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How has THORNELL ROAD SCHOOL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
490
Elementary
DISTRICT 479 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PITTSFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362316003243
THORNELL ROAD SCHOOL
431 THORNELL RD, PITTSFORD, NY 14534 · (585) 267-1702 · Monroe County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL490 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 89% of New York public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
2%
11 students
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 13% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (65).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
85.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
88.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.0pp since 2023
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.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 85.0% | 88.0% |
| 2023-24 | 78.0% | 85.0% |
% 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
82.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.3pp
above demographic expectation
What 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%.
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 THORNELL ROAD SCHOOL
THORNELL ROAD SCHOOL's state test result (82.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| THORNELL ROAD SCHOOL this school | 490 | 2.2% | 82.4% |
| JEFFERSON ROAD SCHOOL PITTSFORD | 507 | 1.6% | 72.3% |
| OSBORN SCHOOL RYE | 469 | 2.6% | 86.0% |
| MIDLAND SCHOOL RYE | 482 | 2.9% | 80.3% |
| ROARING BROOK SCHOOL CHAPPAQUA | 444 | 3.8% | 84.8% |
| WESTORCHARD SCHOOL CHAPPAQUA | 441 | 2.9% | 88.8% |
Matched among New York elementary 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 THORNELL ROAD SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Monroe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.4% | #132 of 2,335 | #1 of 97 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 88.0% | #179 of 2,342 ▲ 17 | #1 of 97 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #148 of 2,343 ▼ 14 | #1 of 97 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 490 | #881 of 2,585 | #36 of 106 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #1,939 of 2,338 | #89 of 99 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.8% | #1,362 of 2,388 | #61 of 99 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 2.2% | #2,511 of 2,534 | #103 of 106 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +25.6% | #98 of 606 | #4 of 31 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
490
+76 (+18%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 529
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 490 | 34 | 14.4:1 | 2% (11) |
| 2023-24 | 506 | 37.7 | 13.4:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 473 | 35.6 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 414 | 31 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 390 | 28 | 13.9:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2015-16 | 407 | 23 | 17.7:1 | 3% (14) |
| 2010-11 | 499 | 33 | 15.1:1 | 3% (13) |
| 2000-01 | 472 | 24 | 19.7:1 | 1% (4) |
| 1990-91 | 529 | 30 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for THORNELL ROAD SCHOOL.
About THORNELL ROAD SCHOOL
THORNELL ROAD SCHOOL is an elementary school in PITTSFORD, New York, reachable at (585) 267-1702. The school offers kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 490 students.
PITTSFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which runs THORNELL ROAD SCHOOL, has 9 schools and 5,516 students.
About 71% of the student body at THORNELL ROAD SCHOOL is White. Other groups make up 11% multiracial, 10% Asian, 6% Hispanic, and 2% Black. Monroe County residents are about 70% White, a similar share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 47%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 14.4:1. The school has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1. In all, 2% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 48 points below the 50% average for public schools in Monroe County.
On the allk12 Grade, THORNELL ROAD SCHOOL lands at A, ahead of 89% of New York public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, THORNELL ROAD SCHOOL is 8.3 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New York schools.
The school's county is Monroe County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $76,382, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. There are 186 public schools in the county, enrolling about 106,108, THORNELL ROAD SCHOOL among them.
Of the public schools around it, THORNELL ROAD SCHOOL is closest to PITTSFORD-MENDON HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.5 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, THORNELL ROAD SCHOOL ranks 5th of 9 on average proficiency.
THORNELL ROAD SCHOOL falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment rose 18% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 13.3:1; by 2024-25 it was 14.4:1.
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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 PITTSFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- PITTSFORD-MENDON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 919 students
- PITTSFORD SUTHERLAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 882 students
- BARKER ROAD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 717 students
- MENDON CENTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 640 students
- CALKINS ROAD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 602 students
- JEFFERSON ROAD SCHOOLElementary · 507 students
Other schools in PITTSFORD
- PITTSFORD-MENDON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 919 students
- PITTSFORD SUTHERLAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 882 students
- BARKER ROAD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 717 students
- MENDON CENTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 640 students
- CALKINS ROAD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 602 students
- JEFFERSON ROAD SCHOOLElementary · 507 students
Nearby schools
- PITTSFORD-MENDON HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 919
- BARKER ROAD MIDDLE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 717
- PARK ROAD SCHOOL1.0 mi · 394
- MENDON CENTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 640
- JEFFERSON ROAD SCHOOL1.7 mi · 507
- CALKINS ROAD MIDDLE SCHOOL1.9 mi · 602
Frequently asked questions
About THORNELL ROAD SCHOOLHow large is THORNELL ROAD SCHOOL?
THORNELL ROAD SCHOOL enrolls approximately 490 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does THORNELL ROAD SCHOOL serve?
THORNELL ROAD SCHOOL serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at THORNELL ROAD SCHOOL?
Approximately 14.4:1 students per teacher at THORNELL ROAD SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at THORNELL ROAD SCHOOL?
Student demographics at THORNELL ROAD SCHOOL are roughly 71% White, 6% Hispanic, 2% Black, 10% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is THORNELL ROAD SCHOOL public or private?
THORNELL ROAD SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by PITTSFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.