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If you had an hour of school board time for CASEY MIDDLE SCHOOL, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
606
Middle
DISTRICT 739 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WILLIAMSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 363147004756
CASEY MIDDLE SCHOOL
105 CASEY RD, EAST AMHERST, NY 14051 · (716) 626-8585 · Erie County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL606 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% of New York public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
10.8:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
160 students
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 5 | 132 | 22% |
| Grade 6 | 171 | 28% |
| Grade 7 | 147 | 24% |
| Grade 8 | 156 | 26% |
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
63.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -4.0pp since 2023
Math
85.3%
NY avg 57.4% . -2.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 85.3% |
| 2023-24 | 67.0% | 87.9% |
% 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
73.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 CASEY MIDDLE SCHOOL
CASEY MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (73.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CASEY MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 606 | 26.4% | 73.1% |
| HEIM MIDDLE SCHOOL WILLIAMSVILLE | 648 | 26.2% | 69.7% |
| ACADIA MIDDLE SCHOOL CLIFTON PARK | 761 | 25.2% | 77.9% |
| KODA MIDDLE SCHOOL CLIFTON PARK | 765 | 26.9% | 77.7% |
| JAMESVILLE-DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL JAMESVILLE | 693 | 28.7% | 74.6% |
| WELLWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL FAYETTEVILLE | 651 | 23.0% | 78.3% |
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 CASEY MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.1% | #99 of 766 | #4 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 85.3% | #145 of 768 ▼ 22 | #3 of 32 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #178 of 768 ▼ 78 | #8 of 32 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 606 | #277 of 796 | #17 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #431 of 683 | #22 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.6% | #411 of 688 | #12 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.4% | #648 of 773 | #22 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.2% | #315 of 524 | #9 of 21 |
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
606
+11 (+2%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 931
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 606 | 56 | 10.8:1 | 26% (160) |
| 2023-24 | 646 | 60 | 10.8:1 | 26% (169) |
| 2022-23 | 615 | 61.2 | 10.1:1 | 22% (135) |
| 2020-21 | 595 | 54 | 11.0:1 | 18% (108) |
| 2017-18 | 675 | 50.6 | 13.3:1 | 15% (98) |
| 2015-16 | 711 | 49 | 14.5:1 | 12% (83) |
| 2010-11 | 705 | 55 | 12.8:1 | 11% (80) |
| 2000-01 | 710 | 54 | 13.2:1 | 5% (32) |
| 1990-91 | 931 | 73 | 12.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CASEY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About CASEY MIDDLE SCHOOL
CASEY MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in EAST AMHERST, New York, and is classified as a middle school. There are 606 students enrolled, covering grades 5 through 8.
CASEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 13 schools in WILLIAMSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which enrolls 9,598 students in total.
White students are 73% of those enrolled at CASEY MIDDLE SCHOOL. Other reported shares: 14% Asian, 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, and 3% Black. That is in line with Erie County, where about 74% of residents are White. A diversity index of 45% means there is a 45% chance two randomly chosen students at CASEY MIDDLE SCHOOL are from different groups.
For every teacher at CASEY MIDDLE SCHOOL, there are about 10.8 students; the school has 56 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among middle schools in New York is similar, at 10.3:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 26%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Erie County is 51%.
On the allk12 Grade, CASEY MIDDLE SCHOOL lands at A-, ahead of 84% of New York public middle schools.
CASEY MIDDLE SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (73.1%) and its predicted rate (65.3%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New York schools.
In the wider Erie County area, the median household earns about $72,839 a year, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Across Erie County, 226 public schools serve about 122,519 students.
Among nearby public schools, WILLIAMSVILLE NORTH HIGH SCHOOL is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, CASEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is 6th among 9 schools close by.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 595 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 606.
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Erie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
950,622
Census ACS
Median income
$72,839
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
226
122,519 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WILLIAMSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WILLIAMSVILLE NORTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,307 students
- WILLIAMSVILLE EAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 940 students
- TRANSIT MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 912 students
- WILLIAMSVILLE SOUTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 796 students
- MILL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 790 students
- MAPLE WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 670 students
Other schools in EAST AMHERST
- WILLIAMSVILLE EAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 940 students
- TRANSIT MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 912 students
- DODGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 590 students
Other Casey Middle schools
One other US public school is named Casey Middle. CASEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- Casey Middle SchoolBOULDER, CO · 363 students
Nearby schools
- WILLIAMSVILLE NORTH HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 1,307
- DODGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 590
- HEIM MIDDLE SCHOOL1.6 mi · 648
- HEIM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 661
- WILLIAMSVILLE EAST HIGH SCHOOL1.9 mi · 940
- MAPLE EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 597
Frequently asked questions
About CASEY MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend CASEY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
CASEY MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 606 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does CASEY MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
CASEY MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 05-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CASEY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CASEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 10.8:1 (56 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at CASEY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At CASEY MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 73% White, 4% Hispanic, 3% Black, 14% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees CASEY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
CASEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by WILLIAMSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Erie County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.