CHARLES A UPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

CHARLES An UPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in LOCKPORT, New York, operated by LOCKPORT CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, works with 448 students, covering grades K through 4.

CHARLES An UPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 7 schools operated by LOCKPORT CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that hosts 4,064 students overall.

On the student-mix side, CHARLES An UPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is White, at 65% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 14% Hispanic, 10% Black, 10% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting CHARLES An UPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 57% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Niagara County runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, CHARLES An UPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 54.0%; this one comes in at 32.5%, -21.5 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, Niagara County reports that the typical household earns roughly $69,633 per year, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Niagara County's 51 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,388 students), CHARLES An UPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is LOCKPORT HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.3 miles away. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CHARLES An UPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 49.1%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 4%: 466 students in 2018 compared to 448 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 72% to 65% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 today.

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