Neil Armstrong School

Summary:

Neil Armstrong School is an elementary school located in Rochester, New York, serving grades K-5 with a total enrollment of 389 students. The school is part of the Gates Chili Central School District, which is ranked 647 out of 865 school districts in New York and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Neil Armstrong School consistently ranks in the bottom half of New York elementary schools, with significantly lower performance on state assessments compared to state and district averages. For example, in 2023-2024, only 21.92% of 3rd graders, 39.66% of 4th graders, and 30% of 5th graders were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to the state averages of 42.6%, 47.05%, and 43.68%, respectively. The school's performance in mathematics and science is also below state and district levels. Additionally, the school has a higher percentage of students from disadvantaged backgrounds, with 61.18% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, compared to the state average of around 50%.

Despite the school's relatively high per-student spending of $21,566 and low student-teacher ratio of 11.7, its academic performance remains significantly below state and district averages. When compared to nearby schools, Florence Brasser School and Walt Disney School, which are also part of the Gates Chili Central School District, generally outperform Neil Armstrong School on state assessments. Additionally, Holmes Road Elementary School and William C Munn School, which are in the Greece Central School District and Spencerport Central School District, respectively, also tend to outperform Neil Armstrong School on state assessments, despite serving similar student populations.


Detail:

Public K-5

 3273 Lyell Rd
       Rochester, NY  14606-4729


(585) 247-3190

District: Gates Chili Central School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
1863rd of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $21,566 Help


Students who attend Neil Armstrong School usually attend:

Middle:    Gates Chili Middle School
High:    Gates Chili High School

Student/teacher ratio:  11.7 Help
Number of students:  389

Racial breakdown:

White:
40.4%
African American:
21.1%
Hispanic:
19.0%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  61.2% Help


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Compare Details Neil Armstrong School ranks worse than 76.2% of elementary schools in New York. It also ranks last among 4 ranked elementary schools in the Gates Chili Central School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 26.36. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Neil Armstrong School has the smallest elementary school student body size in the Gates Chili Central School District. Student population at Neil Armstrong School is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (40.4%), African American (21.1%), Hispanic (19%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 61.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Gates Chili Central School District. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Neil Armstrong School is 11.7, which is the lowest among 4 elementary schools in the Gates Chili Central School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Neil Armstrong School is $21,566, which is the highest among 4 elementary schools in the Gates Chili Central School District!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Neil Armstrong School:

SchoolDigger ranks Neil Armstrong School 1863rd of 2445 New York public elementary schools. (See Neil Armstrong School in the ranking list.)

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Gates Chili Central School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Gates Chili Central School District 647th of 865 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Neil Armstrong School

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Rank History for all students at Neil Armstrong School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 65.67 904th 2206 59.0%
2007 74.42 557th 2219 74.9%
2008 67.73 828th 2227 62.8%
2009 66.91 837th 2257 62.9%
2010 67.29 775th 2263 65.8%
2011 56.80 1095th 2286 52.1%
2012 54.48 1196th 2320 48.4%
2013 42.99 1309th 2325 43.7%
2014 61.89 846th 2345 63.9%
2015 61.86 849th 2352 63.9%
2016 59.43 920th 2366 61.1%
2017 53.38 1090th 2386 54.3%
2018 49.48 1223rd 2395 48.9%
2019 39.11 1448th 2413 40.0%
2021 18.67 1877th 2201 14.7%
2022 30.67 1751st 2434 28.1%
2023 25.70 1875th 2439 23.1%
2024 26.36 1863rd 2445 23.8%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Neil Armstrong School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 64.25 70th 202 65.3%
2022 52.15 126th 289 56.4%
2023 47.80 97th 223 56.5%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Neil Armstrong School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.11 718th 938 23.5%
2021 38.71 276th 454 39.2%
2022 65.52 216th 1027 79.0%
2023 24.79 888th 1001 11.3%
2024 36.00 699th 1066 34.4%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Neil Armstrong School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 37.37 1186th 1941 38.9%
2019 49.73 695th 1859 62.6%
2021 26.21 853rd 1044 18.3%
2022 15.73 2021st 2031 0.5%
2023 26.13 1620th 2016 19.6%
2024 34.50 1358th 2110 35.6%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Neil Armstrong School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 51.32 886th 2045 56.7%
2019 44.17 1043rd 2032 48.7%
2021 24.17 1414th 1678 15.7%
2022 32.70 1472nd 2099 29.9%
2023 20.11 1782nd 2041 12.7%
2024 21.98 1758th 2078 15.4%
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Rank History for Female students at Neil Armstrong School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 52.58 1139th 2338 51.3%
2019 46.71 1237th 2357 47.5%
2021 20.88 1648th 1955 15.7%
2022 26.77 1851st 2401 22.9%
2023 22.94 1962nd 2403 18.4%
2024 23.94 1932nd 2413 19.9%
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Rank History for Male students at Neil Armstrong School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 47.65 1244th 2340 46.8%
2019 34.57 1571st 2358 33.4%
2021 15.42 1751st 1961 10.7%
2022 36.24 1563rd 2400 34.9%
2023 30.77 1701st 2400 29.1%
2024 32.48 1679th 2411 30.4%
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Rank History for Asian students at Neil Armstrong School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 51.48 372nd 671 44.6%
2023 10.70 557th 605 7.9%
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Rank History for African American students at Neil Armstrong School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 70.82 206th 948 78.3%
2019 33.45 587th 891 34.1%
2021 32.22 289th 427 32.3%
2022 26.00 730th 936 22.0%
2023 25.37 661st 857 22.9%
2024 21.00 802nd 927 13.5%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Neil Armstrong School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 41.85 816th 1392 41.4%
2019 45.00 672nd 1315 48.9%
2021 25.76 659th 818 19.4%
2022 40.25 887th 1503 41.0%
2023 41.18 834th 1429 41.6%
2024 36.44 984th 1531 35.7%
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Rank History for White students at Neil Armstrong School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 34.86 999th 1408 29.0%
2019 36.92 889th 1338 33.6%
2021 9.09 1174th 1224 4.1%
2022 26.32 1112th 1399 20.5%
2023 16.35 1183rd 1337 11.5%
2024 18.68 1190th 1392 14.5%
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Data source: test scores: NY State Education Department, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: NY State Education Department

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Enrollment information for Neil Armstrong School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1989 645 40 13 17 0 n/a n/a 0 715
1990 685 41 14 12 0 n/a n/a 0 752
1991 687 30 12 6 0 n/a n/a 0 735
1992 657 42 18 14 0 n/a n/a 0 731
1993 642 58 20 15 0 n/a n/a 0 735
1994 646 58 21 24 0 n/a n/a 0 749
1995 550 52 28 19 1 n/a n/a 0 650
1996 550 52 28 19 1 n/a n/a 0 650
1997 529 54 36 18 2 n/a n/a 0 639
1998 537 49 35 20 2 n/a n/a 0 643
1999 559 36 33 23 0 n/a n/a 0 651
2000 538 41 41 22 0 n/a n/a 0 642
2001 470 52 41 28 0 n/a n/a 0 591
2002 403 53 44 22 0 n/a n/a 0 522
2003 403 53 44 22 0 n/a n/a 0 522
2004 379 51 37 20 0 n/a n/a 0 487
2005 358 68 43 26 0 n/a n/a 0 495
2006 342 80 42 37 1 n/a n/a 0 502
2007 346 90 39 34 1 n/a n/a 0 510
2008 329 94 43 47 1 n/a n/a 0 514
2009 392 100 52 44 1 n/a n/a 0 589
2010 390 99 52 47 1 n/a n/a 0 589
2011 323 79 18 57 0 0 35 0 512
2012 319 72 19 53 0 0 51 0 514
2013 342 77 20 54 0 0 57 0 550
2014 311 73 22 55 0 0 62 0 523
2015 235 65 23 55 0 0 44 0 422
2016 220 72 22 73 0 0 50 0 437
2017 224 78 26 76 0 0 49 0 453
2018 249 85 26 93 0 0 44 0 497
2019 225 81 17 81 1 0 47 0 452
2020 226 64 16 88 0 0 55 0 449
2021 174 72 18 88 0 0 45 0 397
2022 163 74 27 69 0 0 44 0 377
2023 157 82 28 74 0 0 48 0 389

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Neil Armstrong School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 715 41.9 17.0 n/a
1990 752 39.9 18.8 n/a
1991 735 40.9 17.9 n/a
1992 731 41.9 17.4 n/a
1993 735 40.1 18.3 n/a
1994 749 39.1 19.2 13.9
1995 650 35.1 18.5 20.6
1996 650 35.1 18.5 20.6
1997 639 35.6 17.9 28
1998 643 37.5 17.1 23.6
1999 651 37.2 17.5 22.6
2000 642 38.2 16.8 34.9
2001 591 42.0 14.1 31.1
2002 522 38.0 13.7 30.1
2003 522 38.0 13.7 30.1
2004 487 n/a n/a n/a
2005 495 37.3 13.3 40.2
2006 502 36.0 13.9 37.8
2007 510 37.0 13.8 37.6
2008 514 34.6 14.9 41.2
2009 589 42.0 14.0 43.8
2010 589 41.0 14.3 47
2011 512 35.5 14.4 51
2012 514 36.5 14.0 55.3
2013 550 38.0 14.4 54
2014 523 40.0 13.0 53.9
2015 422 39.0 10.8 44.3
2016 437 41.0 10.6 56.5
2017 453 41.8 10.8 51.4
2018 497 45.0 11.0 63
2019 452 43.0 10.5 62.8
2020 449 34.0 13.2 58.6
2021 397 39.9 9.9 44.8
2022 377 31.8 11.8 47.7
2023 389 33.0 11.7 61.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Neil Armstrong School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 715 41.9 17.0 n/a
1990 752 39.9 18.8 n/a
1991 735 40.9 17.9 n/a
1992 731 41.9 17.4 n/a
1993 735 40.1 18.3 n/a
1994 749 39.1 19.2 13.9
1995 650 35.1 18.5 20.6
1996 650 35.1 18.5 20.6
1997 639 35.6 17.9 28
1998 643 37.5 17.1 23.6
1999 651 37.2 17.5 22.6
2000 642 38.2 16.8 34.9
2001 591 42.0 14.1 31.1
2002 522 38.0 13.7 30.1
2003 522 38.0 13.7 30.1
2004 487 n/a n/a n/a
2005 495 37.3 13.3 40.2
2006 502 36.0 13.9 37.8
2007 510 37.0 13.8 37.6
2008 514 34.6 14.9 41.2
2009 589 42.0 14.0 43.8
2010 589 41.0 14.3 47
2011 512 35.5 14.4 51
2012 514 36.5 14.0 55.3
2013 550 38.0 14.4 54
2014 523 40.0 13.0 53.9
2015 422 39.0 10.8 44.3
2016 437 41.0 10.6 56.5
2017 453 41.8 10.8 51.4
2018 497 45.0 11.0 63
2019 452 43.0 10.5 62.8
2020 449 34.0 13.2 58.6
2021 397 39.9 9.9 44.8
2022 377 31.8 11.8 47.7
2023 389 33.0 11.7 61.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

Immunization Rates

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YearCompletely ImmunizedReligious ExemptionMedical ExemptionPolioMeaslesMumpsRubellaDiphtheriaHepatitis BVaricella
2013100.0%0.0%0.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%
2014100.0%0.0%0.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%
201599.3%0.5%0.2%99.3%99.3%99.3%99.3%99.3%99.3%99.3%
201698.5%1.2%0.3%98.5%98.5%98.5%98.5%98.5%98.5%98.5%
201798.8%0.5%0.7%98.8%98.8%98.8%98.8%98.8%98.8%98.8%
201896.4%0.5%2.0%99.3%99.3%99.3%99.3%99.1%99.1%97.7%
2019100.0%0.0%0.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%
2020100.0%0.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%

Data source: New York State Department of Health
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Neil Armstrong School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $2,329 (13.8%) $14,578 (86.2%) $16,907
2020 $1,788 (12.0%) $13,125 (88.0%) $14,913
2021 $1,757 (10.1%) $15,596 (89.9%) $17,353
2022 $1,368 (7.1%) $18,006 (92.9%) $19,374
2023 $2,470 (11.5%) $19,096 (88.5%) $21,566

Data source: New York Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Neil Armstrong School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1448th of 2413 Elementary schoolsRanks 1875th of 2439 Elementary schools
 16.9%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Neil Armstrong School)4323.3
 19.7%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Gates Chili Central School District)3723.6
 13.4%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (New York)5244.9
 7.1%
3rd Grade Math (Neil Armstrong School)4445.2
 1.2%
   3rd Grade Math (Gates Chili Central School District)3946.8
 7.8%
   3rd Grade Math (New York)5453.7
 0.3%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Neil Armstrong School)4827.6
 20.4%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Gates Chili Central School District)4533
 12%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (New York)4848.8
 0.8%
4th Grade Math (Neil Armstrong School)5348.3
 4.7%
   4th Grade Math (Gates Chili Central School District)5148.5
 2.5%
   4th Grade Math (New York)5053.9
 3.8%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Neil Armstrong School)1624.7
 8.7%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Gates Chili Central School District)2531.7
 6.7%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (New York)3845.1
 7.1%
5th Grade Math (Neil Armstrong School)4635.1
 10.9%
   5th Grade Math (Gates Chili Central School District)4148.2
 7.2%
   5th Grade Math (New York)4649.7
 3.7%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students452389
 13.9%
African American8182
 1.2%
American Indian10
 100%
Asian1728
 64.7%
Hispanic8174
 8.6%
Pacific Islander00
White225157
 30.2%
Two or More Races4748
 2.1%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients62.8%61.2%
 1.6%


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Students who attend Neil Armstrong School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Gates Chili Middle School
High : Gates Chili High School

In the 2022-23 school year, 389 students attended Neil Armstrong School.

Neil Armstrong School ranks in the bottom 23.8% of New York elementary schools.

Students at Neil Armstrong School are 40% White, 21% African American, 19% Hispanic, 12% Two or more races, 7% Asian.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the WNYC and the New York State Department of Health and the NY State Education Department.

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