Rochester City School District is located at 131 West Broad Street Rochester, NY. Grades PK-12 and other special schools reside with in the boundaries and jurisdictions of the Rochester City School District Board of Education. The Rochester City School District is massive and has 55 Pre-K Sites, 39 Elementary Schools, 19 Secondary Schools, and several other unique schools that offer special types of education programs. It supports the No Child Left Behind a federally-enacted law governing elementary and secondary education.

Rochester, located in Monroe County, is a city in New York State south of Lake Ontario in the United States. The Rochester metropolitan area is the second largest economy in New York State, trailing only New York City. Rochester's population is approximately 208,000 making it New York's third largest city.

The mission of the Rochester City School District is to educate each student to the highest levels of academic performance and to foster each student’s social and emotional development. We partner with families, caregivers, and the Rochester community to prepare students to meet or exceed standards and to become lifelong learners, productive members of the workforce, and responsible, contributing citizens.


Rochester is home to a number of cultural institutions including the world renowned Garth Fagan Dance, the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra (a full philharmonic orchestra is unusual for a city the size of Rochester), the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film, the Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, the Rochester Museum & Science Center, the Strong - National Museum of Play, the A|V Room, the Strasenburgh Planetarium, and numerous arts organizations. Rochester's Geva Theatre Center (the name is a combination of "Genesee" and "Valley," for the surrounding geographic area) is the city's largest professional theatre.