LANCASTER MIDDLE SCHOOL

Located at 148 AURORA ST, in LANCASTER, New York, LANCASTER MIDDLE SCHOOL is a well-populated 6-8 campus that hosts 876 students (grades 7 through 8), overseen by LANCASTER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 531 students each, so LANCASTER MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 65% above that benchmark.

LANCASTER MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 7 schools operated by LANCASTER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that instructs 5,321 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, LANCASTER MIDDLE SCHOOL lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%); the rest looks like 4% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Erie County as a whole is about 74% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, LANCASTER MIDDLE SCHOOL has 70 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.5:1. The state averages around 10.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 26% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Erie County's rate of about 51%.

With demographic context factored in, LANCASTER MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 65.4%, the actual is 62.5%, a residual of -2.9 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Erie County put median household income runs about $72,839, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Erie County runs 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,519 students), of which LANCASTER MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is COMO PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LANCASTER MIDDLE SCHOOL at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 64.0%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Over the past 7-year window. LANCASTER MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 864 (now 876).

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