON sits 47% below that benchmark.

Across the 51 schools in ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (25,949 students total), SCHOOL 29-ADLAI E STEVENSON accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, SCHOOL 29-ADLAI E STEVENSON records that Black students make up the majority at 57%. Beyond that, the school lists 28% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 6% White. By comparison, Monroe County as a whole is about 14% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Monroe County (around 50%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SCHOOL 29-ADLAI E STEVENSON falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 42.6%; this one comes in at 6.7%, -35.9 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, 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 29-ADLAI E STEVENSON is one.

Nearest neighbor: JOSEPH C WILSON FOUNDATION ACADEMY, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, SCHOOL 29-ADLAI E STEVENSON comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 21.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Over the past 6-year window. Looking back 6 years, enrollment at SCHOOL 29-ADLAI E STEVENSON has edged down 37%, going from 375 students in 2018 to 236 in 2024. Over the same period, the Black share declined from 75% to 57%.

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