Enrollment
334
Middle
DISTRICT 351 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GOWANDA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361239004858
GOWANDA MIDDLE SCHOOL
10674 PROSPECT ST, GOWANDA, NY 14070 · (716) 532-3325 · Cattaraugus County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL334 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.6:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
129 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 97 | 29% |
| Grade 6 | 81 | 24% |
| Grade 7 | 58 | 17% |
| Grade 8 | 96 | 29% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 1% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
GOWANDA MIDDLE SCHOOL→GOWANDA HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within GOWANDA 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
32.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
44.9%
NY avg 57.4% . -0.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.0% | 44.9% |
| 2023-24 | 31.0% | 45.3% |
% 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
44.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 GOWANDA MIDDLE SCHOOL
GOWANDA MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (44.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOWANDA MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 334 | 38.6% | 44.0% |
| SAUGERTIES JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL SAUGERTIES | 338 | 39.6% | 60.0% |
| RAVENA-COEYMANS-SELKIRK MIDDLE SCHOOL RAVENA | 375 | 42.7% | 45.2% |
| DRYDEN MIDDLE SCHOOL DRYDEN | 283 | 44.2% | 55.4% |
| AKRON MIDDLE SCHOOL AKRON | 260 | 40.8% | 79.2% |
| HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL HIGHLAND | 348 | 34.8% | 51.8% |
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 GOWANDA MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #544 of 766 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.9% | #575 of 768 ▼ 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #667 of 768 ▼ 39 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 334 | #517 of 796 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.7:1 | #247 of 683 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.8% | #253 of 688 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.6% | #541 of 773 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.2% | #381 of 524 |
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
334
+18 (+6%) vs 2020
-22% since 2010-11, when it was 427
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
was 9.0:1
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 | 334 | 34.3 | 9.7:1 | 39% (129) |
| 2023-24 | 329 | 36.3 | 9.1:1 | 56% (185) |
| 2022-23 | 323 | 38.8 | 8.3:1 | 59% (190) |
| 2020-21 | 316 | 35 | 9.0:1 | 54% (172) |
| 2017-18 | 360 | 34 | 10.6:1 | 64% (232) |
| 2015-16 | 374 | 34 | 11.0:1 | 57% (215) |
| 2010-11 | 427 | 38 | 11.2:1 | 55% (236) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GOWANDA MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About GOWANDA MIDDLE SCHOOL
GOWANDA MIDDLE SCHOOL is a small middle school in GOWANDA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, located in GOWANDA, New York. It reports enrollment of 334 students in grades 5 through 8. The school is 37% below the average for middle schools in New York.
The GOWANDA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT system has 3 schools and 1,053 students.
White students are 61% of those enrolled at GOWANDA MIDDLE SCHOOL. Beyond that, enrollment is 25% Native American, 10% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. In Cattaraugus County overall, about 89% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 56, compared with 70 nationally.
GOWANDA MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a ratio of 9.7 students per teacher, from 34.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. It is about the same as the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York. Lunch program data show 39% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The gap from the 50% average for public schools in Cattaraugus County is 11 points.
Compared with New York schools that have similar shares of low-income students, GOWANDA MIDDLE SCHOOL's results are 16.8 points below predicted: 44.0% against 60.8%.
The school is in Cattaraugus County, where the median household earns about $59,540 a year, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Across Cattaraugus County, 31 public schools serve about 11,228 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, GOWANDA HIGH SCHOOL, is less than a tenth of a mile. Around the school, 2 other public schools are within five miles. GOWANDA MIDDLE SCHOOL places 9th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school's federal locale classification is Town: Distant.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 334, up from 316 in 2020-21.
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Cattaraugus County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
76,145
Census ACS
Median income
$59,540
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
31
11,228 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in GOWANDA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- GOWANDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 421 students
- GOWANDA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 298 students
Other schools in GOWANDA
- GOWANDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 421 students
- GOWANDA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 298 students
Nearby schools
- GOWANDA HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 298
- GOWANDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 421
- NORTH COLLINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL9.1 mi · 319
- NORTH COLLINS JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL9.2 mi · 234
- CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL10.1 mi · 319
- CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL10.1 mi · 234
Frequently asked questions
About GOWANDA MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is GOWANDA MIDDLE SCHOOL?
GOWANDA MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 334 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does GOWANDA MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
GOWANDA MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 05-08.
How many teachers does GOWANDA MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
GOWANDA MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.7:1.
What is the student diversity at GOWANDA MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at GOWANDA MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 61% White, 4% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is GOWANDA MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
GOWANDA MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of GOWANDA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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