School 46-charles Carroll, Rochester NY

Original Research by School Decision on School 46-charles Carroll

School 46-Charles Carroll sits on Newcastle Road in Rochester, New York, serving pre-kindergarten through sixth grade as part of the Rochester City School District. The school is a regular public elementary school, not a charter, and draws from a city whose neighborhoods range from historic residential corridors like the 19th Ward and Park Avenue to more modest blocks closer to the urban core.

The student body is racially mixed in a way that reflects Rochester broadly. Black, Hispanic, and white students each represent a substantial share of enrollment, with smaller Asian and multiracial populations as well. A large majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, pointing to a high-need economic context. Data on English learners and students with IEPs was not available in what was provided.

State assessment results from the New York State Testing Program are available for grades three through six in math and ELA, and for grade five in science. Across all tested grades, proficiency rates in math and ELA fall below the midpoint among districts in Monroe County. In third grade, roughly a third of students tested at proficient or above in math, and just under half did so in ELA, which was the school's strongest ELA result across the tested grades. By sixth grade, both subjects were noticeably lower, with less than a third of students reaching proficiency in either. Science proficiency at the fifth-grade level was similarly modest. These results sit in the bottom quartile relative to districts in Monroe County, which is a meaningful signal for parents. Whether those results reflect the school's instructional approach, the concentration of economic hardship, or other factors is not something the data alone can answer, and a parent would want to ask the school directly about what supports are in place and how progress is tracked year over year. Trend data was not available, so it is not possible to say from this payload whether results have been moving up or down.

Participation rates in testing were very high across subjects and grades, which at minimum reflects that students are showing up and being assessed.

Rochester itself is a city that has spent the better part of a decade working against a long period of population decline. Publicly reported coverage describes a downtown revitalization effort that has brought adaptive-reuse housing, state-funded affordable development, and infrastructure changes like the Inner Loop fill-in. The housing market in the school's zip code sits below both state and national benchmarks on home values, and monthly rents are relatively affordable compared to national norms. Monroe County's housing market has seen notably increased listing prices year over year, and homes move quickly, with the median days on market in the low twenties in spring 2026.

On the district level, families should be aware of several recent shifts. The Rochester City School District completed its most significant structural overhaul in a generation beginning in the 2024-25 school year, closing eleven schools, reopening some under new names, and realigning the system into distinct elementary, middle, and high school tiers. School 46 appears to operate as part of that reconfigured structure. The end of federal COVID-relief funding drove a meaningful budget contraction and the loss of a substantial number of staff positions, and the district has publicly projected further budget gaps ahead. These are material conditions for families to weigh when thinking about resource levels, staffing stability, and programming over the years their child would be enrolled.

No information was provided on specific programs, extracurriculars, or enrichment offerings at School 46 itself, so that is a gap a parent would want to address directly with the school. A graduation rate does not apply here given the school's grade band.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 338%

School 38% · District 25% · ▲ 13 pts above district

▼ 21 pts below state median · ▼ 8 pts below county median

Grade 433%

School 33% · District 17% · ▲ 16 pts above district

▼ 26 pts below state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Grade 530%

School 30% · District 13% · ▲ 17 pts above district

▼ 21 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Grade 630%

School 30% · District 18% · ▲ 12 pts above district

▼ 14 pts below state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 348%

School 48% · District 22% · ▲ 26 pts above district

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

Grade 429%

School 29% · District 19% · ▲ 10 pts above district

▼ 24 pts below state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

Grade 543%

School 43% · District 19% · ▲ 24 pts above district

▼ 11 pts below state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

Grade 627%

School 27% · District 20% · ▲ 7 pts above district

▼ 18 pts below state median · even with county median

Science

Grade 528%

School 28% · District 14% · ▲ 13 pts above district

▼ 14 pts below state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

Social studies

Grade 572%

School 72% · district not reported

▼ 19 pts below state median · ▼ 21 pts below county median

This schoolROCHESTER CITY 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-income29%Higher-income86%57 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income20%Higher-income60%40 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income23%Higher-income92%68 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income21%Higher-income67%46 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income21%Higher-income69%48 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income22%Higher-income70%48 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income10%Higher-income77%67 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income23%Higher-income83%61 pp gap