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Webster Central School District

school district in the U.S. state of New York

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 7, 2026
Entity authorityQ7978899
Source-derived summary

The Webster Central School District is a public school district in New York State that serves approximately 8,800 students in the town and village of Webster and portions of Penfield in Monroe County and portions of Ontario and Walworth in Wayne County with about 1,350 employees and an operating budget of $140.6 million (~$15,964 per student).

The average class size is 20 for grades K–2, 21 for grades 3–5, and 26 for grades 6–8, and 25 for grades 9–12.

Brian Neenan is the Superintendent of Schools.

Curriculum

Webster Central School District's curriculum includes an Advanced Placement program where students are offered a variety of courses for secondary students in which they may receive college credit. Students also have the option to enroll in numerous dual credit courses available through the district's partnership with Monroe Community College, the Rochester Institute of Technology and the College Level Examination Program (CLEP). These opportunities aim to allow students to save money in their future endeavors of pursuing higher level collegiate education.

Webster Central School District's students have the opportunity to enhance their learning through the 1:1 student device initiative, Transforming Learning Through Technology. Through this initiative, students have access to their own electronic device, either a Dell Chromebook or iPad. The district strives to combine technology savvy learning. The program also offers students the opportunity to work as customer service and technology repair representatives for their peers as part of the Webster Technical Internship program.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Webster Central School District” as school district in the U.S. state of New York. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Webster, Central and School.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current 241-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Webster, Central and School providing the first useful test.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 7, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7978899. VIAF identifies the subject as 146871082. The Library of Congress control number is no94004712. Authority coordinates are 43.208, -77.431. 2 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.

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This entry incorporates text from Webster Central School District” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.