Indicator
K-12 Education
The New York State Department of Education provides a dashboard for public use that is colorful and relatively easy to use. To support and facilitate use of this site, we provide the user guide below.
A breakdown of graduation rates by economic level, race/ethnicity, and diploma type is available in RMAPI’s Mobility Metrics (link to come). If additional indicators are of interest, please contact us.
data.nysed.gov is a resources hub for statistics about students, schools, and districts including enrollment data, school report card data, and high school graduation rates.
In addition to the snapshots below, be sure to read our Brain Food posts tagged with ‘Education.’
Rochester City School District (RCSD)
District Profile:
2023-2024 School Year
RCSD High School Dropout Rate
As of August 2023, RCSD’s high school dropout rate is 13%, markedly higher than New York State’s average dropout rate of 5%.
#42 / #335
According to 2024 US News & World Report Best High School rankings, Pittsford Mendon High School is the highest ranking public school in our area, ranked 42nd in New York State and 335th in the country. Pittsford’s other high school – Pittsford Sutherland High School – is ranked 50th in New York State and 394th nationally (the second highest ranked traditional public school in our area).
How to use the NYS Education Indicator dashboard
The benefit of the New York State Department of Education site (data.nysed.gov) is that it holds education information for all schools and districts of the 8-county region. One must merely select which level of information is most relevant for their work.
Additionally, the site is a wealth of information: enrollment data (student demographics), English Language Learners data, school data, and even information about higher education institutions.
Assessment Data
Assessment data is available for multiple grades and subjects. Follow the steps below to build your report:
Step 1
Select ‘DISTRICTS’ from the top menu bar.
Step 2
Identify the district in question and click on ‘School Report Card’.
Step 3
Navigate the Report Card to build your report.
Once you click on ‘School Report Card’ from Step 2, you will arrive at the Report Card landing page that looks like this.
Scroll down to “Assessment Data”.
Select the assessments that are of interest. You are able to select all of the options.
Step 4
After selecting the assessments you want included, scroll up to the blue button that says ‘Build Report’ and click it.
Step 5
View Summary Results
The page that populates after you click the ‘Build Report’ button will look like this. Scroll down to review results from the boxes checked in Step 3. Results are presented in bar charts and tables.
