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THORNELL ROAD SCHOOL
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 88 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About THORNELL ROAD SCHOOL
Set in PITTSFORD, New York, THORNELL ROAD SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary campus, operated by PITTSFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. It enrolls 490 students across grades K through 5.
PITTSFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 5,516 students. THORNELL ROAD SCHOOL is one of those campuses.
On demographics, THORNELL ROAD SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is White, at 71% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 11% multiracial, 10% Asian, 6% Hispanic, 2% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Monroe County as a whole.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting THORNELL ROAD SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. About 2% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Monroe County (around 50%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, THORNELL ROAD SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 74.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 82.4%.
In the broader community, Monroe County reports that the typical household earns roughly $76,382 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Monroe County runs 186 public schools (combined enrollment of about 106,108 students), of which THORNELL ROAD SCHOOL is one.
PITTSFORD-MENDON HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), THORNELL ROAD SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 77.9%.
The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.
Five-year trend. THORNELL ROAD SCHOOL's enrollment has expanded 26% since 2018, when it stood at 390 (now 490). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 84% to 71% over that span.
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