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Enrollment
504
Middle
DISTRICT 583 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST AURORA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360954000725
EAST AURORA MIDDLE SCHOOL
430 MAIN ST, EAST AURORA, NY 14052 · (716) 687-2453 · Erie County
GRADES 05–09MIDDLE31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL504 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% 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
10.1:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.6:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
67 students
DISTRICT 12% · 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 5 | 138 | 27% |
| Grade 6 | 102 | 20% |
| Grade 7 | 145 | 29% |
| Grade 8 | 119 | 24% |
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within EAST AURORA UNION FREE 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
75.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
79.6%
NY avg 57.4% . +4.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 75 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.0% | 79.6% |
| 2023-24 | 71.0% | 75.3% |
% 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
74.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 EAST AURORA MIDDLE SCHOOL
EAST AURORA MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (74.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| EAST AURORA MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 504 | 13.3% | 74.7% |
| SEAFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL SEAFORD | 522 | 12.5% | 73.5% |
| SAYVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL SAYVILLE | 582 | 11.7% | 70.9% |
| NESAQUAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL SAINT JAMES | 466 | 15.0% | 68.9% |
| IROQUOIS MIDDLE SCHOOL ELMA | 478 | 19.7% | 58.2% |
| HONEOYE FALLS-LIMA MIDDLE SCHOOL HONEOYE FALLS | 482 | 21.2% | 84.5% |
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 EAST AURORA MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.7% | #83 of 766 | #3 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.6% | #199 of 768 ▲ 22 | #7 of 32 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #74 of 768 ▲ 4 | #2 of 32 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 504 | #354 of 796 | #20 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.1:1 | #308 of 683 | #11 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.0% | #630 of 688 | #28 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.3% | #740 of 773 | #32 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.1% | #423 of 524 | #17 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
504
-10 (-2%) vs 2020
+31% since 1990-91, when it was 385
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 504 | 49.9 | 10.1:1 | 13% (67) |
| 2023-24 | 495 | 49.2 | 10.1:1 | 14% (69) |
| 2022-23 | 520 | 46.8 | 11.1:1 | 14% (71) |
| 2020-21 | 514 | 42 | 12.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 531 | 33 | 16.1:1 | 13% (71) |
| 2015-16 | 578 | 32 | 18.1:1 | 11% (64) |
| 2010-11 | 563 | 36 | 15.6:1 | 10% (54) |
| 2000-01 | 499 | 31 | 16.1:1 | 19% (93) |
| 1990-91 | 385 | 22 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for EAST AURORA MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About EAST AURORA MIDDLE SCHOOL
EAST AURORA MIDDLE SCHOOL is classified as a middle school. It is located in EAST AURORA, New York. Enrollment totals 504 students across grades 5 through 9.
EAST AURORA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT includes 3 schools. Together they enroll 1,750 students.
The share of White students at EAST AURORA MIDDLE SCHOOL is 91%. The remaining shares are 4% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Erie County as a whole is about 74% White, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, EAST AURORA MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 16%.
Staffing at EAST AURORA MIDDLE SCHOOL comes to 49.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 10.1:1. It is about the same as the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York. On the income side, 13% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 51% average for public schools in Erie County.
EAST AURORA MIDDLE SCHOOL holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 82% of New York public middle schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, EAST AURORA MIDDLE SCHOOL lands between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 74.7%; the prediction is 70.1%.
Looking at the county, Erie County, the median household earns about $72,839 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Erie County has 226 public schools with about 122,519 students, including EAST AURORA MIDDLE SCHOOL.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, PARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is about 0.7 miles. There are 6 other public schools within five miles. EAST AURORA MIDDLE SCHOOL places 3rd of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
In the federal locale system, EAST AURORA MIDDLE SCHOOL is coded Town: Fringe, for schools in a town close to an urbanized area.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 514 in 2020-21, 504 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 12.2:1 to 10.1:1.
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at EAST AURORA MIDDLE SCHOOL. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 EAST AURORA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- PARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 704 students
- EAST AURORA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 542 students
Other schools in EAST AURORA
- PARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 704 students
- EAST AURORA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 542 students
- WALES PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 185 students
Nearby schools
- PARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 704
- EAST AURORA HIGH SCHOOL2.3 mi · 542
- ELMA PRIMARY SCHOOL4.1 mi · 260
- IROQUOIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL4.6 mi · 301
- IROQUOIS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL4.6 mi · 628
- IROQUOIS MIDDLE SCHOOL4.6 mi · 478
Frequently asked questions
About EAST AURORA MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is EAST AURORA MIDDLE SCHOOL?
EAST AURORA MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 504 students in grades 05-09.
What age range does EAST AURORA MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
EAST AURORA MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 05 through grade 09.
How many students per teacher at EAST AURORA MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 10.1:1 students per teacher at EAST AURORA MIDDLE SCHOOL.
How diverse is EAST AURORA MIDDLE SCHOOL?
EAST AURORA MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 91% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees EAST AURORA MIDDLE SCHOOL?
EAST AURORA MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by EAST AURORA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Erie County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.