Enrollment
326
Elementary
DISTRICT 382 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOCKPORT CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361767001579
ANNA MERRITT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
389 GREEN ST, LOCKPORT, NY 14094 · (716) 478-4726 · Niagara County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL326 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 6% of New York public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
221 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 71 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 11% larger than its 4th grade class (64).
Student demographics
56%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
ANNA MERRITT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→EMMET BELKNAP INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL→AARON MOSSELL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL→LOCKPORT HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within LOCKPORT CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
35.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +16.0pp since 2023
Math
30.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 16 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.0% | 30.0% |
| 2023-24 | 19.0% | 23.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
26.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-23.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 50% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 ANNA MERRITT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ANNA MERRITT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (26.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANNA MERRITT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 326 | 67.8% | 26.7% |
| KNICKERBOCKER SCHOOL WATERTOWN | 340 | 67.9% | 33.3% |
| DIVEN SCHOOL ELMIRA | 325 | 70.8% | N/A |
| HENDY AVENUE SCHOOL ELMIRA | 391 | 69.6% | 26.5% |
| SALMON RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT COVINGTON | 311 | 71.1% | 27.5% |
| SEVENTY NINTH STREET SCHOOL NIAGARA FALLS | 415 | 63.6% | 36.5% |
Matched among New York elementary 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 ANNA MERRITT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Niagara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.7% | #2,115 of 2,335 | #19 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #2,102 of 2,342 ▲ 65 | #20 of 23 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #2,002 of 2,343 ▲ 185 | #17 of 23 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 326 | #1,830 of 2,585 | #25 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #857 of 2,338 | #6 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.8% | #963 of 2,388 | #10 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.8% | #1,017 of 2,534 | #8 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.2% | #1,708 of 1,757 | #21 of 22 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
326
+54 (+20%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 434
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 326 | 29.5 | 11.0:1 | 68% (221) |
| 2023-24 | 317 | 27.4 | 11.6:1 | 76% (241) |
| 2022-23 | 314 | 25.1 | 12.5:1 | 77% (242) |
| 2020-21 | 272 | 24 | 11.3:1 | 71% (192) |
| 2017-18 | 330 | 27 | 12.2:1 | 64% (211) |
| 2015-16 | 362 | 24 | 15.1:1 | 73% (264) |
| 2010-11 | 399 | 25 | 16.0:1 | 59% (237) |
| 2000-01 | 334 | 25 | 13.4:1 | 48% (159) |
| 1990-91 | 434 | 20 | 21.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ANNA MERRITT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About ANNA MERRITT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ANNA MERRITT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a low-enrollment elementary school in LOCKPORT CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, located in LOCKPORT, New York. Federal data show 326 students enrolled in kindergarten through 4 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 443 students for elementary schools in New York.
LOCKPORT CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT oversees ANNA MERRITT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL and 6 other schools, with 4,064 students in total.
White students are 62% of those enrolled at ANNA MERRITT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The next largest groups are 19% multiracial, 11% Black, and 7% Hispanic. In Niagara County overall, about 83% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 56, compared with 70 nationally.
ANNA MERRITT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 29.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 11.0:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 68% at ANNA MERRITT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. That is 19 points above the 49% average for public schools in Niagara County.
Among New York public elementary schools, ANNA MERRITT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outscored 6%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
ANNA MERRITT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 23.4 points below expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the bottom 10% in New York.
Census data for Niagara County show median household income comes to about $69,633, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. There are 51 public schools in the county, enrolling about 26,388, ANNA MERRITT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among them.
AARON MOSSELL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is less than a tenth of a mile from ANNA MERRITT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: 6. The nearest schools with test data average 52.6%, higher than ANNA MERRITT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's 26.7%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Town: Fringe: in a town close to an urbanized area.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 326, up from 272 in 2020-21.
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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
- AARON MOSSELL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 587 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
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
- AARON MOSSELL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 587 students
- FRICANO PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 584 students
Nearby schools
- AARON MOSSELL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 587
- 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 SCHOOL2.8 mi · 363
Frequently asked questions
About ANNA MERRITT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is ANNA MERRITT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ANNA MERRITT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 326 students in grades KG-04.
Is ANNA MERRITT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
ANNA MERRITT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
How many teachers does ANNA MERRITT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
ANNA MERRITT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.0:1.
What is the student diversity at ANNA MERRITT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at ANNA MERRITT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 62% White, 7% Hispanic, 11% Black, 19% Two or more.
Who oversees ANNA MERRITT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ANNA MERRITT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by LOCKPORT CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT in Niagara County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.