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🏆 Rankings · Metro Area · NY State tests 2023–24

Best School Districts
in the Rochester, NY Metro

The Rochester, NY metro area has 51 rated public school districts. Ratings are percentile-ranked within each district's own state.

📊 What this ranking measures
Rankings are based on academic achievement — the share of students scoring proficient or above on state reading and math assessments (NY State tests 2023–24), ranked against other districts in the same state — not on spending, district size, or staffing. See full methodology →
51 Rated Districts in the Rochester, NY Metro Area NY State tests 2023–24 · percentile among New York districts
Metro RankDistrictDistrict OfficeRatingState Percentile
#1Honeoye Falls-Lima Central School DistrictHoneoye Falls10/10  Excellent97th
#2Pittsford Central School DistrictPittsford10/10  Excellent97th
#3Penfield Central School DistrictPenfield9/10  Excellent89th
#4Brighton Central School DistrictRochester9/10  Excellent85th
#5Fairport Central School DistrictFairport9/10  Excellent85th
#6Kendall Central School DistrictKendall9/10  Excellent82nd
#7West Irondequoit Central School DistrictRochester8/10  Good77th
#8Marion Central School DistrictMarion8/10  Good76th
#9Victor Central School DistrictVictor8/10  Good76th
#10Webster Central School DistrictWebster8/10  Good76th
#11Rush-Henrietta Central School DistrictHenrietta8/10  Good72nd
#12Naples Central School DistrictNaples8/10  Good70th
#13Wayne Central School DistrictOntario Center7/10  Good68th
#14East Bloomfield Central School DistrictBloomfield7/10  Good66th
#15Lyndonville Central School DistrictLyndonville7/10  Good66th
#16Livonia Central School DistrictLivonia7/10  Good63rd
#17Caledonia-Mumford Central School DistrictCaledonia7/10  Good61st
#18Canandaigua City School DistrictCanandaigua7/10  Good61st
#19Gananda Central School DistrictWalworth6/10  Average57th
#20Avon Central School DistrictAvon6/10  Average55th
#21Churchville-Chili Central School DistrictChurchville6/10  Average55th
#22Honeoye Central School DistrictHoneoye6/10  Average54th
#23Hilton Central School DistrictHilton6/10  Average51st
#24Manchester-Shortsville Central School DistrictShortsville5/10  Average46th
#25East Rochester Union Free School DistrictEast Rochester5/10  Average40th
#26Geneseo Central School DistrictGeneseo5/10  Average40th
#27Gorham-Middlesex Central School District (Marcus Whitman)Rushville4/10  Below Average38th
#28Holley Central School DistrictHolley4/10  Below Average34th
#29York Central School DistrictRetsof4/10  Below Average34th
#30Red Creek Central School DistrictRed Creek4/10  Below Average33rd
#31Gates-Chili Central School DistrictRochester4/10  Below Average31st
#32Spencerport Central School DistrictSpencerport4/10  Below Average31st
#33Sodus Central School DistrictSodus3/10  Below Average29th
#34Albion Central School DistrictAlbion3/10  Below Average28th
#35Brockport Central School DistrictBrockport3/10  Below Average26th
#36Williamson Central School DistrictWilliamson3/10  Below Average26th
#37Dalton-Nunda Central School District (Keshequa)Nunda3/10  Below Average25th
#38Dansville Central School DistrictDansville3/10  Below Average22nd
#39Greece Central School DistrictRochester3/10  Below Average21st
#40Mount Morris Central School DistrictMount Morris3/10  Below Average20th
#41Medina Central School DistrictMedina2/10  Poor19th
#42Palmyra-Macedon Central School DistrictPalmyra2/10  Poor15th
#43East Irondequoit Central School DistrictRochester2/10  Poor11th
#44Lyons Central School DistrictLyons2/10  Poor10th
#45Wheatland-Chili Central School DistrictScottsville1/10  Poor9th
#46Phelps-Clifton Springs Central School DistrictClifton Springs1/10  Poor7th
#47Geneva City School DistrictGeneva1/10  Poor6th
#48Newark Central School DistrictNewark1/10  Poor6th
#49North Rose-Wolcott Central School DistrictWolcott1/10  Poor6th
#50Clyde-Savannah Central School DistrictClyde1/10  Poor1st
#51Rochester City School DistrictRochester1/10  Poor1st

Best School Districts in the Rochester, NY Metro Area (2026)

Counties are assigned to metropolitan areas using the U.S. Census Bureau's 2023 delineation, and each district is placed in the county of its NCES directory listing. Ratings come from NY State tests 2023–24 (New York) and are percentile-ranked within the district's own state. Always confirm your assignment by address.

Frequently Asked Questions
What is the best-rated school district in the Rochester, NY metro area? ▼
Among the 51 rated districts in the Rochester, NY metro area, 2 share the top position at 10/10 (Excellent), 97th percentile of New York districts on NY State tests 2023–24 reading and math proficiency: Honeoye Falls-Lima Central School District (Honeoye Falls); Pittsford Central School District (Pittsford).
How are these rankings calculated? ▼
Each district's rating comes from the share of its students scoring proficient or above on state reading and math assessments, percentile-ranked against all rated districts in its state and converted to a 1–10 scale. Full methodology here.
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