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How has EMMET BELKNAP INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
571
Middle
DISTRICT 579 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOCKPORT CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361767001583
EMMET BELKNAP INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
491 HIGH ST, LOCKPORT, NY 14094 · (716) 478-4551 · Niagara County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL571 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 7% of New York public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
10.2:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.8:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
405 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 | 284 | 50% |
| Grade 6 | 286 | 50% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within LOCKPORT CITY 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
37.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
38.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 down about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.0% | 38.0% |
| 2023-24 | 31.0% | 40.0% |
% 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
34.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 EMMET BELKNAP INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
EMMET BELKNAP INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL's state test result (34.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| EMMET BELKNAP INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL this school | 571 | 70.9% | 34.8% |
| CASE MIDDLE SCHOOL WATERTOWN | 586 | 68.9% | 47.4% |
| HAROLD T WILEY SCHOOL WATERTOWN | 614 | 72.0% | 29.8% |
| GLOVERSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL GLOVERSVILLE | 579 | 72.9% | 24.7% |
| AARON MOSSELL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL LOCKPORT | 587 | 64.6% | 49.9% |
| COHOES MIDDLE SCHOOL COHOES | 427 | 70.0% | 51.1% |
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 EMMET BELKNAP INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Niagara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.8% | #673 of 766 | #11 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #646 of 768 ▼ 25 | #11 of 11 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #584 of 768 ▲ 45 | #8 of 11 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 571 | #305 of 796 | #5 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.2:1 | #321 of 683 | #4 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.5% | #337 of 688 | #4 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.9% | #288 of 773 | #3 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.7% | #208 of 524 | #2 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
571
-90 (-14%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 677
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 571 | 56 | 10.2:1 | 71% (405) |
| 2023-24 | 559 | 38.9 | 14.4:1 | 69% (387) |
| 2022-23 | 579 | 54.2 | 10.7:1 | 67% (386) |
| 2020-21 | 661 | 50 | 13.2:1 | 61% (406) |
| 2017-18 | 677 | 51 | 13.3:1 | 60% (403) |
| 2015-16 | 635 | 48 | 13.2:1 | 58% (369) |
| 2010-11 | 589 | 57 | 10.3:1 | 47% (279) |
| 2000-01 | 729 | 57 | 12.8:1 | 24% (174) |
| 1990-91 | 677 | 47 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for EMMET BELKNAP INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL.
About EMMET BELKNAP INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
EMMET BELKNAP INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is a mid-sized middle-grades school with its address in LOCKPORT, New York. Enrollment totals 571 students across grades 5 through 6.
LOCKPORT CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 4,064 students, and its 7 schools include EMMET BELKNAP INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL.
Federal enrollment data show EMMET BELKNAP INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is 68% White. The next largest groups are 11% Hispanic, 11% Black, and 10% multiracial. The school's White share is 15 points below the 83% share among Niagara County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 50%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at EMMET BELKNAP INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is 10.2:1, based on 56 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is in line with the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York. Lunch program data show 71% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Compared with the 49% average for public schools in Niagara County, the school's rate is higher.
EMMET BELKNAP INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 7% of New York public middle schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For EMMET BELKNAP INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, the prediction is 48.9% and the result is 34.8%.
The school is in Niagara County, where median household income comes to 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. Niagara County's 51 public schools enroll about 26,388 students and include EMMET BELKNAP INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, ROY KELLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is about 0.2 miles. Within five miles are 6 other public schools. On average proficiency, EMMET BELKNAP INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is 7th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
The federal government classifies EMMET BELKNAP INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL's location as Town: Fringe.
Enrollment fell 14% over 4 years, reaching 571 in 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 13.2:1 to 10.2:1 over the same years.
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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 LOCKPORT CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- LOCKPORT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,377 students
- AARON MOSSELL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 587 students
- CHARLES A UPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 448 students
- ROY KELLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 392 students
- GEORGE SOUTHARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 363 students
- ANNA MERRITT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 326 students
Other schools in LOCKPORT
- LOCKPORT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,377 students
- STARPOINT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 929 students
- STARPOINT MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 726 students
- REGAN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 631 students
- AARON MOSSELL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 587 students
- FRICANO PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 584 students
Nearby schools
- ROY KELLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 392
- LOCKPORT HIGH SCHOOL0.8 mi · 1,377
- CHARLES A UPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 448
- ANNA MERRITT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 326
- AARON MOSSELL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.6 mi · 587
- GEORGE SOUTHARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 363
Frequently asked questions
About EMMET BELKNAP INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLHow many students attend EMMET BELKNAP INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL?
EMMET BELKNAP INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 571 students in grades 05-06.
Is EMMET BELKNAP INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
EMMET BELKNAP INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 05-06.
How many teachers does EMMET BELKNAP INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL have?
EMMET BELKNAP INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL employs 56 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at EMMET BELKNAP INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL?
At EMMET BELKNAP INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 68% White, 11% Hispanic, 11% Black, 0% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees EMMET BELKNAP INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL?
EMMET BELKNAP INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is overseen by LOCKPORT CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT in Niagara County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.