LACKAWANNA MIDDLE SCHOOL

LACKAWANNA MIDDLE SCHOOL is a close-knit middle school in LACKAWANNA, New York, operated by LACKAWANNA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school educates 444 students in grades 6 through 8.

Across the 4 schools in LACKAWANNA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (2,091 students total), LACKAWANNA MIDDLE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, LACKAWANNA MIDDLE SCHOOL reports that 60% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder breaks down as 18% Hispanic, 13% Black, 5% Asian, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 74% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 10.3:1 average. About 86% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Erie County runs at roughly 51%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, LACKAWANNA MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 43.2%; actual is 23.0%, a gap of -20.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Erie County put median household earnings sit near $72,839, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Erie County's 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,519 students), LACKAWANNA MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

LACKAWANNA HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LACKAWANNA MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 35.1%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 14%: 391 students in 2018 compared to 444 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 66% to 60%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 9.4:1 in 2025.

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