Enrollment
363
Middle
DISTRICT 320 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWFANE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362076002921
NEWFANE MIDDLE SCHOOL
2700 TRANSIT RD, NEWFANE, NY 14108 · (716) 778-6451 · Niagara County
GRADES 04–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL363 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% of New York public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
128 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 4 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 26% |
| Grade 6 | 83 | 23% |
| Grade 7 | 95 | 26% |
| Grade 8 | 88 | 24% |
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · 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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
39.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +5.0pp since 2023
Math
47.1%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 47.1% |
| 2023-24 | 34.0% | 46.8% |
% 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
47.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 NEWFANE MIDDLE SCHOOL
NEWFANE MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (47.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEWFANE MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 363 | 35.3% | 47.4% |
| FONDA-FULTONVILLE 5-8 SCHOOL FONDA | 382 | 32.5% | 61.6% |
| SARANAC MIDDLE SCHOOL SARANAC | 361 | 37.7% | 46.1% |
| GRIFFITH INSTITUTE MIDDLE SCHOOL SPRINGVILLE | 349 | 39.0% | 45.9% |
| PALMYRA-MACEDON MIDDLE SCHOOL PALMYRA | 354 | 38.7% | 47.5% |
| A A KINGSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL POTSDAM | 393 | 31.6% | 56.6% |
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 NEWFANE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Niagara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #480 of 766 | #8 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.1% | #551 of 768 ▼ 33 | #8 of 11 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #541 of 768 ▲ 29 | #6 of 11 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 363 | #481 of 796 | #10 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #340 of 683 | #5 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.0% | #604 of 688 | #8 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.3% | #572 of 773 | #8 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.1% | #165 of 524 | #1 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
363
-29 (-7%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 424
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 363 | 35.2 | 10.3:1 | 35% (128) |
| 2023-24 | 359 | 34.8 | 10.3:1 | 47% (167) |
| 2022-23 | 343 | 34.7 | 9.9:1 | 50% (171) |
| 2020-21 | 392 | 33 | 11.9:1 | 50% (195) |
| 2017-18 | 443 | 34.4 | 12.9:1 | 43% (189) |
| 2015-16 | 490 | 38 | 12.9:1 | 43% (212) |
| 2010-11 | 450 | 34 | 13.2:1 | 33% (147) |
| 2000-01 | 478 | 35 | 13.7:1 | 21% (98) |
| 1990-91 | 424 | 31 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NEWFANE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About NEWFANE MIDDLE SCHOOL
NEWFANE MIDDLE SCHOOL runs as a small middle-grades school in NEWFANE, New York. Students in grades 4 through 8 make up the school's enrollment of 363 students. By comparison, middle schools in New York enroll about 531 students on average.
NEWFANE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT operates 4 schools. Combined enrollment is 1,278 students.
White students are 89% of those enrolled at NEWFANE MIDDLE SCHOOL. The rest of enrollment is 4% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 20, compared with 70 nationally.
Its ratio of 10.3:1 is based on 35.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in New York is about 10.3:1. In all, 35% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 49% average among public schools in Niagara County.
NEWFANE MIDDLE 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 23% of New York public middle schools.
NEWFANE MIDDLE SCHOOL is 14.6 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (47.4% versus 62.0%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New York.
In Niagara County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $69,633 a year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Niagara County number 51, with about 26,388 students.
Measured in a straight line, NEWFANE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is about 0.2 miles from NEWFANE MIDDLE SCHOOL. Other public schools within five miles: 3. Nearby schools with test data average 49.5% proficiency; NEWFANE MIDDLE SCHOOL posts 47.4%.
In the federal locale system, NEWFANE MIDDLE SCHOOL is coded Rural: Distant, for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment fell 7% over 4 years, reaching 363 in 2024-25. The ratio was 11.9:1 in 2020-21 and 10.3:1 in 2024-25.
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Niagara County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
210,721
Census ACS
Median income
$69,633
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
51
26,388 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NEWFANE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- NEWFANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 467 students
- NEWFANE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 393 students
- NEWFANE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTERElementary · 55 students
Other schools in NEWFANE
- NEWFANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 467 students
- NEWFANE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 393 students
Nearby schools
- NEWFANE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 393
- NEWFANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 467
- NEWFANE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER2.6 mi · 55
- WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.3 mi · 483
- WILSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL6.6 mi · 487
- ANNA MERRITT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL7.7 mi · 326
Frequently asked questions
About NEWFANE MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is NEWFANE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
NEWFANE MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 363 students in grades 04-08.
What age range does NEWFANE MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
NEWFANE MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 04 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at NEWFANE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 10.3:1 students per teacher at NEWFANE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
How diverse is NEWFANE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
NEWFANE MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 89% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees NEWFANE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
NEWFANE MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by NEWFANE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Niagara County.
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