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How has WALT DISNEY SCHOOL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
416
Elementary
DISTRICT 407 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GATES CHILI CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361188000955
WALT DISNEY SCHOOL
175 COLDWATER RD, ROCHESTER, NY 14624 · (585) 247-3151 · Monroe County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL416 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 30% of New York public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
13.0:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
220 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within GATES CHILI CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
40.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +14.0pp since 2023
Math
54.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.0% | 54.0% |
| 2023-24 | 26.0% | 52.0% |
% 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
41.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 WALT DISNEY SCHOOL
WALT DISNEY SCHOOL's state test result (41.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WALT DISNEY SCHOOL this school | 416 | 52.9% | 41.8% |
| BEN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUFFALO | 460 | 50.7% | 41.5% |
| HOLMES ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 330 | 54.2% | N/A |
| FLORENCE BRASSER SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 384 | 48.4% | 48.5% |
| LAKESHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 387 | 59.2% | 29.3% |
| RALPH R SMITH SCHOOL HYDE PARK | 332 | 53.3% | 35.6% |
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 WALT DISNEY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Monroe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.8% | #1,536 of 2,335 | #49 of 97 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #1,286 of 2,342 ▼ 67 | #40 of 97 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #1,795 of 2,343 ▲ 161 | #58 of 97 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 416 | #1,274 of 2,585 | #58 of 106 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #1,631 of 2,338 | #78 of 99 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.2% | #305 of 2,388 | #21 of 99 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.9% | #1,326 of 2,534 | #50 of 106 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.9% | #1,028 of 1,757 | #28 of 58 |
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
416
+3 (+1%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 494
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 416 | 32 | 13.0:1 | 53% (220) |
| 2023-24 | 497 | 30.6 | 16.2:1 | 39% (194) |
| 2022-23 | 411 | 30.3 | 13.6:1 | 54% (221) |
| 2020-21 | 413 | 37 | 11.2:1 | 40% (164) |
| 2017-18 | 472 | 44 | 10.7:1 | 52% (247) |
| 2015-16 | 494 | 42 | 11.8:1 | 47% (232) |
| 2010-11 | 475 | 38 | 12.5:1 | 36% (172) |
| 2000-01 | 616 | 37 | 16.6:1 | 13% (80) |
| 1990-91 | 494 | 28 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WALT DISNEY SCHOOL.
About WALT DISNEY SCHOOL
WALT DISNEY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school found in ROCHESTER, New York. The school's enrollment of 416 students covers kindergarten through 5.
WALT DISNEY SCHOOL is one of the 6 schools that make up GATES CHILI CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (3,598 students in total).
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at WALT DISNEY SCHOOL. The largest is White students, at 49%. Other students are 19% Hispanic, 15% Black, 13% multiracial, and 4% Asian. That is lower than the 70% White share among all Monroe County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 68% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The teaching staff at WALT DISNEY SCHOOL is 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 13.0:1. For comparison, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. About 53% of students, or 220, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That tracks the 50% average for public schools in Monroe County.
WALT DISNEY SCHOOL is graded C by allk12, scoring above 30% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Test results at WALT DISNEY SCHOOL are 13.8 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (41.8% actual, 55.5% predicted).
Recent Census Bureau figures for Monroe County show that the median household income is $76,382, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Besides WALT DISNEY SCHOOL, Monroe County has 185 other public schools.
The next-closest public school is FLORENCE BRASSER SCHOOL, about 1.8 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 41.8% is below the 51.1% average for nearby schools.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 413 to 416, a small change. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 11.2:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.0:1.
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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 GATES CHILI CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- GATES CHILI HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,134 students
- GATES CHILI MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 838 students
- PAUL ROAD SCHOOLElementary · 426 students
- NEIL ARMSTRONG SCHOOLElementary · 400 students
- FLORENCE BRASSER SCHOOLElementary · 384 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
Other Walt Disney schools
One other US public school is named Walt Disney. WALT DISNEY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Walt DisneyAnaheim, CA · 560 students
Nearby schools
- FLORENCE BRASSER SCHOOL1.8 mi · 384
- GATES CHILI MIDDLE SCHOOL1.8 mi · 838
- NEIL ARMSTRONG SCHOOL1.9 mi · 400
- GATES CHILI HIGH SCHOOL1.9 mi · 1,134
- PAUL ROAD SCHOOL2.5 mi · 426
- WILLIAM C MUNN SCHOOL2.7 mi · 351
Frequently asked questions
About WALT DISNEY SCHOOLHow many students attend WALT DISNEY SCHOOL?
WALT DISNEY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 416 students in grades KG-05.
Is WALT DISNEY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
WALT DISNEY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at WALT DISNEY SCHOOL?
Approximately 13.0:1 students per teacher at WALT DISNEY SCHOOL.
How diverse is WALT DISNEY SCHOOL?
WALT DISNEY SCHOOL reports a student body of 49% White, 19% Hispanic, 15% Black, 4% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Who oversees WALT DISNEY SCHOOL?
WALT DISNEY SCHOOL is overseen by GATES CHILI CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Monroe County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.