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Enrollment
954
Middle
DISTRICT 680 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARENCE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360759000542
CLARENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL
10150 GREINER RD, CLARENCE, NY 14031 · (716) 407-9200 · Erie County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL954 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% 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.
- B+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
10.4:1
92 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
182 students
DISTRICT 16% · 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 6 | 292 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 326 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 333 | 35% |
| Ungraded | 3 | 0% |
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · 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
CLARENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL→CLARENCE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within CLARENCE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
71.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
80.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +4.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.0% | 80.0% |
| 2023-24 | 65.0% | 75.9% |
% 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
72.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 CLARENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL
CLARENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (72.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLARENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 954 | 19.1% | 72.7% |
| BETHLEHEM CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL DELMAR | 950 | 15.8% | 73.8% |
| ORCHARD PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL ORCHARD PARK | 1,086 | 14.4% | 67.3% |
| BAY TRAIL MIDDLE SCHOOL PENFIELD | 1,094 | 23.8% | 73.3% |
| STARPOINT MIDDLE SCHOOL LOCKPORT | 726 | 17.6% | 74.8% |
| LANCASTER MIDDLE SCHOOL LANCASTER | 876 | 26.0% | 62.5% |
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 CLARENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.7% | #104 of 766 | #5 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #193 of 768 ▲ 20 | #6 of 32 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #98 of 768 ▲ 16 | #4 of 32 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 954 | #86 of 796 | #4 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.4:1 | #348 of 683 | #12 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.6% | #584 of 688 | #21 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.1% | #701 of 773 | #29 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.2% | #272 of 524 | #5 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
954
+2 (+0%) vs 2020
+59% since 1990-91, when it was 601
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 954 | 91.7 | 10.4:1 | 19% (182) |
| 2023-24 | 985 | 95.1 | 10.4:1 | 19% (190) |
| 2022-23 | 972 | 91.9 | 10.6:1 | 18% (172) |
| 2020-21 | 952 | 85 | 11.2:1 | 12% (117) |
| 2017-18 | 1,086 | 81.4 | 13.3:1 | 12% (134) |
| 2015-16 | 1,126 | 80 | 14.1:1 | 9% (102) |
| 2010-11 | 1,228 | 91 | 13.5:1 | 10% (119) |
| 2000-01 | 1,060 | 73 | 14.5:1 | 5% (51) |
| 1990-91 | 601 | 43 | 14.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CLARENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About CLARENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL
CLARENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a high-enrollment middle-grades school in CLARENCE, New York, administered by CLARENCE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. It has an enrollment of 954 students in grades 6 through 8. Across middle schools in New York, the average enrollment is about 531.
Across its 6 schools, CLARENCE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 4,081 students. CLARENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those schools.
White students account for 87% of the school's enrollment. Other reported shares: 4% Asian, 4% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. Erie County's residents are about 74% White, 14 points below the school's share. A diversity index of 24% means there is a 24% chance two randomly chosen students at CLARENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL are from different groups.
CLARENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL reported 91.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 10.4:1. The 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York is close to this figure. There are 182 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 19% of enrollment. The rate at public schools in Erie County averages 51%, higher than here.
Among New York public middle schools, CLARENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL outscored 81%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
CLARENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (72.7%) and its predicted rate (68.0%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New York schools.
Looking at the county, Erie County, median household income comes to about $72,839, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. The county has 226 public schools and about 122,519 students.
CLARENCE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is about 1.6 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are 6 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: CLARENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 6th of 9 nearby schools, at 72.7% versus a 78.6% average.
Under the NCES locale system, CLARENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL is Rural: Fringe.
Federal data show 952 students in 2020-21 and 954 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.
On allk12, people connected to CLARENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL can post about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 CLARENCE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CLARENCE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,256 students
- SHERIDAN HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 527 students
- LEDGEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 486 students
- HARRIS HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 452 students
- CLARENCE CENTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 406 students
Other schools in CLARENCE
- CLARENCE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,256 students
- LEDGEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 486 students
Nearby schools
- CLARENCE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.6 mi · 1,256
- LEDGEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 486
- CLARENCE CENTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 406
- SHERIDAN HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.2 mi · 527
- HARRIS HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.0 mi · 452
- TRANSIT MIDDLE SCHOOL4.6 mi · 912
Frequently asked questions
About CLARENCE MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend CLARENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
CLARENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 954 students in grades 06-08.
Is CLARENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
CLARENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CLARENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CLARENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 10.4:1 (92 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at CLARENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At CLARENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 87% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is CLARENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
CLARENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by CLARENCE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.