ALDEN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL

As a compact elementary-level community in ALDEN, New York, ALDEN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL works with 344 students from grades 3 through 5, run under ALDEN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrollment runs roughly 22% leaner than the state mean of about 443.

Within ALDEN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 4 schools and 1,474 students, ALDEN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, ALDEN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL lists that nearly all students (94%) are White. Other groups include 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 74% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, ALDEN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 32% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Erie County's rate of about 51%.

After controlling for student poverty, ALDEN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 63.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 56.7%.

Zooming out to the county, Erie County reports that median household earnings sit near $72,839, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Erie County's 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,519 students), ALDEN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is ALDEN MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around ALDEN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ALDEN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 67.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ALDEN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL has stayed largely flat, going from 342 students in 2018 to 344 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

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