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Edison Career And Technology High School is a public high school located in Rochester, New York, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 1,233 students. The school is part of the Rochester City School District, which is ranked 849 out of 865 school districts in New York and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Edison Career And Technology High School faces significant challenges, with consistently low statewide rankings, poor academic performance, high dropout rates, and high chronic absenteeism. The school has consistently ranked among the lowest-performing high schools in New York state, with rankings between 1171 and 1240 out of 1190-1242 high schools over the past 10 years, placing it in the bottom 1-2% of high schools in the state. The school's performance across various student subgroups is also very low, with the school ranking in the bottom 5-10% of New York high schools for Asian, African American, Hispanic, and White student performance. Edison's four-year graduation rate has ranged from 55.0% to 85.1% over the past few years, significantly lower than the state average, and the school has experienced extremely high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 34.1% to 77.3% in recent years, far exceeding the state and district averages.
The nearby schools within the Rochester City School District, such as Franklin Upper School and School Without Walls, also perform poorly and have similar low rankings, graduation rates, and academic proficiency levels as Edison, suggesting a systemic issue within the district. In contrast, the nearby schools in the Greece Central School District, such as Olympia High School and Odyssey Academy, generally perform better than Edison and the other Rochester City schools, highlighting the significant disparities in educational outcomes between the two districts.
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