SCHOOL 52-FRANK FOWLER DOW

SCHOOL 52-FRANK FOWLER DOW is one of the small elementary campuss in ROCHESTER, New York, operated by ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 332 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so SCHOOL 52-FRANK FOWLER DOW sits 25% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 51 schools in ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (25,949 students total), SCHOOL 52-FRANK FOWLER DOW accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, SCHOOL 52-FRANK FOWLER DOW records that the most-represented group is Black (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 30% Hispanic, 14% White, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 14% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.6:1. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 81% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Monroe County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, SCHOOL 52-FRANK FOWLER DOW falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 45.2%; this one comes in at 24.3%, -20.9 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Monroe County put median household earnings sit near $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 52-FRANK FOWLER DOW is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is HELENDALE ROAD PRIMARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SCHOOL 52-FRANK FOWLER DOW at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 28.2%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. SCHOOL 52-FRANK FOWLER DOW's enrollment has ticked down 5% since 2018, when it stood at 349 (now 332). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 24% to 14%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 today.

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