AUSTIN STEWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 46

AUSTIN STEWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 46 is a cozy elementary campus in ROCHESTER, New York, one of the schools within ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school works with 343 students in grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 23% smaller than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 51 schools in total, collectively educating 25,949 students. AUSTIN STEWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 46 is one of those campuses.

Demographically, AUSTIN STEWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 46 lists that 40% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 25% Hispanic, 24% White, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 14%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting AUSTIN STEWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 46 tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 66% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Monroe County's rate of about 50%.

With demographic context factored in, AUSTIN STEWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 46 falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 50.5%; this one comes in at 30.0%, -20.5 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Monroe County indicate 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), AUSTIN STEWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 46 is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is ROCHESTER ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around AUSTIN STEWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 46. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts AUSTIN STEWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 46 at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 34.4%.

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

Five-year trend. AUSTIN STEWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 46's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 340 (now 343). Black enrollment moved from 49% to 40% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.