EDWARD TOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL

EDWARD TOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL is a 6-8 campus of average-sized scale in SANBORN, New York, run under NIAGARA-WHEATFIELD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, instructing 723 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 36% larger than the state mean of about 531.

Within NIAGARA-WHEATFIELD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 6 schools and 3,087 students, EDWARD TOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, EDWARD TOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL records that White students make up the majority at 76%. The remainder comes out to 8% multiracial, 6% Native American, 4% Hispanic, 3% Black.

Looking at school resources, EDWARD TOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL reports 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.3:1 average. An estimated 35% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Niagara County (around 49%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, EDWARD TOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 62.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 57.3%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Niagara County indicate median household earnings sit near $69,633, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. EDWARD TOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 51 public schools in Niagara County (combined enrollment of about 26,388 students).

Nearest neighbor: NIAGARA-WHEATFIELD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around EDWARD TOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, EDWARD TOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 51.6%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. EDWARD TOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has declined 15% since 2018, when it stood at 847 (now 723). Over the same period, the White share declined from 82% to 76%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 today.

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