SCHOOL 35-PINNACLE

SCHOOL 35-PINNACLE is one of the moderately sized K-5 schools in ROCHESTER, New York, part of ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 435 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6.

SCHOOL 35-PINNACLE is one of 51 schools operated by ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that enrolls 25,949 students overall.

On the student-mix side, SCHOOL 35-PINNACLE records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 36% Black, 6% multiracial, 4% White. By comparison, Monroe County as a whole is about 10% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 74% of students at SCHOOL 35-PINNACLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Monroe County (around 50%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, SCHOOL 35-PINNACLE sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 47.9%; actual is 15.0%, a gap of -33.0 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Monroe County indicate the typical household earns roughly $76,382 per year, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 35-PINNACLE is one.

INNOVA GIRLS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SCHOOL 35-PINNACLE. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SCHOOL 35-PINNACLE ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 30.4%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 441 students in 2018 compared to 435 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 10% to 4%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.