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Enrollment
490
Elementary
DISTRICT 529 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHEEKTOWAGA-MARYVALE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361860004443
MARYVALE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
1050 MARYVALE DR, CHEEKTOWAGA, NY 14225 · (716) 631-7423 · Erie County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL490 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 35% of New York public elementary schools
- CTest 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
321 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 165 | 34% |
| Grade 4 | 164 | 33% |
| Grade 5 | 159 | 32% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 0% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within CHEEKTOWAGA-MARYVALE UNION FREE 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
45.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
50.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.0% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38.0% | 42.0% |
% 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
42.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 MARYVALE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
MARYVALE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL's state test result (42.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARYVALE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL this school | 490 | 65.5% | 42.0% |
| VAN RENSSELAER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RENSSELAER | 487 | 67.1% | 31.2% |
| ALBANY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL UTICA | 478 | 68.4% | 38.9% |
| JOHNSON CITY ELEMENTARY/INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL JOHNSON CITY | 509 | 71.5% | 31.8% |
| ROXBORO ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SYRACUSE | 400 | 63.8% | 27.3% |
| JOHNSON CITY ELEMENTARY/PRIMARY SCHOOL JOHNSON CITY | 560 | 69.3% | N/A |
Matched among New York elementary 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 MARYVALE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #1,522 of 2,335 | #63 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,453 of 2,342 ▲ 152 | #55 of 115 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #1,558 of 2,343 ▼ 156 | #60 of 115 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 490 | #880 of 2,585 | #53 of 123 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #1,172 of 2,338 | #78 of 119 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.4% | #645 of 2,388 | #35 of 119 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.5% | #1,061 of 2,534 | #48 of 122 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.2% | #389 of 606 | #32 of 43 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
490
+17 (+4%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 547
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 490 | 41.6 | 11.8:1 | 66% (321) |
| 2023-24 | 501 | 43.2 | 11.6:1 | 54% (269) |
| 2022-23 | 499 | 42 | 11.9:1 | 53% (262) |
| 2020-21 | 473 | 37 | 12.8:1 | 45% (214) |
| 2017-18 | 466 | 31 | 15.0:1 | 55% (254) |
| 2015-16 | 478 | 30 | 15.9:1 | 53% (254) |
| 2010-11 | 457 | 35 | 13.1:1 | 45% (206) |
| 2000-01 | 636 | 37 | 17.2:1 | 35% (225) |
| 1990-91 | 547 | 35 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MARYVALE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL.
About MARYVALE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
Families in CHEEKTOWAGA, New York, are served by MARYVALE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, a mid-sized elementary school. The school serves grades 3 through 5. Enrollment is 490 students.
CHEEKTOWAGA-MARYVALE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT serves 2,236 students across 4 schools.
At MARYVALE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, 58% of students are White. The school is also 18% Asian, 11% Black, 10% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. That is lower than the 74% White share among all Erie County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 61%.
MARYVALE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL has 41.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 11.8:1. The school's 11.8:1 compares with an average of 12.8:1 for elementary schools in New York. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 66%. The 51% average for public schools in Erie County is 15 points lower.
MARYVALE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 35% of New York public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, MARYVALE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL falls in the middle 80% of New York schools: 42.0% actual against 50.9% predicted.
The school's county is Erie County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $72,839 a year, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. MARYVALE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL shares Erie County with 225 other public schools.
MARYVALE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is less than a tenth of a mile from MARYVALE HIGH SCHOOL, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, MARYVALE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL ranks 8th on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Small.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 4%, from 473 to 490. The school's ratio dropped from 12.8:1 to 11.8:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at MARYVALE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 CHEEKTOWAGA-MARYVALE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- MARYVALE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 660 students
- MARYVALE PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 568 students
- MARYVALE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 518 students
Other schools in CHEEKTOWAGA
- UNION EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 963 students
- CHEEKTOWAGA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 682 students
- CHEEKTOWAGA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 677 students
- CLEVELAND HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 661 students
- MARYVALE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 660 students
- MARYVALE PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 568 students
Nearby schools
- MARYVALE HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 660
- MARYVALE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 518
- MARYVALE PRIMARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 568
- CLEVELAND HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL1.6 mi · 305
- CLEVELAND HILL HIGH SCHOOL1.6 mi · 398
- CLEVELAND HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 661
Frequently asked questions
About MARYVALE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLHow large is MARYVALE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL?
MARYVALE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 490 students in grades 03-05.
What age range does MARYVALE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL serve?
MARYVALE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL serves students from grade 03 through grade 05.
How many teachers does MARYVALE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL have?
MARYVALE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at MARYVALE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL?
At MARYVALE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 58% White, 10% Hispanic, 11% Black, 18% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees MARYVALE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL?
MARYVALE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is overseen by CHEEKTOWAGA-MARYVALE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Erie County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.