Enrollment
234
Middle
DISTRICT 270 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360002404857
CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL
25 N FRANKLIN ST, CATTARAUGUS, NY 14719 · (716) 257-3483 · Cattaraugus County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL234 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 34% of New York public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
8.6:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.1:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
133 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 62 | 26% |
| Grade 6 | 57 | 24% |
| Grade 7 | 60 | 26% |
| Grade 8 | 54 | 23% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 14% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL→CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
30.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
43.9%
NY avg 57.4% . -5.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.0% | 43.9% |
| 2023-24 | 29.0% | 49.6% |
% 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
47.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 →
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CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (47.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 234 | 56.8% | 47.4% |
| LITTLE FALLS MIDDLE SCHOOL LITTLE FALLS | 233 | 54.1% | 57.5% |
| NORWOOD-NORFOLK MIDDLE SCHOOL NORWOOD | 276 | 57.2% | 46.3% |
| COHEN MIDDLE SCHOOL ELMIRA HEIGHTS | 251 | 57.0% | 54.1% |
| CORTLAND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL CORTLAND | 274 | 57.3% | 45.8% |
| NEWARK VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL NEWARK VALLEY | 278 | 54.0% | 32.2% |
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 CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #477 of 766 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #584 of 768 ▼ 105 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #685 of 768 ▼ 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 234 | #659 of 796 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.6:1 | #77 of 683 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.0% | #608 of 688 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.8% | #366 of 773 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.4% | #267 of 524 |
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
234
-26 (-10%) vs 2020
-4% since 2010-11, when it was 245
Student : Teacher
8.6:1
was 10.8:1
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 | 234 | 27.2 | 8.6:1 | 57% (133) |
| 2023-24 | 239 | 27.9 | 8.6:1 | 52% (124) |
| 2022-23 | 255 | 29.7 | 8.6:1 | 53% (135) |
| 2020-21 | 260 | 24 | 10.8:1 | 51% (133) |
| 2017-18 | 267 | 20 | 13.3:1 | 52% (140) |
| 2015-16 | 212 | 22 | 9.6:1 | 53% (113) |
| 2010-11 | 245 | 25 | 9.8:1 | 38% (93) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL
Located in CATTARAUGUS, New York, CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is a low-enrollment middle-grades school. Students in grades 5 through 8 attend, and enrollment is 234 students. The school's enrollment is 56% smaller than the 531 average for middle schools in New York.
CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one school in a 3-school district, CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which enrolls 809 students.
At CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL, White students make up 90% of the student body. Smaller groups are 5% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. The county population is about 89% White, within a few points of the school. The chance that two students picked at random at CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 19%.
CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL's 27.2 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 8.6:1. For comparison, middle schools in New York average 10.3:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 57%.
CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is graded C by allk12, scoring above 34% of New York public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On BeatsExpectations, CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is 6.7 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New York schools.
Cattaraugus County has about 76,145 residents, and median household income is about $59,540, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Cattaraugus County number 31 and enroll about 11,228.
The nearest other public school, CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL, is less than a tenth of a mile away. In all, 2 other public schools sit within five miles of CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL. On state test proficiency, CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 7th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
The school's locale code, Rural: Distant, means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL had 260 students in 2020-21 and 234 in 2024-25, a 10% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 10.8:1 in 2020-21 to 8.6:1 in 2024-25.
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Cattaraugus County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
76,145
Census ACS
Median income
$59,540
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
31
11,228 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 319 students
- CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 256 students
- CATTARAUGUS COUNTY JAILElementary
Other schools in CATTARAUGUS
- CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 319 students
- CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 256 students
Nearby schools
- CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 256
- CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.0 mi · 319
- GOWANDA HIGH SCHOOL10.1 mi · 298
- GOWANDA MIDDLE SCHOOL10.1 mi · 334
- GOWANDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL10.6 mi · 421
- PINE VALLEY CENTRAL JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL11.8 mi · 199
Frequently asked questions
About CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 234 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 8.6:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 90% White, 5% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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