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Rochester City School District

About this district

Rochester City School District is a public school district in New York. They serve 28,000 students across 49 schools, and its teachers have had 4,247 projects funded on DonorsChoose.

  • 49
    Schools
  • 28,000
    Students
  • 2,403
    Teachers
Contact info is sourced from our partners at MDR Education, and DonorsChoose updates our site ahead of each school year.

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Rochester City School District Demographics

94%
of students receive free or reduced price lunch Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
Source: the National Center for Education Statistics
82%
of students are Black, Latino, Native American, or Asian Data about school demographics comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. The numbers in this chart may not add up to 100% because of limitations in the available data.

Schools in districts that mainly serve students of color receive substantially less state and local support than similar districts that serve primarily White students. Learn more about this gap, why it exists, and how you can help close it.

Rochester City School District Funding Data from the NCES School District Finance Survey

Rochester City School District had a total revenue of $906.8 million in the 2016-17 school year. 16.4% came from local sources, 75.1% from state sources, and 8.5% from federal sources.

Rochester City School District had a per-pupil revenue of $32,384 per pupil in the 2016-17 school year. 16.4% came from local sources, 75.1% from state sources, and 8.5% from federal sources.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics

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Rochester City School District Support on DonorsChoose Last updated Sep 8, 2026

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Rochester City School District

$1.9 million
raised using DonorsChoose
4,247
projects funded
1,156
teachers funded
9,616
donors
385
projects for basic supplies
622
projects for technology
641
projects for books
216
projects for art supplies

Rochester City School District has received support from 6,514 individuals from New York and 3,102 individuals out-of-state.

Rochester City School District Schools

Abelard Reynolds School 42 Andrew Langston Middle School Austin Steward Elementary School 46 Children's School of Rochester 15 Dr Charles T Lunsford School 19 Dr Freddie Thomas Middle School Ida B. Wells-Barnett Elementary School No. 34 Dr Martin Luther King Junior School 9 Rochester Early Childhood Center NE Rochester Early College International High School East Upper School East Lower School Enrico Fermi School 17 Florence S. Brown Pre-Kindergarten School No 33 Flower City School 54 Francis Parker School 23 Frank Fowler Dow School 52 Montessori Academy School 53 George Mather Forbes School 4 Helen B Montgomery School 50 Henry Hudson School 28 Home/Hospital Instruction Padilla High School James Monroe Upper School Anna Murray - Douglass School 12 Dr. Iris J. Banister School 33 All City High School Dr. David and Ruth Anderson School 16 John Williams School 5 Loretta Johnson Middle School Joseph C. Wilson Magnet High School Commencement Academy Abraham Lincoln School 22 Mary McLeod Bethune School 45 Nathaniel Hawthorne School 25 Northwest Junior High School at Douglass Pinnacle School 35 Roberto Clemente School 8 Rochester Early Childhood Education Center No. 44 Rochester Early Childhood Education Center (39) Rochester International Academy Edison Career & Technical High School School of the Arts School Without Walls Commenc Academy Thurgood Marshall Middle School Virgil I Grissom School 7 Virtual Academy of Rochester Wilson Magnet High School World of Inquiry School 58 Youth and Justice Program
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