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How has LANCASTER MIDDLE SCHOOL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
876
Middle
DISTRICT 1,075 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LANCASTER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361668001482
LANCASTER MIDDLE SCHOOL
148 AURORA ST, LANCASTER, NY 14086 · (716) 686-3220 · Erie County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL876 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
70 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
228 students
DISTRICT 29% · 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 | 449 | 51% |
| Grade 8 | 419 | 48% |
| Ungraded | 8 | 1% |
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · 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
LANCASTER MIDDLE SCHOOL→LANCASTER HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within LANCASTER 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
44.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
74.3%
NY avg 57.4% . -1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 74.3% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 75.5% |
% 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
62.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 LANCASTER MIDDLE SCHOOL
LANCASTER MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (62.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LANCASTER MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 876 | 26.0% | 62.5% |
| HAMBURG MIDDLE SCHOOL HAMBURG | 741 | 25.4% | 63.0% |
| DONALD S RAY SCHOOL BALDWINSVILLE | 846 | 29.6% | 55.6% |
| VICTOR INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL VICTOR | 989 | 27.9% | 56.9% |
| SPRY MIDDLE SCHOOL WEBSTER | 870 | 27.1% | 70.4% |
| WEST GENESEE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL CAMILLUS | 724 | 27.9% | 57.4% |
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 LANCASTER MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.5% | #229 of 766 | #11 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.3% | #237 of 768 ▼ 19 | #11 of 32 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #437 of 768 ▼ 14 | #21 of 32 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 876 | #120 of 796 | #6 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #588 of 683 | #30 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.8% | #598 of 688 | #23 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.0% | #654 of 773 | #25 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.4% | #149 of 168 | #9 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
876
+38 (+5%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 966
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 876 | 70 | 12.5:1 | 26% (228) |
| 2023-24 | 848 | 73.9 | 11.5:1 | 26% (220) |
| 2022-23 | 873 | 72.5 | 12.1:1 | 25% (216) |
| 2020-21 | 838 | 71 | 11.8:1 | 24% (203) |
| 2017-18 | 864 | 68.4 | 12.6:1 | 25% (217) |
| 2015-16 | 967 | 72 | 13.4:1 | 25% (238) |
| 2010-11 | 1,013 | 72 | 14.1:1 | 16% (164) |
| 2000-01 | 947 | 61 | 15.5:1 | 15% (146) |
| 1990-91 | 966 | 71 | 13.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LANCASTER MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About LANCASTER MIDDLE SCHOOL
LANCASTER MIDDLE SCHOOL is a large middle-grades school in LANCASTER, New York, under LANCASTER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrollment totals 876 students across grades 7 through 8. The school is 65% larger than the average for middle schools in New York.
LANCASTER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT counts 5,321 students in its 7 schools, and LANCASTER MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of them.
White students are 89% of those enrolled at LANCASTER MIDDLE SCHOOL. Other reported shares: 4% Hispanic, 3% Asian, and 3% multiracial. That compares with about 74% White among all Erie County residents. A diversity index of 21% means there is a 21% chance two randomly chosen students at LANCASTER MIDDLE SCHOOL are from different groups.
The school had 70 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 12.5:1. Across middle schools in New York, the average ratio is 10.3:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 26%. The 51% average for public schools in Erie County is 25 points higher.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, LANCASTER MIDDLE SCHOOL would be expected to post about 65.4%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 62.5%.
The school's county is Erie County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $72,839 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. LANCASTER MIDDLE SCHOOL shares Erie County with 225 other public schools.
COMO PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.2 miles away, making it the nearest public school. LANCASTER MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. LANCASTER MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 5th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 62.5% against a local average of 64.0%.
Locale data from NCES put LANCASTER MIDDLE SCHOOL in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 876, up from 838 in 2020-21.
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Erie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
950,622
Census ACS
Median income
$72,839
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
226
122,519 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LANCASTER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- LANCASTER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,682 students
- WILLIAM STREET SCHOOLMiddle · 1,274 students
- HILLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 451 students
- JOHN A SCIOLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 401 students
- COMO PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 352 students
- COURT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 285 students
Other schools in LANCASTER
- LANCASTER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,682 students
- WILLIAM STREET SCHOOLMiddle · 1,274 students
- HILLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 451 students
- COMO PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 352 students
- COURT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 285 students
Other Lancaster Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Lancaster Middle. LANCASTER MIDDLE SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Lancaster Middle SchoolLANCASTER, TX · 908 students
- Lancaster MiddleLancaster, WI · 231 students
Nearby schools
- COMO PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 352
- CAYUGA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 846
- COURT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 285
- DEPEW MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 421
- DEPEW HIGH SCHOOL1.1 mi · 581
- WILLIAM STREET SCHOOL1.6 mi · 1,274
Frequently asked questions
About LANCASTER MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at LANCASTER MIDDLE SCHOOL?
LANCASTER MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 876 students in grades 07-08.
Is LANCASTER MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
LANCASTER MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many teachers does LANCASTER MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
LANCASTER MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 70 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.
How diverse is LANCASTER MIDDLE SCHOOL?
LANCASTER MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 89% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is LANCASTER MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
LANCASTER MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of LANCASTER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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