Enrollment
265
Elementary
DISTRICT 438 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362475003379
SCHOOL 4-GEORGE MATHER FORBES
198 DR SAMUEL MCCREE WAY, ROCHESTER, NY 14611 · (585) 235-7848 · Monroe County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL265 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 0% of New York public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
231 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 31 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 31 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 23 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 30 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 35 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 27 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 33 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 30 | 11% |
| Ungraded | 25 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (31) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (30).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
9.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
12.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 9 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 9.0% | 12.0% |
| 2023-24 | 6.0% | 9.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
8.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-34.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 9% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 43% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like SCHOOL 4-GEORGE MATHER FORBES
SCHOOL 4-GEORGE MATHER FORBES's state test result (8.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCHOOL 4-GEORGE MATHER FORBES this school | 265 | 87.2% | 8.9% |
| PS 289 GEORGE V BROWER BROOKLYN | 280 | 90.7% | 54.2% |
| PS 92 ADRIAN HEGEMAN BROOKLYN | 251 | 91.6% | 41.1% |
| PS 268 EMMA LAZARUS BROOKLYN | 286 | 88.8% | 64.6% |
| PS 375 JACKIE ROBINSON SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 239 | 90.8% | 47.4% |
| PS 36 SAINT ALBANS SCHOOL SAINT ALBANS | 277 | 85.6% | 34.4% |
Matched among New York elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where SCHOOL 4-GEORGE MATHER FORBES ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Monroe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 8.9% | #2,327 of 2,335 | #92 of 97 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.0% | #2,318 of 2,342 ▲ 10 | #90 of 97 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 9.0% | #2,337 of 2,343 ▼ 2 | #93 of 97 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 265 | #2,171 of 2,585 | #95 of 106 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.6:1 | #336 of 2,338 | #8 of 99 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.4% | #1,221 of 2,388 | #58 of 99 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.2% | #528 of 2,534 | #12 of 106 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.7% | #199 of 1,757 | #1 of 58 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
265
-75 (-22%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 494
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
was 12.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 265 | 27.5 | 9.6:1 | 87% (231) |
| 2023-24 | 251 | 24.6 | 10.2:1 | 90% (226) |
| 2022-23 | 276 | 28.6 | 9.6:1 | 93% (256) |
| 2020-21 | 340 | 28 | 12.1:1 | 96% (325) |
| 2017-18 | 406 | 35 | 11.6:1 | 95% (387) |
| 2015-16 | 498 | 38 | 13.1:1 | 93% (462) |
| 2010-11 | 364 | 39 | 9.3:1 | 92% (336) |
| 2000-01 | 440 | 43 | 10.2:1 | 86% (378) |
| 1990-91 | 494 | 34 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SCHOOL 4-GEORGE MATHER FORBES.
About SCHOOL 4-GEORGE MATHER FORBES
SCHOOL 4-GEORGE MATHER FORBES is a low-enrollment elementary school. Its address is in ROCHESTER, New York. School enrollment was 265 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 6. For comparison, elementary schools in New York average about 443 students.
ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (51 schools, 25,949 students) runs SCHOOL 4-GEORGE MATHER FORBES.
SCHOOL 4-GEORGE MATHER FORBES is 67% Black by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 20% Hispanic, 6% White, and 6% multiracial. In Monroe County overall, about 14% of residents are Black. SCHOOL 4-GEORGE MATHER FORBES's diversity index is 50%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at SCHOOL 4-GEORGE MATHER FORBES total 27.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 9.6:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. The school counts 231 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 87%. Among public schools in Monroe County, the average eligibility rate is 50%.
SCHOOL 4-GEORGE MATHER FORBES is graded F by allk12, scoring above 0% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
SCHOOL 4-GEORGE MATHER FORBES is in the bottom 10% of New York schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 42.9%. The school's actual rate is 8.9%, 34.0 points lower.
Federal survey data for Monroe County show that the median household income is $76,382, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Monroe County is home to 186 public schools and about 106,108 public school students.
The nearest other public school, LORETTA JOHNSON MIDDLE SCHOOL, is about 0.2 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 19.9%; SCHOOL 4-GEORGE MATHER FORBES's is 8.9%, ranking 7th of 8.
SCHOOL 4-GEORGE MATHER FORBES has an NCES locale of City: Mid-size.
2024-25 enrollment was 265, a 22% decrease from 340 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher fell from 12.1 to 9.6 over 4 years.
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Monroe County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
753,753
Census ACS
Median income
$76,382
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
186
106,108 students
Quick facts
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- JOSEPH C WILSON MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 868
Frequently asked questions
About SCHOOL 4-GEORGE MATHER FORBESWhat is the total enrollment at SCHOOL 4-GEORGE MATHER FORBES?
SCHOOL 4-GEORGE MATHER FORBES enrolls approximately 265 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does SCHOOL 4-GEORGE MATHER FORBES serve?
SCHOOL 4-GEORGE MATHER FORBES serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SCHOOL 4-GEORGE MATHER FORBES?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SCHOOL 4-GEORGE MATHER FORBES is approximately 9.6:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at SCHOOL 4-GEORGE MATHER FORBES?
At SCHOOL 4-GEORGE MATHER FORBES, the student body is approximately 6% White, 20% Hispanic, 67% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is SCHOOL 4-GEORGE MATHER FORBES public or private?
SCHOOL 4-GEORGE MATHER FORBES is a public K-12 school, overseen by ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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