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
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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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.
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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
196
+7 (+4%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
was 23.6:1
% White
96%
was 97%
% Hispanic
2%
was 1%
% Black
2%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About BEAVER RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL
As a rural-scale intermediate school in BEAVER FALLS, New York, BEAVER RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL educates 196 students from grades 6 through 8, part of BEAVER RIVER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrollment runs roughly 63% below the state mean of about 531.
BEAVER RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 3 schools operated by BEAVER RIVER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that educates 863 students overall.
On the student-mix side, BEAVER RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL records that nearly all students (96%) are White. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.3:1 average. About 44% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
After controlling for student poverty, BEAVER RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 58.7%; this one delivers 47.6%.
Around the school, the surrounding county (Lewis County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $68,182 per year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Lewis County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,082 students), of which BEAVER RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.
Nearest neighbor: BEAVER RIVER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around BEAVER RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BEAVER RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 60.7%.
The campus sits in an outlying setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BEAVER RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL has increased 4%, going from 189 students in 2018 to 196 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 23.6:1 in 2018 to 18.1:1 today.
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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 SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 254
- BEAVER RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.0 mi · 413
- LOWVILLE HIGH SCHOOL6.8 mi · 385
- LOWVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.8 mi · 628
- LOWVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL6.8 mi · 263
- 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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