Thornell Road School

Thornell Road School serves 506 students in kindergarten through fifth grade in Pittsford, New York. It earns a composite score of 8.9 out of 10 — rated Excellent — with academic performance and student growth both hitting the same mark, a consistency that signals strength across what parents track most closely. The student-teacher ratio of 13.7 to 1 keeps classes small enough for meaningful individual attention.

Thornell Road ranks first among all eight public schools in Pittsford and outperforms 98% of public schools statewide in New York. That's not a fluke reading — both the academic score and the growth score sit at the same high level, meaning students aren't just arriving with advantages; they're progressing. For families comparing elementary options in the Pittsford area, the numbers are unambiguous.

Thornell Road places #81 out of 2,552 elementary schools in New York and #107 out of 4,742 public schools of any level in the state. Cross-category rank consistency like that is rare and gives parents reliable signal when choosing where their child spends the early years of their education.