WALT DISNEY SCHOOL

As a mid-tier elementary school in ROCHESTER, New York, WALT DISNEY SCHOOL educates 416 students from grades K through 5, part of GATES CHILI CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.

GATES CHILI CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 3,598 students; WALT DISNEY SCHOOL is among them.

On the student-mix side, WALT DISNEY SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is White at 49%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest looks like 19% Hispanic, 15% Black, 13% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 70%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, WALT DISNEY SCHOOL has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 53% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, WALT DISNEY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 55.5%, the actual is 41.8%, a residual of -13.8 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Monroe County) reports that median household income runs about $76,382, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Monroe County's 186 public schools (combined enrollment of about 106,108 students), WALT DISNEY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: FLORENCE BRASSER SCHOOL, around 1.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WALT DISNEY SCHOOL at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 51.1%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WALT DISNEY SCHOOL has declined 12%, going from 472 students in 2018 to 416 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 56% to 49% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 10.7:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 in 2025.

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