CLEVELAND HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL

CLEVELAND HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL is a small middle school in CHEEKTOWAGA, New York, overseen by CLEVELAND HILL UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school educates 305 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 43% below the state mean of about 531.

Within CLEVELAND HILL UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 3 schools and 1,364 students, CLEVELAND HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, CLEVELAND HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL lists that 37% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 33% Black, 13% Asian, 9% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. By comparison, Erie County as a whole is about 74% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 10.3:1 average. An estimated 64% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Erie County's rate of about 51%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CLEVELAND HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.6%, the actual is 51.6%, a residual of +0.0 points.

Around the school, Erie County reports that median household income runs about $72,839, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Erie County runs 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,519 students), of which CLEVELAND HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: CLEVELAND HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CLEVELAND HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 45.2%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 13%: 269 students in 2018 compared to 305 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 50% to 37% across the same window.

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