SCHOOL 4-GEORGE MATHER FORBES

SCHOOL 4-GEORGE MATHER FORBES is an elementary school of compact scale in ROCHESTER, New York, one of the schools within ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, serveing 265 students in grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 40% below typical.

ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 51 schools with combined enrollment of 25,949 students; SCHOOL 4-GEORGE MATHER FORBES is among them.

On the student-mix side, SCHOOL 4-GEORGE MATHER FORBES logs that Black students make up the majority at 67%; the rest is composed of 20% Hispanic, 6% White, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Monroe County as a whole is about 14% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Around 87% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Monroe County's rate of about 50%.

With demographic context factored in, SCHOOL 4-GEORGE MATHER FORBES falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 42.9%; this one comes in at 8.9%, -34.0 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, Monroe County reports that median household income runs about $76,382, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Monroe County's 186 public schools (combined enrollment of about 106,108 students), SCHOOL 4-GEORGE MATHER FORBES is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: JOSEPH C WILSON FOUNDATION ACADEMY, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SCHOOL 4-GEORGE MATHER FORBES at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 19.9%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. SCHOOL 4-GEORGE MATHER FORBES's enrollment has edged down 35% since 2018, when it stood at 406 (now 265). Over the same period, the Black share declined from 74% to 67%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 11.6:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.