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Enrollment
590
Elementary
DISTRICT 438 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362475003418
SCHOOL 50-HELEN BARRETT MONTGOMERY
301 SENECA AVE, ROCHESTER, NY 14621 · (585) 266-0331 · Monroe County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL590 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 1% 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
12.1:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
479 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 | 63 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 80 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 24% smaller than its 6th grade class (80).
Student demographics
73%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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
15.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
13.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -7.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 15.0% | 13.0% |
| 2023-24 | 14.0% | 20.1% |
% 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
15.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-29.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 45% 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 50-HELEN BARRETT MONTGOMERY
SCHOOL 50-HELEN BARRETT MONTGOMERY's state test result (15.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCHOOL 50-HELEN BARRETT MONTGOMERY this school | 590 | 81.2% | 15.5% |
| PS 121 THROOP BRONX | 601 | 83.5% | 43.8% |
| KERNAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL UTICA | 585 | 87.5% | 27.5% |
| PS 315 BROOKLYN | 555 | 89.2% | 41.8% |
| SCHOOL 5-JOHN WILLIAMS ROCHESTER | 485 | 81.9% | 14.1% |
| PS 249 CATON (THE) BROOKLYN | 663 | 83.9% | 76.6% |
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 50-HELEN BARRETT MONTGOMERY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Monroe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.5% | #2,294 of 2,335 | #80 of 97 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.0% | #2,314 of 2,342 ▼ 97 | #88 of 97 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.0% | #2,311 of 2,343 ▼ 31 | #86 of 97 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 590 | #505 of 2,585 | #13 of 106 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #1,304 of 2,338 | #62 of 99 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.3% | #95 of 2,388 | #4 of 99 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.2% | #733 of 2,534 | #23 of 106 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.0% | #1,094 of 1,757 | #33 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
590
-80 (-12%) vs 2020
+57% since 1990-91, when it was 376
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 590 | 48.9 | 12.1:1 | 81% (479) |
| 2023-24 | 624 | 52.1 | 12.0:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 628 | 54 | 11.6:1 | 90% (566) |
| 2020-21 | 670 | 49 | 13.7:1 | 91% (612) |
| 2017-18 | 663 | 45 | 14.7:1 | 91% (603) |
| 2015-16 | 701 | 50 | 14.0:1 | 86% (606) |
| 2010-11 | 529 | 49 | 10.8:1 | 89% (471) |
| 2000-01 | 530 | 34 | 15.6:1 | 63% (332) |
| 1990-91 | 376 | 16 | 23.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SCHOOL 50-HELEN BARRETT MONTGOMERY.
About SCHOOL 50-HELEN BARRETT MONTGOMERY
SCHOOL 50-HELEN BARRETT MONTGOMERY is a medium-sized elementary school for students in ROCHESTER, New York. Its 590 students are spread across pre-K through 6. The typical figure for elementary schools in New York is about 443 students.
ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT includes 51 schools. Together they enroll 25,949 students.
SCHOOL 50-HELEN BARRETT MONTGOMERY has no majority group; Black students are the largest, at 36%. Other students are 32% Hispanic, 14% White, 11% Asian, and 7% multiracial. By comparison, Monroe County residents are about 14% Black. The school's diversity index is 73%, meaning two students picked at random have a 73% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.1:1 at SCHOOL 50-HELEN BARRETT MONTGOMERY, with 48.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 0.8 below the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 81%. It compares with 50% for public schools in Monroe County.
Measured against New York public elementary schools, SCHOOL 50-HELEN BARRETT MONTGOMERY receives an F. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, SCHOOL 50-HELEN BARRETT MONTGOMERY ranks in the bottom 10% in New York. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 15.5%, against a prediction of 45.1%.
County data help place the school in context: in Monroe County, the median household income is $76,382, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Monroe County is home to 186 public schools and about 106,108 public school students.
The nearest public school is PADILLA HIGH SCHOOL, at about 0.7 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 41.1% proficiency; SCHOOL 50-HELEN BARRETT MONTGOMERY posts 15.5%.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Mid-size, or inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment has fallen by 80 students since 2020-21, to 590. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 12.1:1, from 13.7:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at SCHOOL 50-HELEN BARRETT MONTGOMERY. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
Related schools
Other schools in ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- EDISON CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,362 students
- PADILLA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,342 students
- SCHOOL OF THE ARTSHigh · 1,065 students
- FRANKLIN UPPER SCHOOLHigh · 1,006 students
- SCHOOL 33-JOHN JAMES AUDUBONElementary · 980 students
- SCHOOL 58-WORLD OF INQUIRY SCHOOLCombined · 896 students
Other schools in ROCHESTER
- ROCHESTER PREP CHARTER SCHOOL 1Combined · 1,405 students
- EDISON CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,362 students
- PADILLA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,342 students
- BRIGHTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,164 students
- IRONDEQUOIT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,160 students
- GATES CHILI HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,134 students
Nearby schools
- PADILLA HIGH SCHOOL0.7 mi · 1,342
- FRANKLIN UPPER SCHOOL0.7 mi · 1,006
- FRANKLIN LOWER SCHOOL0.7 mi · 212
- EUGENIO MARIA DE HOSTOS CHARTER SCHOOL0.7 mi · 1,051
- SOUTHLAWN SCHOOL0.7 mi · 235
- ROGERS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.7 mi · 425
Frequently asked questions
About SCHOOL 50-HELEN BARRETT MONTGOMERYWhat is the total enrollment at SCHOOL 50-HELEN BARRETT MONTGOMERY?
SCHOOL 50-HELEN BARRETT MONTGOMERY enrolls approximately 590 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does SCHOOL 50-HELEN BARRETT MONTGOMERY serve?
SCHOOL 50-HELEN BARRETT MONTGOMERY serves grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at SCHOOL 50-HELEN BARRETT MONTGOMERY?
Approximately 12.1:1 students per teacher at SCHOOL 50-HELEN BARRETT MONTGOMERY.
How diverse is SCHOOL 50-HELEN BARRETT MONTGOMERY?
SCHOOL 50-HELEN BARRETT MONTGOMERY reports a student body of 14% White, 32% Hispanic, 36% Black, 11% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is SCHOOL 50-HELEN BARRETT MONTGOMERY in?
SCHOOL 50-HELEN BARRETT MONTGOMERY is part of ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.