SCHOOL 54-FLOWER CITY COMMUNITY SCHOOL

SCHOOL 54-FLOWER CITY COMMUNITY SCHOOL is an intimate elementary-level community in ROCHESTER, New York, part of ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school educates 325 students in grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 27% leaner than typical.

Within ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 51 schools and 25,949 students, SCHOOL 54-FLOWER CITY COMMUNITY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, SCHOOL 54-FLOWER CITY COMMUNITY SCHOOL records that 55% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 26% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 5% White. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 14%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, SCHOOL 54-FLOWER CITY COMMUNITY SCHOOL records 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 88% of students at SCHOOL 54-FLOWER CITY COMMUNITY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Monroe County's rate of about 50%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SCHOOL 54-FLOWER CITY COMMUNITY SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 42.7%; SCHOOL 54-FLOWER CITY COMMUNITY SCHOOL posts 18.4%, -24.4 points below that line.

Across the wider county, census data for Monroe County shows median household earnings sit near $76,382, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Monroe County's 186 public schools (combined enrollment of about 106,108 students), SCHOOL 54-FLOWER CITY COMMUNITY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

ANDREW A LANGSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SCHOOL 54-FLOWER CITY COMMUNITY SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 11.9%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 24%: 430 students in 2018 compared to 325 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share edged down from 71% to 55%.

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