Rochester City School District
Public school district · Monroe County · New York · NCES district ID 3624750
Rochester City School District spent $33,643 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23, more than 87% of the other New York districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 (median $26,567). Its 35 schools enrolled 18,679 students in 2024-25; 68.2% of its revenue came from the state. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $35,718 per student, up 6.2% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 71% (New York: 87.2%).
NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 · Census Bureau school finances 2023-24 · NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · method
Spending per student among New York's largest districts
Current spending per student excludes construction and debt. Among the 10 districts shown, Rochester City ranks 1.
Where the money came from
$1,091,976,000 in revenue: 68.2% state, 12.6% local and 19.2% federal. Total spending including $27,787,000 of capital outlay was $1,003,118,000, or $43,958 per student; the figure above leaves capital out.
- State$744,583,000 68%
- Local$137,769,000 13%
- Federal$209,624,000 19%
Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23: current expenditures for elementary and secondary education divided by fall membership; the state median covers 440 districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022. Revenue by source (TOTALREV, TFEDREV, TSTREV, TLOCREV).
Enrollment fell from 2022-23 to 2024-25
22,378 students in 2022-23, 21,750 students in 2023-24, 18,679 students in 2024-25, counted across the schools that reported each year.
Teachers and students per teacher
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 22,378 | 2139.3 | 10.5 |
| 2023-24 | 21,750 | 2074.3 | 10.5 |
| 2024-25 | 18,679 | 1770.5 | 10.5 |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; sums over the schools reporting each year.
$174,495,000 in teacher salaries in fiscal year 2022-23, $7,647 per student
Rochester City School District booked $174,495,000 of teacher salaries in its 2022-23 finance report and counted 2,196 full-time teachers in its Common Core of Data district staff file for 2022-23 (the school files behind the staffing figures on this page count teachers separately, so the two can differ), or $79,448 of salary spending per teacher. That is more than 48 in 100 New York districts with a figure (state median $80,291, 622 districts). It is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, so the result can differ widely from the average salary the district publishes (its salary schedule gives pay); benefits are left out, and states book salaries differently, so compare districts within one state. For pay, the National Education Association put the average New York teacher salary at $92,222 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).
| Program | Teacher salaries | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Regular programs | $110,818,000 | 63.5% |
| Special education | $57,657,000 | 33.0% |
| Vocational | $4,879,000 | 2.8% |
| Other programs | $1,141,000 | 0.7% |
Teacher salaries per student, fiscal years 2018-19 to 2022-23
The district's teacher salary bill divided by its fall enrollment each year: $7,285 in 2018-19, $6,994 in 2019-20, $6,786 in 2020-21, $7,264 in 2021-22, $7,647 in 2022-23.
Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal years 2019 to 2023: teacher salaries in regular, special, vocational and other programs (Z35 to Z38) and fall membership (V33); NCES Common Core of Data LEA staff file 2022-23, teachers (full-time equivalent).
State test results, 2021-22
In 2021-22, the students tested in Rochester City School District scored proficient or above: 15% in reading and 8% in math, against 47% in reading and 40% in math across New York. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within New York, not across states. Where a state published results by grade only, the grades tested are combined, weighted by the students tested in each.
| Subject | This district | New York | Students tested |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading and language arts | 15% | 47% | 9,531 |
| Math | 8% | 40% | 9,388 |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22, all students, from ED Data Express (the Data Rescue Project archive; ED has no 2022-23 result for this district): ED shows district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.
Graduation rate, class of 2023
71% of the 1,777 students in Rochester City School District's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 87.2% across New York. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.
| This district | New York | |
|---|---|---|
| Four-year graduation rate | 71% | 87.2% |
| Students in the class | 1,777 | 202,009 |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.
24 elementary schools, 11,263 students
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch | Title I, 2021‑22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| School 33-John James Audubon | 980 | 13.1 | 80.6% | Schoolwide program |
| Anna Murray-Douglass Academy | 741 | 12.8 | 77.2% | Schoolwide program |
| School 9-Dr Martin Luther King Jr | 614 | 11.3 | 81.1% | Schoolwide program |
| School 50-Helen Barrett Montgomery | 590 | 12.1 | 81.2% | Schoolwide program |
| School 28-Henry Hudson | 567 | 10.4 | 79.5% | Schoolwide program |
| School 17-Enrico Fermi | 525 | 12.5 | 75.6% | Schoolwide program |
| School 22-Lincoln School | 522 | 12.5 | 85.8% | Schoolwide program |
| School 7-Virgil Grissom | 486 | 11.2 | 81.1% | Targeted program |
| School 5-John Williams | 485 | 10.2 | 81.9% | Schoolwide program |
| School 25-Nathaniel Hawthorne | 471 | 10.7 | 82.6% | Targeted program |
| School 34-Dr Louis a Cerulli | 465 | 12.3 | 87.5% | Schoolwide program |
| School 42-Abelard Reynolds | 465 | 12.6 | 82.2% | Schoolwide program |
The other 12 elementary schools
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch | Title I, 2021‑22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| School 8-Roberto Clemente | 436 | 10.4 | 77.5% | Schoolwide program |
| School 35-Pinnacle | 435 | 12.2 | 73.6% | Targeted program |
| School 45-Mary Mcleod Bethune | 430 | 10.6 | 88.1% | Targeted program |
| School 16-John Walton Spencer | 430 | 12.0 | 85.8% | Schoolwide program |
| School 15-Children's School of Rochester (the) | 384 | 10.8 | 74.0% | Schoolwide program |
| School 19-Dr Charles T Lunsford | 353 | 9.9 | 80.7% | Schoolwide program |
| School 46-Charles Carroll | 343 | 11.1 | 66.5% | Schoolwide program |
| School 52-Frank Fowler Dow | 332 | 12.6 | 81.0% | Schoolwide program |
| School 54-Flower City Community School | 325 | 12.9 | 87.7% | Schoolwide program |
| School 23-Francis Parker | 313 | 10.8 | 58.5% | Targeted program |
| School 53 Montessori Academy | 306 | 11.4 | 72.9% | Schoolwide program |
| School 4-George Mather Forbes | 265 | 9.6 | 87.2% | Schoolwide program |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.
2 middle schools, 851 students
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch | Title I, 2021‑22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest College Preparatory High School | 487 | 8.3 | 89.9% | Schoolwide program |
| East Lower School | 364 | 7.7 | 93.7% | Schoolwide program |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.
8 high schools, 5,669 students
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch | Title I, 2021‑22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edison Career and Technology High School | 1,362 | 8.8 | 89.7% | Schoolwide program |
| School of the Arts | 1,065 | 11.1 | 68.4% | Schoolwide program |
| Joseph C Wilson Magnet High School | 868 | 9.9 | 88.2% | Targeted program |
| East Upper High School | 814 | 8.5 | 84.9% | Schoolwide program |
| James Monroe Upper School | 809 | 10.0 | 88.1% | Schoolwide program |
| Rochester Early College International High School | 458 | 9.6 | 87.6% | Schoolwide program |
| School Without Walls | 258 | 8.4 | 88.8% | Schoolwide program |
| Monroe Correctional Facility | 35 | 1.5 | not reported | Not Title I |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.
1 other school, 896 students
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch | Title I, 2021‑22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| School 58-World of Inquiry School | 896 | 12.6 | 73.7% | Schoolwide program |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.
11 more schools on file: small, closed or in an earlier directory
These records carry fewer federal fields than a full school page needs, so each is summarized here with what NCES reports.
Franklin Upper School
High school in Rochester; last listed in the 2024-25 NCES directory (closed); 969 students; 10.2 students per teacher.
Northeast College Preparatory High School
High school in Rochester; last listed in the 2024-25 NCES directory (closed); 778 students; 10.3 students per teacher.
Joseph C Wilson Foundation Academy
Elementary school in Rochester; last listed in the 2024-25 NCES directory (closed); 404 students; 9.8 students per teacher.
School 39-Andrew J Townson
School in Rochester; last listed in the 2024-25 NCES directory (closed); 369 students; 12.2 students per teacher.
Dr. Alice Holloway Young School of Excellence
Middle school in Rochester; last listed in the 2024-25 NCES directory (closed); 350 students; 9.8 students per teacher.
Rise Community School
School in Rochester; last listed in the 2024-25 NCES directory (closed); 338 students; 9.3 students per teacher.
Dr Walter Cooper Academy
School in Rochester; last listed in the 2024-25 NCES directory (closed); 336 students; 11.7 students per teacher.
School 2-Clara Barton
School in Rochester; last listed in the 2024-25 NCES directory (closed); 328 students; 13.6 students per teacher.
Monroe Lower School
Middle school in Rochester; last listed in the 2024-25 NCES directory (closed); 272 students; 12.3 students per teacher.
Franklin Lower School
Middle school in Rochester; last listed in the 2024-25 NCES directory (closed); 267 students; 6.9 students per teacher.
School 29-Adlai E Stevenson
School in Rochester; last listed in the 2024-25 NCES directory (closed); 260 students; 9.6 students per teacher.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and earlier directories: the last year each school was listed, its students and its teachers.
Contact Rochester City School District
- Website: rcsdk12.org
- Phone: (585) 262-8378
- Office: 131 W Broad St, Rochester, NY 14614
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, local education agency directory 2024-25. Enrollment, boundaries and school assignment are the district's to confirm.
What to look at next about Rochester City School District
- New York districts by spending per studentRochester City School District ranks 60 of 440 New York districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 on current spending per student in fiscal year 2022-23 ($33,643).#60 of 440
- Every school district in New YorkRochester City School District is the number 22 by size of 1,104 New York districts, with 22,820 students in fall 2022 (F-33).#22 of 1,104
- New York City Geographic District #29The next larger New York district: 23,629 students in fall 2022.
- New York City Geographic District #19The next smaller New York district: 19,799 students in fall 2022.
- Compare Rochester City School District with New York City Geographic District #29Enrollment, spending, revenue sources and schools, side by side.
- Edison Career and Technology High School, its largest high school1,362 students in 2024-25, 8.8 per teacher.1,362
- Teacher salary spending across New YorkRochester City School District spent $79,448 in salaries per full-time teacher in fiscal year 2022-23 (state median $80,291); spending, not a salary.$79,448
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Source: NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student and fall 2022 membership; ranks among the state's districts that reported them); NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools).
Questions about Rochester City School District
How many schools and students are in Rochester City School District?
35 schools were open in 2024-25 (24 elementary, 2 middle, 8 high, 1 other), enrolling 18,679 students, according to the NCES Common Core of Data.How much does Rochester City School District spend per student?
$33,643 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), which leaves out construction and debt; the New York median for districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 is $26,567 and the U.S. figure is $16,260. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $35,718 per student, up 6.2% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).Where does Rochester City School District's money come from?
$1,091,976,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2022-23: 68.2% state, 12.6% local and 19.2% federal (NCES F-33).How many children in Rochester City School District live in poverty?
The Census Bureau estimates that 10,303 of the 31,635 children aged 5 to 17 living within the district's boundaries in 2024, 32.6%, were in families in poverty (Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates). It is a model-based estimate for everyone living in the district, not a count of its students; the free-meal shares in the school tables are counts of enrolled students.How much does Rochester City School District spend on teacher salaries?
$174,495,000 in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), or $7,647 per student. Divided by the 2,196 full-time teachers in the NCES Common Core of Data for 2022-23 that is $79,448 per teacher, more than 48 in 100 New York districts (state median $80,291). That is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, and the result can differ widely from the average salary a district publishes. The district's salary schedule gives pay. For pay, the National Education Association put the average New York teacher salary at $92,222 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).How do students in Rochester City School District do on state tests?
In 2021-22, the students tested in Rochester City School District scored proficient or above: 15% in reading and 8% in math, against 47% in reading and 40% in math across New York. New York's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22.What is the graduation rate in Rochester City School District?
71% of the 1,777 students in Rochester City School District's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 87.2% across New York. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23.What is Rochester City School District's NCES district ID?
3624750. Each of its schools' 12-digit NCES IDs begins with these seven digits.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22: reading and math proficiency for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- NCES Digest of Education Statistics, table 211.60 (2021-22): the state's average teacher salary, from the National Education Association. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, 2024: children aged 5 to 17 and those in families in poverty, by school district. census.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances, fiscal year 2023-24: per pupil current spending for 2023-24 and 2022-23. census.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances Per pupil current spending by school system · FY 2023-24
Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey Revenue and expenditures by district · FY 2022-23
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25