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Rochester, New York - 1 schools
An equity score of 15/100 ranks Vertus Charter School #856 of 941 districts in New York (state average 45). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $19,757 per pupil, Vertus Charter School ranks #858 of 999 New York districts by per-pupil spending (New York districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Vertus Charter School operates 1 public schools serving 315 students, placing it among the smallest districts in New York. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Monroe County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $19,757 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 999 New York districts by per-pupil spending. See how New York compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The district's equity score is 15/100, ranked #856 of 941 in New York against a state average of 45, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 1 schools offering Advanced Placement (1 AP courses district-wide), a 348:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 73.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 65.8% African American, 32.8% Hispanic or Latino, 1.1% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Vertus Charter School, enrolling 348 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Vertus Charter School accounts for 100.0% of all Vertus Charter School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Vertus Charter School a distant remainder — means Vertus Charter School-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Vertus Charter School has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 83.5% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Areas above 75% eligibility — including this one — receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Vertus Charter School student-counselor ratio is 348:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Variation between sub-units within Vertus Charter School is typically wider than the Vertus Charter School-aggregate figure suggests.
Vertus Charter School chronic absenteeism rate is 73.9% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Vertus Charter School has 1 school, including 1 high. Total enrollment is 315 students.
How much does Vertus Charter School spend per student?
Vertus Charter School spends $19,757 per student. The district has an equity score of 15/100, ranking #856 in New York.
What is the demographic composition of Vertus Charter School?
Vertus Charter School students are 65.8% African American, 32.8% Hispanic or Latino, 1.1% White, 0.3% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Vertus Charter School?
Vertus Charter School has an equity score of 15/100, ranking #856 out of 941 districts in New York.