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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at EDWARD TOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL this year?
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Enrollment
723
Middle
DISTRICT 515 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NIAGARA-WHEATFIELD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362085002949
EDWARD TOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL
2292 SAUNDERS STLMNT RD, SANBORN, NY 14132 · (716) 215-3150 · Niagara County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL723 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 51% of New York public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
11.7:1
62 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
250 students
DISTRICT 37% · 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 | 250 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 229 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 244 | 34% |
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
EDWARD TOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL→NIAGARA-WHEATFIELD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within NIAGARA-WHEATFIELD 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
49.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -2.0pp since 2023
Math
67.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 67.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 68.9% |
% 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
57.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 EDWARD TOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL
EDWARD TOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (57.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDWARD TOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 723 | 34.6% | 57.3% |
| WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL WEST SENECA | 778 | 34.3% | 50.3% |
| CAMILLUS MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMILLUS | 693 | 30.7% | 67.6% |
| BALLSTON SPA MIDDLE SCHOOL BALLSTON SPA | 883 | 33.0% | 64.9% |
| CANANDAIGUA MIDDLE SCHOOL CANANDAIGUA | 687 | 38.4% | 61.2% |
| A M COSGROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL SPENCERPORT | 854 | 36.2% | 43.8% |
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 EDWARD TOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Niagara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.3% | #301 of 766 | #3 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #296 of 768 ▼ 20 | #5 of 11 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #360 of 768 ▼ 81 | #2 of 11 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 723 | #200 of 796 | #3 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #518 of 683 | #7 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.0% | #446 of 688 | #5 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.6% | #579 of 773 | #9 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.6% | #225 of 524 | #3 of 9 |
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
723
-54 (-7%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 796
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 723 | 61.8 | 11.7:1 | 35% (250) |
| 2023-24 | 718 | 62.3 | 11.5:1 | 38% (275) |
| 2022-23 | 736 | 61.3 | 12.0:1 | 47% (347) |
| 2020-21 | 777 | 57 | 13.6:1 | 47% (364) |
| 2017-18 | 847 | 57.4 | 14.8:1 | 37% (311) |
| 2015-16 | 858 | 49 | 17.5:1 | 33% (279) |
| 2010-11 | 894 | 68 | 13.2:1 | 27% (243) |
| 2000-01 | 952 | 77 | 12.4:1 | 16% (148) |
| 1990-91 | 796 | 67 | 11.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for EDWARD TOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About EDWARD TOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL
EDWARD TOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school in SANBORN, New York, reachable at (716) 215-3150. The student body numbers 723 students, from grades 6 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in New York) has about 531 students.
EDWARD TOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of NIAGARA-WHEATFIELD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, where 6 schools serve 3,087 students.
EDWARD TOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment is 76% White. Enrollment also includes 8% multiracial, 6% Native American, 4% Hispanic, and 3% Black. EDWARD TOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL has a diversity index of 41%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The ratio of students to teachers is 11.7:1, with 61.8 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York is lower than this school's figure. Lunch subsidy eligibility at EDWARD TOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL is 35%. The average for public schools in Niagara County is 49%.
The allk12 Grade for EDWARD TOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL is B-. Compared with New York public middle schools, the school scored higher than 51% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
EDWARD TOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL is 5.0 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (57.3% versus 62.3%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New York.
According to the American Community Survey, in Niagara County, median household income is about $69,633, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. EDWARD TOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 51 public schools in Niagara County, which together enroll about 26,388 students.
The school nearest to EDWARD TOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL is NIAGARA-WHEATFIELD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, at a distance of about 0.1 miles. Within five miles of EDWARD TOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 51.6%; EDWARD TOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL's is 57.3%, ranking 4th of 9.
EDWARD TOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL is coded as Rural: Fringe in federal locale data.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 723 was 7% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 777. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 13.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 11.7:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at EDWARD TOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Niagara County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
210,721
Census ACS
Median income
$69,633
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
51
26,388 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NIAGARA-WHEATFIELD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- NIAGARA-WHEATFIELD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,041 students
- ERRICK ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 501 students
- WEST STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 401 students
- COLONIAL VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 351 students
- TUSCARORA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 70 students
Other schools in SANBORN
- NIAGARA-WHEATFIELD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,041 students
- WEST STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 401 students
Nearby schools
- NIAGARA-WHEATFIELD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 1,041
- WEST STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 401
- NIAGARA CHARTER SCHOOL1.5 mi · 342
- TUSCARORA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 70
- COLONIAL VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.9 mi · 351
- GERALDINE J MANN SCHOOL3.7 mi · 400
Frequently asked questions
About EDWARD TOWN MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend EDWARD TOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL?
EDWARD TOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 723 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does EDWARD TOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
EDWARD TOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at EDWARD TOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at EDWARD TOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 11.7:1 (62 FTE teachers).
How diverse is EDWARD TOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL?
EDWARD TOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 76% White, 4% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is EDWARD TOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
EDWARD TOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by NIAGARA-WHEATFIELD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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