MARYVALE PRIMARY SCHOOL

As a moderately sized elementary-level community in CHEEKTOWAGA, New York, MARYVALE PRIMARY SCHOOL hosts 568 students from grades pre-K through 2, overseen by CHEEKTOWAGA-MARYVALE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so MARYVALE PRIMARY SCHOOL sits 28% above that benchmark.

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

On the student-mix side, MARYVALE PRIMARY SCHOOL shows that 52% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 17% Asian, 13% Black, 12% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Erie County as a whole is about 74% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school employs 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.6:1. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 53% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Erie County put median household earnings sit near $72,839, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Erie County's 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,519 students), MARYVALE PRIMARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

CHEEKTOWAGA MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

MARYVALE PRIMARY SCHOOL operates from an urban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MARYVALE PRIMARY SCHOOL has ticked down 12%, going from 646 students in 2018 to 568 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 76% to 52% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 today.

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