GASKILL PREPARATORY SCHOOL

GASKILL PREPARATORY SCHOOL, a modestly sized 6-8 campus in NIAGARA FALLS, New York, part of NIAGARA FALLS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, teaches 447 students, covering grades 7 through 8.

GASKILL PREPARATORY SCHOOL is one of 11 schools operated by NIAGARA FALLS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that works with 6,625 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, GASKILL PREPARATORY SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is Black at 43%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 24% White, 18% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 7% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, GASKILL PREPARATORY SCHOOL has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.3:1 average. About 79% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Niagara County (around 49%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, GASKILL PREPARATORY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.8%, the actual is 35.7%, a residual of -10.1 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Niagara County put median household earnings sit near $69,633, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. GASKILL PREPARATORY SCHOOL is one of 51 public schools in Niagara County (combined enrollment of about 26,388 students).

Nearest neighbor: HYDE PARK SCHOOL, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, GASKILL PREPARATORY SCHOOL comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 26.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. GASKILL PREPARATORY SCHOOL's enrollment has shrank 11% since 2018, when it stood at 500 (now 447). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 31% to 24%.

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