Enrollment
196
Middle
DISTRICT 288 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BEAVER RIVER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360420005992
BEAVER RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL
9508 ARTZ RD, BEAVER FALLS, NY 13305 · (315) 346-1211 · Lewis County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL196 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 30% 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.
- C-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
18.1:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
87 students
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 6 | 55 | 28% |
| Grade 7 | 69 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 71 | 36% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 1% |
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 6% · 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
BEAVER RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL→BEAVER RIVER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within BEAVER RIVER CENTRAL 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% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
59.9%
NY avg 57.4% . +10.9pp 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 60 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 59.9% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 49.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
47.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 BEAVER RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL
BEAVER RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (47.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEAVER RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 196 | 44.4% | 47.6% |
| GREENE MIDDLE SCHOOL GREENE | 206 | 41.3% | 53.0% |
| RED CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL RED CREEK | 170 | 46.5% | 58.3% |
| ADIRONDACK MIDDLE SCHOOL BOONVILLE | 243 | 44.9% | 52.9% |
| WARSAW MIDDLE SCHOOL WARSAW | 179 | 45.3% | 49.5% |
| DALTON-NUNDA MIDDLE SCHOOL NUNDA | 154 | 46.1% | 43.5% |
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 BEAVER RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.6% | #473 of 766 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.9% | #373 of 768 ▲ 110 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #500 of 768 ▼ 88 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 196 | #690 of 796 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.4% | #482 of 773 |
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
196
+17 (+9%) vs 2020
-1% since 2010-11, when it was 198
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 196 | 10.8 | 18.1:1 | 44% (87) |
| 2023-24 | 199 | 11.6 | 17.1:1 | 50% (100) |
| 2022-23 | 192 | 12.3 | 15.6:1 | 53% (101) |
| 2020-21 | 179 | 12 | 14.9:1 | 49% (87) |
| 2017-18 | 189 | 8 | 23.6:1 | 43% (81) |
| 2015-16 | 179 | 3 | 59.7:1 | 51% (92) |
| 2010-11 | 198 | 17 | 11.7:1 | 41% (81) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BEAVER RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About BEAVER RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL
BEAVER RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL runs as a small middle-grades school in BEAVER FALLS, New York. It serves 196 students in grades 6 through 8. The average among middle schools in New York is roughly 531 students; this school is 63% smaller than that.
BEAVER RIVER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT has 3 schools and 863 students, and BEAVER RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those schools.
Most students at BEAVER RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL are White: 96% of enrollment. County-wide, about 94% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at BEAVER RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 7%.
BEAVER RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL counts 10.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 18.1 students for each one. Among middle schools in New York, the typical ratio is 10.3:1. About 44% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. That is close to the 45% average for public schools in Lewis County.
The allk12 Grade for BEAVER RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL is C. Compared with New York public middle schools, the school scored higher than 30% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Test results at BEAVER RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL are 11.0 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (47.6% actual, 58.7% predicted).
According to the American Community Survey, in Lewis County, median household income is about $68,182, roughly 19% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. BEAVER RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 13 public schools in Lewis County, which together enroll about 4,082 students.
The shortest distance from BEAVER RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to BEAVER RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The five-mile area around BEAVER RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL holds 2 other public schools. The school's 47.6% average proficiency ranks 8th among 9 nearby schools.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Distant.
BEAVER RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL had 179 students in 2020-21 and 196 in 2024-25, a 9% gain. Its ratio of students to teachers was 14.9:1 in 2020-21, and 18.1:1 in 2024-25.
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Lewis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
26,607
Census ACS
Median income
$68,182
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
4,082 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BEAVER RIVER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- BEAVER RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 413 students
- BEAVER RIVER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 254 students
Other schools in BEAVER FALLS
- BEAVER RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 413 students
- BEAVER RIVER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 254 students
Nearby schools
- BEAVER RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.0 mi · 413
- BEAVER RIVER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 254
- LOWVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL6.8 mi · 263
- LOWVILLE HIGH SCHOOL6.8 mi · 385
- LOWVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.8 mi · 628
- CARTHAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL10.6 mi · 394
Frequently asked questions
About BEAVER RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend BEAVER RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL?
BEAVER RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 196 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does BEAVER RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
BEAVER RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at BEAVER RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 18.1:1 students per teacher at BEAVER RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL.
How diverse is BEAVER RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL?
BEAVER RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 96% White, 2% Hispanic, 2% Black.
What district is BEAVER RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
BEAVER RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of BEAVER RIVER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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