SCHOOL 33-JOHN JAMES AUDUBON

Set in ROCHESTER, New York, SCHOOL 33-JOHN JAMES AUDUBON is a large elementary school, part of ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. It teaches 980 students across grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 121% above typical.

Within ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 51 schools and 25,949 students, SCHOOL 33-JOHN JAMES AUDUBON is one campus in the system.

On demographics, SCHOOL 33-JOHN JAMES AUDUBON lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 37% Black, 6% multiracial, 3% White. By comparison, Monroe County as a whole is about 10% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, SCHOOL 33-JOHN JAMES AUDUBON has 75 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 81% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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 somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SCHOOL 33-JOHN JAMES AUDUBON falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 45.4%; this one comes in at 11.8%, -33.6 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, 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 roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. SCHOOL 33-JOHN JAMES AUDUBON is one of 186 public schools in Monroe County (combined enrollment of about 106,108 students).

SCHOOL 45-MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SCHOOL 33-JOHN JAMES AUDUBON. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SCHOOL 33-JOHN JAMES AUDUBON ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 26.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. SCHOOL 33-JOHN JAMES AUDUBON's enrollment has fell 14% since 2018, when it stood at 1,138 (now 980). Over the same period, the Black share shrank from 52% to 37%.

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