CATARACT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

CATARACT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as an average-sized elementary campus in NIAGARA FALLS, New York, overseen by NIAGARA FALLS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 496 students spanning grades pre-K through 6.

Across the 11 schools in NIAGARA FALLS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (6,625 students total), CATARACT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, CATARACT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is White at 45%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 25% Black, 18% multiracial, 10% Hispanic. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 71% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Niagara County (around 49%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CATARACT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 49.0%; this one comes in at 18.0%, -30.9 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Niagara County indicate median household earnings sit near $69,633, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Niagara County runs 51 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,388 students), of which CATARACT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

SEVENTY NINTH STREET SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CATARACT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CATARACT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 40.1%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. CATARACT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 496 (now 496). The Black share of enrollment fell from 33% to 25% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 today.

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