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Enrollment
587
Middle
DISTRICT 579 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOCKPORT CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361767001587
AARON MOSSELL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
160 PASSAIC AVE, LOCKPORT, NY 14094 · (716) 478-4702 · Niagara County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL587 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 46% of New York public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public middle schools
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
63 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.8:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
379 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 282 | 48% |
| Grade 8 | 305 | 52% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
AARON MOSSELL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL→LOCKPORT HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within LOCKPORT CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
41.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -3.0pp since 2023
Math
52.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 52.0% |
| 2023-24 | 44.0% | 57.1% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
49.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like AARON MOSSELL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
AARON MOSSELL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (49.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| AARON MOSSELL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 587 | 64.6% | 49.9% |
| BATAVIA MIDDLE SCHOOL BATAVIA | 605 | 61.5% | 51.9% |
| CASE MIDDLE SCHOOL WATERTOWN | 586 | 68.9% | 47.4% |
| EMMET BELKNAP INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL LOCKPORT | 571 | 70.9% | 34.8% |
| AUBURN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL AUBURN | 560 | 59.5% | 43.9% |
| HAROLD T WILEY SCHOOL WATERTOWN | 614 | 72.0% | 29.8% |
Matched among New York middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where AARON MOSSELL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Niagara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.9% | #427 of 766 | #7 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #469 of 768 ▼ 84 | #7 of 11 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #504 of 768 ▼ 129 | #5 of 11 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 587 | #292 of 796 | #4 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.3:1 | #168 of 683 | #1 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.3% | #302 of 688 | #3 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.6% | #319 of 773 | #4 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.7% | #350 of 524 | #6 of 9 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
587
-105 (-15%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 738
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
was 10.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 587 | 63 | 9.3:1 | 65% (379) |
| 2023-24 | 621 | 65.2 | 9.5:1 | 68% (424) |
| 2022-23 | 648 | 66.4 | 9.8:1 | 64% (412) |
| 2020-21 | 692 | 65 | 10.7:1 | 59% (411) |
| 2017-18 | 643 | 63 | 10.2:1 | 56% (358) |
| 2015-16 | 713 | 64 | 11.1:1 | 55% (393) |
| 2010-11 | 569 | 56 | 10.2:1 | 55% (313) |
| 2000-01 | 722 | 55 | 13.1:1 | 37% (267) |
| 1990-91 | 738 | 50 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for AARON MOSSELL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About AARON MOSSELL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
AARON MOSSELL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a mid-sized middle school for students in LOCKPORT, New York. The school enrolls 587 students in grades 7 through 8.
AARON MOSSELL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL reports to LOCKPORT CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, which has 7 schools and 4,064 students.
About 66% of the student body at AARON MOSSELL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is White. Other groups include 12% multiracial, 11% Hispanic, and 9% Black. By comparison, Niagara County residents are about 83% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 52, compared with 70 nationally.
AARON MOSSELL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL reported 63 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 9.3:1. The school's 9.3:1 compares with an average of 10.3:1 for middle schools in New York. Roughly 65% of students at AARON MOSSELL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL can receive free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 49% average for public schools in Niagara County.
On the allk12 Grade, AARON MOSSELL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL lands at B-, ahead of 46% of New York public middle schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, AARON MOSSELL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL would score about 51.3%. It scores 49.9%, 1.4 points below that figure.
In the surrounding county, Niagara County, the median household earns about $69,633 a year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting AARON MOSSELL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, Niagara County has 51 public schools.
ANNA MERRITT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. AARON MOSSELL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with 6 others within five miles. AARON MOSSELL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL's average proficiency of 49.9% compares with 49.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
AARON MOSSELL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is in a town close to an urbanized area, a location NCES labels Town: Fringe.
From 692 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 587 by 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 9.3:1, from 10.7:1.
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Niagara County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
210,721
Census ACS
Median income
$69,633
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
51
26,388 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LOCKPORT CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- LOCKPORT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,377 students
- EMMET BELKNAP INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLMiddle · 571 students
- CHARLES A UPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 448 students
- ROY KELLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 392 students
- GEORGE SOUTHARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 363 students
- ANNA MERRITT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 326 students
Other schools in LOCKPORT
- LOCKPORT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,377 students
- STARPOINT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 929 students
- STARPOINT MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 726 students
- REGAN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 631 students
- FRICANO PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 584 students
- EMMET BELKNAP INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLMiddle · 571 students
Nearby schools
- ANNA MERRITT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 326
- EMMET BELKNAP INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL1.6 mi · 571
- ROY KELLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 392
- LOCKPORT HIGH SCHOOL1.7 mi · 1,377
- CHARLES A UPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 448
- GEORGE SOUTHARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.9 mi · 363
Frequently asked questions
About AARON MOSSELL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at AARON MOSSELL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
AARON MOSSELL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 587 students in grades 07-08.
Is AARON MOSSELL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
AARON MOSSELL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many teachers does AARON MOSSELL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL have?
AARON MOSSELL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL employs 63 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at AARON MOSSELL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
At AARON MOSSELL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 66% White, 11% Hispanic, 9% Black, 1% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is AARON MOSSELL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
AARON MOSSELL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by LOCKPORT CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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