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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