MARYVALE MIDDLE SCHOOL

Set in CHEEKTOWAGA, New York, MARYVALE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle-of-the-pack intermediate school, one of the schools within CHEEKTOWAGA-MARYVALE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. It caters to 518 students across grades 6 through 8.

MARYVALE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 4 schools operated by CHEEKTOWAGA-MARYVALE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that serves 2,236 students overall.

On the student-mix side, MARYVALE MIDDLE SCHOOL lists that 60% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 12% Asian, 12% Hispanic, 11% Black, 5% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.6:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 65% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Erie County (around 51%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

With demographic context factored in, MARYVALE MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.2%; this one delivers 57.4%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Erie County) reports that 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. MARYVALE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 226 public schools in Erie County (combined enrollment of about 122,519 students).

MARYVALE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MARYVALE MIDDLE SCHOOL at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 52.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 9%: 474 students in 2018 compared to 518 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 76% to 60% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 today.

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