AARON MOSSELL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

AARON MOSSELL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL operates as a moderately sized intermediate school in LOCKPORT, New York, run under LOCKPORT CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 587 students spanning grades 7 through 8.

LOCKPORT CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 4,064 students. AARON MOSSELL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, AARON MOSSELL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL shows that 66% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder reads as 12% multiracial, 11% Hispanic, 9% Black. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

On the income-and-resources front, AARON MOSSELL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL lists 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.3:1, putting AARON MOSSELL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 65% of students at AARON MOSSELL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Niagara County (around 49%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, AARON MOSSELL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.9%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Niagara County) logs that median household earnings sit near $69,633, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. AARON MOSSELL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 51 public schools in Niagara County (combined enrollment of about 26,388 students).

The closest other public school is ANNA MERRITT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. On composite proficiency, AARON MOSSELL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 52.5%.

AARON MOSSELL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL operates from a town-center location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at AARON MOSSELL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL has edged down 9%, going from 643 students in 2018 to 587 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 72% to 66% over that span.

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