SENECA SCHOOL

SENECA SCHOOL is a rural-scale elementary-level community in ROCHESTER, New York, overseen by WEST IRONDEQUOIT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school works with 166 students in grades K through 3. Enrollment runs roughly 63% below the state mean of about 443.

Within WEST IRONDEQUOIT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 10 schools and 3,579 students, SENECA SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, SENECA SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is White, at 76% of enrollment. Other groups include 10% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Asian, 2% Black.

Looking at school resources, SENECA SCHOOL shows 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 28% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Monroe County's rate of about 50%.

After controlling for student poverty, SENECA SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 64.6%, the actual is 69.8%, a residual of +5.2 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Monroe County put the typical household earns roughly $76,382 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Monroe County runs 186 public schools (combined enrollment of about 106,108 students), of which SENECA SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: IROQUOIS MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SENECA SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 59.6%.

SENECA SCHOOL operates from a suburban location.

Five-year trend. SENECA SCHOOL's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 170 (now 166). The Asian share of enrollment fell from 9% to 5% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 in 2025.

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