Is Neil Armstrong School a good school?

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

How many students attend Neil Armstrong School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 388 students attended Neil Armstrong School.

What is the racial makeup of Neil Armstrong School?

Students at Neil Armstrong School are 43% White, 22% Hispanic, 19% African American, 10% Two or more races, 5% Asian.

What schools do graduates of Neil Armstrong School attend?

Students who attend Neil Armstrong School usually go on to attend: Middle : Gates Chili Middle School High : Gates Chili High School

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:
1863^rd of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $21,566

Students who attend Neil Armstrong School usually attend:

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

Student/teacher ratio: 10.4

Number of students: 388

Racial breakdown:

White:

43.3%

Hispanic:

22.2%

African American:

18.8%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 57.7%

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Performance Trends

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...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 26.36. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Student population at Neil Armstrong School is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (43.3%), Hispanic (22.2%), African American (18.8%). (See more...)

Compare Details 57.7% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Gates Chili Central School District. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Neil Armstrong School is 10.4, which is the lowest among 4 elementary schools in the Gates Chili Central School District! (See more...)

Compare Neil Armstrong School employs 36.9 full-time teachers.

Finance

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 1863^rd 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 647^th of 865 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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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
2006	65.67	904^th	2206	59.0%
2007	74.42	557^th	2219	74.9%
2008	67.73	828^th	2227	62.8%
2009	66.91	837^th	2257	62.9%
2010	67.29	775^th	2263	65.8%
2011	56.80	1095^th	2286	52.1%
2012	54.48	1196^th	2320	48.4%
2013	42.99	1309^th	2325	43.7%
2014	61.89	846^th	2345	63.9%
2015	61.86	849^th	2352	63.9%
2016	59.43	920^th	2366	61.1%
2017	53.38	1090^th	2386	54.3%
2018	49.48	1223^rd	2395	48.9%
2019	39.11	1448^th	2413	40.0%
2021	18.67	1877^th	2201	14.7%
2022	30.67	1751^st	2434	28.1%
2023	25.70	1875^th	2439	23.1%
2024	26.36	1863^rd	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
2018	64.25	70^th	202	65.3%
2022	52.15	126^th	289	56.4%
2023	47.80	97^th	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
2018	31.11	718^th	938	23.5%
2021	38.71	276^th	454	39.2%
2022	65.52	216^th	1027	79.0%
2023	24.79	888^th	1001	11.3%
2024	36.00	699^th	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
2018	37.37	1186^th	1941	38.9%
2019	49.73	695^th	1859	62.6%
2021	26.21	853^rd	1044	18.3%
2022	15.73	2021^st	2031	0.5%
2023	26.13	1620^th	2016	19.6%
2024	34.50	1358^th	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
2018	51.32	886^th	2045	56.7%
2019	44.17	1043^rd	2032	48.7%
2021	24.17	1414^th	1678	15.7%
2022	32.70	1472^nd	2099	29.9%
2023	20.11	1782^nd	2041	12.7%
2024	21.98	1758^th	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
2018	52.58	1139^th	2338	51.3%
2019	46.71	1237^th	2357	47.5%
2021	20.88	1648^th	1955	15.7%
2022	26.77	1851^st	2401	22.9%
2023	22.94	1962^nd	2403	18.4%
2024	23.94	1932^nd	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
2018	47.65	1244^th	2340	46.8%
2019	34.57	1571^st	2358	33.4%
2021	15.42	1751^st	1961	10.7%
2022	36.24	1563^rd	2400	34.9%
2023	30.77	1701^st	2400	29.1%
2024	32.48	1679^th	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	372^nd	671	44.6%
2023	10.70	557^th	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
2018	70.82	206^th	948	78.3%
2019	33.45	587^th	891	34.1%
2021	32.22	289^th	427	32.3%
2022	26.00	730^th	936	22.0%
2023	25.37	661^st	857	22.9%
2024	21.00	802^nd	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
2018	41.85	816^th	1392	41.4%
2019	45.00	672^nd	1315	48.9%
2021	25.76	659^th	818	19.4%
2022	40.25	887^th	1503	41.0%
2023	41.18	834^th	1429	41.6%
2024	36.44	984^th	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
2018	34.86	999^th	1408	29.0%
2019	36.92	889^th	1338	33.6%
2021	9.09	1174^th	1224	4.1%
2022	26.32	1112^th	1399	20.5%
2023	16.35	1183^rd	1337	11.5%
2024	18.68	1190^th	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.

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	Total
1989	645	40	13	17	0	n/a	n/a	715
1990	685	41	14	12	0	n/a	n/a	752
1991	687	30	12	6	0	n/a	n/a	735
1992	657	42	18	14	0	n/a	n/a	731
1993	642	58	20	15	0	n/a	n/a	735
1994	646	58	21	24	0	n/a	n/a	749
1995	550	52	28	19	1	n/a	n/a	650
1996	550	52	28	19	1	n/a	n/a	650
1997	529	54	36	18	2	n/a	n/a	639
1998	537	49	35	20	2	n/a	n/a	643
1999	559	36	33	23	0	n/a	n/a	651
2000	538	41	41	22	0	n/a	n/a	642
2001	470	52	41	28	0	n/a	n/a	591
2002	403	53	44	22	0	n/a	n/a	522
2003	403	53	44	22	0	n/a	n/a	522
2004	379	51	37	20	0	n/a	n/a	487
2005	358	68	43	26	0	n/a	n/a	495
2006	342	80	42	37	1	n/a	n/a	502
2007	346	90	39	34	1	n/a	n/a	510
2008	329	94	43	47	1	n/a	n/a	514
2009	392	100	52	44	1	n/a	n/a	589
2010	390	99	52	47	1	n/a	n/a	589
2011	323	79	18	57	0	0	35	512
2012	319	72	19	53	0	0	51	514
2013	342	77	20	54	0	0	57	550
2014	311	73	22	55	0	0	62	523
2015	235	65	23	55	0	0	44	422
2016	220	72	22	73	0	0	50	437
2017	224	78	26	76	0	0	49	453
2018	249	85	26	93	0	0	44	497
2019	225	81	17	81	1	0	47	452
2020	226	64	16	88	0	0	55	449
2021	174	72	18	88	0	0	45	397
2022	163	74	27	69	0	0	44	377
2023	157	82	28	74	0	0	48	389
2024	168	73	20	86	2	0	39	388

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
2024	388	36.9	10.4	57.7

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
2024	388	36.9	10.4	57.7

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.

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