BROCTON MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL

Located at 138 W MAIN ST, in BROCTON, New York, BROCTON MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL is a minimally staffed 9-12 campus that educates 252 students (grades 6 through 12), part of BROCTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 668 students each, so BROCTON MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL sits 62% below that benchmark.

BROCTON MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL is one of 2 schools operated by BROCTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that instructs 486 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, BROCTON MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL shows that nearly all students (81%) are White; the rest comes out to 14% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting BROCTON MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 60% of students at BROCTON MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BROCTON MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 52.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.2%.

Across the wider county, census data for Chautauqua County shows median household earnings sit near $58,351, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Chautauqua County runs 51 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,056 students), of which BROCTON MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: BROCTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, BROCTON MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 61.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 4%: 263 students in 2018 compared to 252 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 86% to 81% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 9.8:1 in 2018 to 8.5:1 today.

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