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Enrollment
1,065
High
DISTRICT 798 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362475004787
SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
45 PRINCE ST, ROCHESTER, NY 14607 · (585) 242-7682 · Monroe County
GRADES 07–12HIGH12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,065 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 17% of New York public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
96 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.9:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
728 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 192 | 18% |
| Grade 8 | 205 | 19% |
| Grade 9 | 158 | 15% |
| Grade 10 | 160 | 15% |
| Grade 11 | 172 | 16% |
| Grade 12 | 178 | 17% |
Student demographics
69%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
58.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +1.4pp since 2023
Math
53.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +9.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 up about 9 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.6% | 43.6% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
42.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
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 OF THE ARTS
SCHOOL OF THE ARTS's state test result (42.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCHOOL OF THE ARTS this school | 1,065 | 68.4% | 42.6% |
| BROOKLYN HIGH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS BROOKLYN | 890 | 66.6% | 59.3% |
| TROY HIGH SCHOOL TROY | 1,193 | 68.1% | 57.2% |
| BUFFALO ACADEMY FOR THE VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS BUFFALO | 617 | 69.2% | 40.9% |
| BINGHAMTON HIGH SCHOOL BINGHAMTON | 1,262 | 71.2% | 43.8% |
| MOUNT VERNON STEAM ACADEMY MOUNT VERNON | 747 | 70.1% | 54.8% |
Matched among New York high 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 OF THE ARTS ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Monroe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.6% | #886 of 1,135 | #23 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #552 of 1,109 ▲ 162 | #15 of 35 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #813 of 1,135 ▲ 67 | #20 of 34 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,065 | #226 of 1,216 | #16 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #537 of 1,058 | #22 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.7% | #115 of 1,070 | #5 of 36 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.4% | #538 of 1,167 | #11 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.5% | #551 of 743 | #14 of 22 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,065
-44 (-4%) vs 2020
+212% since 1990-91, when it was 341
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 1,065 | 95.9 | 11.1:1 | 68% (728) |
| 2023-24 | 1,058 | 95.7 | 11.1:1 | 67% (711) |
| 2022-23 | 1,066 | 95.5 | 11.2:1 | 69% (732) |
| 2020-21 | 1,109 | 94 | 11.8:1 | 65% (721) |
| 2017-18 | 1,139 | 92 | 12.4:1 | 67% (759) |
| 2015-16 | 1,143 | 87 | 13.1:1 | 64% (737) |
| 2010-11 | 1,169 | 88 | 13.3:1 | 58% (681) |
| 2000-01 | 1,089 | 79 | 13.8:1 | 49% (538) |
| 1990-91 | 341 | 33 | 10.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SCHOOL OF THE ARTS.
About SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
SCHOOL OF THE ARTS sits in ROCHESTER, New York, and is classified as a high school. The grade span is 7 through 12, and enrollment is 1,065 students. An average school in this group (high schools in New York) has about 668 students.
ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT is made up of 51 schools with 25,949 students in all.
SCHOOL OF THE ARTS has no majority group; Black students are the largest, at 42%. The remaining students are 29% Hispanic, 23% White, 4% Asian, and 2% multiracial. Among people living in Monroe County, the Black share is about 14%. Pick two students at random and there is a 69% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teacher staffing is 95.9 full-time equivalents, or about 11.1 students per teacher. For comparison, high schools in New York average 11.0:1. About 68% of students, or 728, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 50% for public schools in Monroe County.
Measured against New York public high schools, SCHOOL OF THE ARTS receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
SCHOOL OF THE ARTS is 7.2 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (42.6% versus 49.9%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New York.
Monroe County census figures show that the median household income is $76,382, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Monroe County is home to 186 public schools and about 106,108 public school students.
The closest other public school is SCHOOL 58-WORLD OF INQUIRY SCHOOL, about 0.4 miles away. SCHOOL OF THE ARTS has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts SCHOOL OF THE ARTS at 2nd of 8.
NCES assigns SCHOOL OF THE ARTS the locale City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
SCHOOL OF THE ARTS's enrollment declined from 1,109 in 2020-21 to 1,065 in 2024-25.
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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
- FRANKLIN UPPER SCHOOLHigh · 1,006 students
- SCHOOL 33-JOHN JAMES AUDUBONElementary · 980 students
- SCHOOL 58-WORLD OF INQUIRY SCHOOLCombined · 896 students
- JOSEPH C WILSON MAGNET HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 868 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
- SCHOOL 58-WORLD OF INQUIRY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 896
- GENESEE COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL0.5 mi · 233
- DR. FREDDIE THOMAS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.7 mi · 512
- JAMES MONROE UPPER SCHOOL0.9 mi · 809
- MONROE LOWER SCHOOL0.9 mi · 230
- SCHOOL 23-FRANCIS PARKER0.9 mi · 313
Frequently asked questions
About SCHOOL OF THE ARTSWhat is the total enrollment at SCHOOL OF THE ARTS?
SCHOOL OF THE ARTS enrolls approximately 1,065 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does SCHOOL OF THE ARTS serve?
SCHOOL OF THE ARTS serves grades 07-12.
How many teachers does SCHOOL OF THE ARTS have?
SCHOOL OF THE ARTS employs 96 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.1:1.
What is the student diversity at SCHOOL OF THE ARTS?
Student demographics at SCHOOL OF THE ARTS are roughly 23% White, 29% Hispanic, 42% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is SCHOOL OF THE ARTS public or private?
SCHOOL OF THE ARTS is a public K-12 school, overseen by ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.