PADILLA HIGH SCHOOL

PADILLA HIGH SCHOOL is a senior high of substantial scale in ROCHESTER, New York, overseen by ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, caters to 1,342 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 101% larger than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.

ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 51 schools in total, collectively educating 25,949 students. PADILLA HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PADILLA HIGH SCHOOL records that 56% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest breaks down as 31% Hispanic, 7% White, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Monroe County as a whole is about 14% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, PADILLA HIGH SCHOOL has 135 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.9:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 87% of students are eligible 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 noticeably above typical.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Monroe County) logs that median household earnings sit near $76,382, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. PADILLA HIGH SCHOOL is one of 186 public schools in Monroe County (combined enrollment of about 106,108 students).

FRANKLIN UPPER SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PADILLA HIGH SCHOOL.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

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