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What's one thing GASKILL PREPARATORY SCHOOL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
447
Middle
DISTRICT 493 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NIAGARA FALLS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362082005951
GASKILL PREPARATORY SCHOOL
910 HYDE PARK BLVD, NIAGARA FALLS, NY 14301 · (716) 278-5820 · Niagara County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL447 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 12% 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.
- 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
13.8:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
355 students
DISTRICT 73% · 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 7 | 225 | 50% |
| Grade 8 | 222 | 50% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
GASKILL PREPARATORY SCHOOL→NIAGARA FALLS HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within NIAGARA FALLS 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
25.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
91.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +63.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 91 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 64 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.0% | 91.0% |
| 2023-24 | 22.0% | 27.3% |
% 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
35.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 GASKILL PREPARATORY SCHOOL
GASKILL PREPARATORY SCHOOL's state test result (35.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GASKILL PREPARATORY SCHOOL this school | 447 | 79.4% | 35.7% |
| EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL BINGHAMTON | 465 | 79.8% | 31.0% |
| LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL SYRACUSE | 476 | 87.8% | 22.4% |
| JHS 78 ROY H MANN BROOKLYN | 662 | 72.1% | 54.6% |
| LASALLE PREPARATORY SCHOOL NIAGARA FALLS | 539 | 71.8% | 50.1% |
| IS 181 PABLO CASALS BRONX | 490 | 81.2% | 59.9% |
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 GASKILL PREPARATORY SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Niagara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.7% | #660 of 766 | #9 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 91.0% | #100 of 768 ▲ 600 | #3 of 11 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #730 of 768 ▲ 8 | #11 of 11 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 447 | #395 of 796 | #9 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #636 of 683 | #11 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.4% | #37 of 688 | #1 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.4% | #235 of 773 | #1 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.6% | #303 of 524 | #4 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
447
-83 (-16%) vs 2020
-11% since 2010-11, when it was 504
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 18.9:1
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 | 447 | 32.4 | 13.8:1 | 79% (355) |
| 2023-24 | 445 | 35 | 12.7:1 | 78% (346) |
| 2022-23 | 500 | 38.7 | 12.9:1 | 78% (391) |
| 2020-21 | 530 | 28 | 18.9:1 | 86% (455) |
| 2017-18 | 500 | 35.6 | 14.0:1 | 74% (372) |
| 2015-16 | 539 | 33 | 16.3:1 | 78% (421) |
| 2010-11 | 504 | 33 | 15.3:1 | 73% (367) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GASKILL PREPARATORY SCHOOL.
About GASKILL PREPARATORY SCHOOL
GASKILL PREPARATORY SCHOOL is a middle school in NIAGARA FALLS, New York, reachable at (716) 278-5820. It teaches 447 students in grades 7 through 8.
NIAGARA FALLS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT is made up of 11 schools with 6,625 students in all.
The student body at GASKILL PREPARATORY SCHOOL has no majority group. Black students lead at 43%. Other groups include 24% White, 18% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, and 4% Asian. The county population is about 7% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 71, compared with 70 nationally.
The school had 32.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 13.8:1. The school's 13.8:1 compares with an average of 10.3:1 for middle schools in New York. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 79%. The 49% average for public schools in Niagara County is 30 points lower.
Among New York public middle schools, GASKILL PREPARATORY SCHOOL outscored 12%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
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 GASKILL PREPARATORY SCHOOL, the prediction is 45.8% and the result is 35.7%.
In Niagara County, home to about 210,721 people, the median household earns about $69,633 a year, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Niagara County number 51, with about 26,388 students.
HYDE PARK SCHOOL, about 0.5 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. GASKILL PREPARATORY SCHOOL is 2nd of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The NCES locale for GASKILL PREPARATORY SCHOOL is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 16%. The number of students per teacher dropped from 18.9 to 13.8 over 4 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 NIAGARA FALLS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- NIAGARA FALLS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,034 students
- HARRY F ABATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 650 students
- LASALLE PREPARATORY SCHOOLMiddle · 539 students
- CATARACT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 496 students
- BLONEVA BOND PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 476 students
- HYDE PARK SCHOOLElementary · 476 students
Other schools in NIAGARA FALLS
- NIAGARA FALLS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,034 students
- HARRY F ABATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 650 students
- LASALLE PREPARATORY SCHOOLMiddle · 539 students
- CATARACT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 496 students
- BLONEVA BOND PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 476 students
- HYDE PARK SCHOOLElementary · 476 students
Nearby schools
- HYDE PARK SCHOOL0.5 mi · 476
- BLONEVA BOND PRIMARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 476
- NIAGARA FALLS HIGH SCHOOL0.9 mi · 2,034
- HARRY F ABATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 650
- HENRY J KALFAS MAGNET SCHOOL1.4 mi · 304
- CATARACT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 496
Frequently asked questions
About GASKILL PREPARATORY SCHOOLHow large is GASKILL PREPARATORY SCHOOL?
GASKILL PREPARATORY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 447 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does GASKILL PREPARATORY SCHOOL serve?
GASKILL PREPARATORY SCHOOL serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at GASKILL PREPARATORY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at GASKILL PREPARATORY SCHOOL is approximately 13.8:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at GASKILL PREPARATORY SCHOOL?
At GASKILL PREPARATORY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 24% White, 10% Hispanic, 43% Black, 4% Asian, 18% Two or more.
Is GASKILL PREPARATORY SCHOOL public or private?
GASKILL PREPARATORY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by NIAGARA FALLS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.