ANNA MERRITT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

ANNA MERRITT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school of cozy scale in LOCKPORT, New York, run under LOCKPORT CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, educateing 326 students in grades K through 4. That puts it 26% leaner than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

LOCKPORT CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 4,064 students; ANNA MERRITT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

Looking at the student body, ANNA MERRITT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 62% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 19% multiracial, 11% Black, 7% Hispanic. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

In terms of school funding signals, ANNA MERRITT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.0:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 68% of students are eligible 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 residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, ANNA MERRITT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 50.1%; actual is 26.7%, a gap of -23.4 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Niagara County put median household earnings sit near $69,633, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. ANNA MERRITT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 51 public schools in Niagara County (combined enrollment of about 26,388 students).

Nearest neighbor: AARON MOSSELL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ANNA MERRITT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 9th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 51.1%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ANNA MERRITT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has showed little movement, going from 330 students in 2018 to 326 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 68% to 62%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.