Indian Landing Elementary School, Rochester NY

Original Research by School Decision on Indian Landing Elementary School

Indian Landing Elementary serves kindergarten through fifth grade in Rochester as part of the Penfield Central School District, a suburban district that sits just east of the city. The school draws an enrollment that is predominantly white, with a modest share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch and a small number of students representing other racial and ethnic backgrounds. The specific counts of students receiving special education services or identified as English learners are not publicly reported for the school.

State test results from the most recent year show proficiency concentrated in the middle and upper elementary grades. Third graders posted proficiency rates below the midpoint in both math and English language arts. Fourth and fifth graders performed more strongly, with fourth-grade math proficiency and fifth-grade reading and math all in the range of seven out of ten students or higher. Fifth-grade science proficiency came in at about two-thirds. The school sits in the top quartile among Monroe County's elementary schools when proficiency rates across tested grades and subjects are averaged together, a meaningful position within the county comparison set.

The enrollment is small to mid-sized for an elementary school, with each grade band holding roughly eighty to one hundred students. The broader district recently passed a capital project that includes building-wide air conditioning and improvements at Indian Landing specifically, funded through reserves and state aid rather than a new tax increase. The project is a multi-year undertaking and represents the district's largest facility investment in years.

Rochester itself is a city in transition. After decades of population decline, the community has pursued downtown revitalization over the past decade, filling in sections of an elevated expressway, investing in adaptive-reuse housing, and attracting residents back to downtown neighborhoods. The housing market in the 14625 zip code where the school sits shows active inventory and moderate price movement, with ownership more affordable than many surrounding areas and mortgage payments below the region's median household income threshold. A parent might weigh the school's solid county standing in elementary proficiency against the third-grade performance gap and decide whether the district's broader trajectory and facility investments align with their family's needs.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 357%

School 57% · District 69% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▲ 11 pts above county median

Grade 473%

School 73% · District 78% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▲ 15 pts above state median · ▲ 28 pts above county median

Grade 572%

School 72% · District 74% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▲ 21 pts above state median · ▲ 36 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 360%

School 60% · District 66% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▲ 8 pts above state median · ▲ 17 pts above county median

Grade 465%

School 65% · District 71% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▲ 12 pts above state median · ▲ 26 pts above county median

Grade 572%

School 72% · District 75% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▲ 18 pts above state median · ▲ 34 pts above county median

Science

Grade 565%

School 65% · District 64% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 23 pts above state median · ▲ 32 pts above county median

Social studies

Grade 588%

School 88% · district not reported

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

This schoolPENFIELD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income31%Higher-income71%40 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income36%Higher-income78%43 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income38%Higher-income81%44 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income18%Higher-income72%54 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income48%Higher-income85%37 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income29%Higher-income84%54 pp gap