VERTUS CHARTER SCHOOL

VERTUS CHARTER SCHOOL is a 9-12 campus of close-knit scale in ROCHESTER, New York, part of VERTUS CHARTER SCHOOL, educateing 348 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 48% smaller than the state mean of about 668.

VERTUS CHARTER SCHOOL sits inside VERTUS CHARTER SCHOOL, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

In terms of who attends, VERTUS CHARTER SCHOOL shows that 66% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest reads as 33% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 14% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Roughly 82% of students at VERTUS CHARTER SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Monroe County (around 50%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, VERTUS CHARTER SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.3%.

Zooming out to the county, Monroe County reports that 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. In all, Monroe County runs 186 public schools (combined enrollment of about 106,108 students), of which VERTUS CHARTER SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is EAST UPPER HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, VERTUS CHARTER SCHOOL comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 30.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area. VERTUS CHARTER SCHOOL operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 21%: 288 students in 2018 compared to 348 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 19% to 33%.

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