IDA B WELLS-BARNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 34

IDA B WELLS-BARNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 34 is a mid-tier K-5 school in ROCHESTER, New York, one of the schools within ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school works with 465 students in grades pre-K through 6.

IDA B WELLS-BARNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 34 is one of 51 schools operated by ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that serves 25,949 students overall.

Demographically, IDA B WELLS-BARNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 34 lists that the most-represented group is Black (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 28% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 5% White, 3% Asian. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 14%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, IDA B WELLS-BARNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 34 logs 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 88% of students at IDA B WELLS-BARNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 34 qualify 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.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), IDA B WELLS-BARNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 34 is in the bottom 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 42.8%; IDA B WELLS-BARNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 34 posts 21.3%, -21.5 points below that line.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Monroe County) records that the typical household earns roughly $76,382 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Monroe County's 186 public schools (combined enrollment of about 106,108 students), IDA B WELLS-BARNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 34 is one campus in the mix.

SCHOOL 7-VIRGIL GRISSOM is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts IDA B WELLS-BARNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 34 at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 14.3%.

IDA B WELLS-BARNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 34 operates from a metropolitan location.

Five-year trend. IDA B WELLS-BARNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 34's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 473 (now 465). The White share of enrollment declined from 14% to 5% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

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