Is School 16-John Walton Spencer a good school?

School 16-John Walton Spencer ranks in the bottom 2.3% of New York elementary schools.

How many students attend School 16-John Walton Spencer?

In the 2022-23 school year, 378 students attended School 16-John Walton Spencer.

What is the racial makeup of School 16-John Walton Spencer?

Students at School 16-John Walton Spencer are 78% African American, 14% Hispanic, 4% Two or more races, 3% White.

What schools do graduates of School 16-John Walton Spencer attend?

Students who attend School 16-John Walton Spencer usually go on to attend: Middle : East Lower School Middle : Northwest College Preparatory High School High : East Upper High School High : James Monroe Upper School High : Northeast College Preparatory High School High : Rochester Early College International High School High : School Of The Arts High : School Without Walls

School 16-John Walton Spencer

Summary:

School 16-John Walton Spencer is an elementary school in Rochester, NY, serving grades PK-6 with 378 students. The school is part of the Rochester City School District, which is ranked 852 out of 866 districts in New York and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger. The student population is predominantly African American (77.78%), with smaller percentages of Hispanic (13.76%), White (3.17%), and other racial groups.

School 16-John Walton Spencer consistently ranks among the lowest-performing elementary schools in New York, with proficiency rates in English Language Arts (ELA) and Math ranging from 0% to 26.19% across different grade levels. The school's performance is particularly low for African American students and special education students, ranking in the bottom 10% of New York elementary schools for these subgroups. Despite relatively high spending per student ($16,856 compared to the state average of $25,000), the school faces significant challenges, including a very high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds (85.45% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch).

When comparing School 16-John Walton Spencer to other nearby schools in the Rochester City School District, such as School 17-Enrico Fermi, School 5-John Williams, and School 29-Adlai E Stevenson, it becomes clear that the academic performance challenges are not unique to this school. These nearby schools also struggle with low academic performance and high poverty rates, suggesting that the issues faced by School 16-John Walton Spencer are systemic within the district. However, the school's higher ranking for homeless students suggests that targeted interventions and support for specific student subgroups could potentially lead to academic gains.

Detail:

Public PK, KG-6

321 Post Ave
Rochester, NY 14619

(585) 235-1272

District: Rochester City School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
2384^th of 2,439 New York Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $16,856

Students who attend School 16-John Walton Spencer usually attend:

Middle:	East Lower School
	Northwest College Preparatory High School
High:	East Upper High School
	James Monroe Upper School
	Northeast College Preparatory High School
	Rochester Early College International High School
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	School Of The Arts
	School Without Walls

Student/teacher ratio: 13.4

Number of students: 378

Racial breakdown:

African American:

77.8%

Hispanic:

13.8%

Two or more races:

4.5%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 85.4%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details School 16-John Walton Spencer ranks worse than 97.7% of elementary schools in New York. It also ranks 16^th among 30 ranked elementary schools in the Rochester City School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 6.04. (See more...)

Compare Details School 16-John Walton Spencer is not ranked due for the most recent year due to insufficient test score data. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2018 the calculated Average Standard Score was 4.69. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: African American (77.8%), Hispanic (13.8%), two or more races (4.5%). (See more...)

Compare Details 85.4% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at School 16-John Walton Spencer is 13.4. 27 elementary schools in the Rochester City School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare School 16-John Walton Spencer employs 28 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at School 16-John Walton Spencer is $16,856, which is the 6^th highest among 30 elementary schools in the Rochester City School District.

Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

School 16-John Walton Spencer:

SchoolDigger ranks School 16-John Walton Spencer 2384^th of 2439 New York public elementary schools. (See School 16-John Walton Spencer in the ranking list.)

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Rochester City School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Rochester City School District 852^nd of 866 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for School 16-John Walton Spencer

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Rank History for all elementary school students at School 16-John Walton Spencer

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2006	15.06	1965^th	2206	10.9%
2007	21.77	1834^th	2219	17.4%
2008	19.58	1913^th	2227	14.1%
2009	7.67	2171^st	2257	3.8%
2010	6.22	2192^nd	2263	3.1%
2011	2.62	2259^th	2286	1.2%
2012	1.87	2298^th	2320	0.9%
2013	11.11	2210^th	2325	4.9%
2014	10.26	2226^th	2345	5.1%
2015	7.53	2292^nd	2352	2.6%
2016	4.78	2352^nd	2366	0.6%
2017	3.35	2380^th	2386	0.3%
2018	2.41	2391^st	2395	0.2%
2019	3.31	2402^nd	2413	0.5%
2021	1.97	2189^th	2201	0.5%
2022	6.03	2400^th	2434	1.4%
2023	6.04	2384^th	2439	2.3%

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Rank History for elementary school Special Education students at School 16-John Walton Spencer

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	16.65	1918^th	1941	1.2%
2019	16.60	1825^th	1859	1.8%
2022	22.46	1852^nd	2031	8.8%
2023	17.21	1951^st	2016	3.2%

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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at School 16-John Walton Spencer

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	4.60	2030^th	2032	0.1%
2022	7.10	2075^th	2099	1.1%

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Rank History for elementary school Homeless students at School 16-John Walton Spencer

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	45.59	296^th	570	48.1%

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Rank History for elementary school Female students at School 16-John Walton Spencer

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	2.76	2338^th	2338	0.0%
2019	3.37	2351^st	2357	0.3%
2022	6.35	2367^th	2401	1.4%
2023	5.77	2370^th	2403	1.4%

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Rank History for elementary school Male students at School 16-John Walton Spencer

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	3.57	2339^th	2340	0.0%
2019	5.40	2340^th	2358	0.8%
2021	1.71	1958^th	1961	0.2%
2022	7.58	2346^th	2400	2.3%
2023	9.26	2310^th	2400	3.8%

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Rank History for elementary school African American students at School 16-John Walton Spencer

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	10.12	940^th	948	0.8%
2019	11.94	869^th	891	2.5%
2021	8.39	419^th	427	1.9%
2022	19.76	811^th	936	13.4%
2023	16.22	769^th	857	10.3%

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Rank History for elementary school Hispanic students at School 16-John Walton Spencer

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	7.75	1373^rd	1392	1.4%

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Data source: test scores: NY State Education Department, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for School 16-John Walton Spencer

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Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2012	2.59	1319^th	1337	1.3%
2013	7.41	1363^rd	1373	0.7%
2014	7.69	1392^nd	1401	0.6%
2015	10.15	1363^rd	1407	3.1%
2016	7.11	1416^th	1429	0.9%
2017	6.81	1445^th	1455	0.7%
2018	4.69	1430^th	1438	0.6%

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Data source: test scores: NY State Education Department, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Data source: NY State Education Department

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Enrollment information for School 16-John Walton Spencer

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total
1989	103	472	3	6	0	n/a	n/a	584
1990	119	440	3	5	0	n/a	n/a	567
1991	105	532	4	9	0	n/a	n/a	650
1992	109	609	2	7	0	n/a	n/a	727
1993	89	564	3	3	0	n/a	n/a	659
1994	77	545	2	10	0	n/a	n/a	634
1995	58	646	2	19	0	n/a	n/a	725
1996	58	646	2	19	0	n/a	n/a	725
1997	65	652	1	19	1	n/a	n/a	738
1998	52	678	1	18	1	n/a	n/a	750
1999	37	560	1	16	1	n/a	n/a	615
2000	38	613	1	12	0	n/a	n/a	664
2001	26	518	0	11	0	n/a	n/a	555
2002	18	465	1	15	1	n/a	n/a	500
2003	18	465	1	15	1	n/a	n/a	500
2004	18	541	0	16	4	n/a	n/a	579
2005	8	448	0	14	6	n/a	n/a	476
2006	15	477	2	11	3	n/a	n/a	508
2007	14	456	2	15	2	n/a	n/a	489
2008	15	454	2	20	1	n/a	n/a	492
2009	15	459	2	17	0	n/a	n/a	493
2010	12	436	4	22	0	n/a	n/a	474
2011	21	407	2	17	0	0	0	447
2012	18	467	1	33	1	1	1	522
2013	27	449	1	51	1	3	0	532
2014	36	441	9	59	0	0	1	546
2015	40	455	19	89	0	0	1	604
2016	39	456	11	77	1	0	1	585
2017	34	413	3	83	0	2	1	536
2018	26	391	5	75	1	2	1	501
2019	13	333	2	59	1	1	0	409
2020	17	330	0	52	1	1	4	405
2021	16	312	0	61	2	0	4	395
2022	12	300	2	62	2	0	8	386
2023	12	294	1	52	2	0	17	378

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 School 16-John Walton Spencer

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	584	33.9	17.2	n/a
1990	567	33.9	16.7	n/a
1991	650	33.5	19.4	n/a
1992	727	31.4	23.1	n/a
1993	659	34.4	19.2	n/a
1994	634	36.4	17.4	63.6
1995	725	37.0	19.6	60.7
1996	725	37.0	19.6	60.7
1997	738	38.8	19.0	65.4
1998	750	41.0	18.3	63.5
1999	615	37.0	16.6	68.1
2000	664	39.0	17.0	43.2
2001	555	45.5	12.2	99.1
2002	500	36.0	13.9	76
2003	500	36.0	13.9	76
2004	579	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	476	33.3	14.3	93.3
2006	508	33.0	15.4	80.1
2007	489	34.5	14.2	88.3
2008	492	37.9	13.0	87.6
2009	493	39.4	12.5	91.3
2010	474	37.6	12.6	91.4
2011	447	39.2	11.3	87.7
2012	522	33.6	15.4	85.6
2013	532	33.0	16.1	95.3
2014	546	31.0	17.6	70
2015	604	35.0	17.2	89.9
2016	585	42.0	13.9	90.4
2017	536	36.8	14.5	91.6
2018	501	38.0	13.1	96
2019	409	28.0	14.6	95.4
2020	405	31.0	13.0	92.1
2021	395	28.9	13.6	91.4
2022	386	25.3	15.2	88.9
2023	378	28.0	13.4	85.4

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 School 16-John Walton Spencer

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	584	33.9	17.2	n/a
1990	567	33.9	16.7	n/a
1991	650	33.5	19.4	n/a
1992	727	31.4	23.1	n/a
1993	659	34.4	19.2	n/a
1994	634	36.4	17.4	63.6
1995	725	37.0	19.6	60.7
1996	725	37.0	19.6	60.7
1997	738	38.8	19.0	65.4
1998	750	41.0	18.3	63.5
1999	615	37.0	16.6	68.1
2000	664	39.0	17.0	43.2
2001	555	45.5	12.2	99.1
2002	500	36.0	13.9	76
2003	500	36.0	13.9	76
2004	579	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	476	33.3	14.3	93.3
2006	508	33.0	15.4	80.1
2007	489	34.5	14.2	88.3
2008	492	37.9	13.0	87.6
2009	493	39.4	12.5	91.3
2010	474	37.6	12.6	91.4
2011	447	39.2	11.3	87.7
2012	522	33.6	15.4	85.6
2013	532	33.0	16.1	95.3
2014	546	31.0	17.6	70
2015	604	35.0	17.2	89.9
2016	585	42.0	13.9	90.4
2017	536	36.8	14.5	91.6
2018	501	38.0	13.1	96
2019	409	28.0	14.6	95.4
2020	405	31.0	13.0	92.1
2021	395	28.9	13.6	91.4
2022	386	25.3	15.2	88.9
2023	378	28.0	13.4	85.4

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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