Parents sending children to schools outside of Rochester School District

Whether for infestations of insects or crime or simply for convenience, parents in the Rochester School District overwhelmingly send their children to schools other than the ones within walking distance.

The median neighborhood elementary school in Rochester enrolls only 15 percent of its local children, even without counting those who attend the district's citywide schools, which are open to all children. Only one, School 46 in the Browncroft neighborhood, attracts more than half the children living within easy walking distance.