NORTH TONAWANDA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL

Located at 1500 VANDERBILT AVE, in NORTH TONAWANDA, New York, NORTH TONAWANDA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is a medium-sized intermediate school that educates 725 students (grades 4 through 6), run under NORTH TONAWANDA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Compared to the state average of about 531 students per school, that is 37% above typical.

NORTH TONAWANDA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is one of 6 schools operated by NORTH TONAWANDA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that educates 3,126 students overall.

In terms of who attends, NORTH TONAWANDA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL reports that nearly all students (80%) are White. Other groups include 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Black, 2% Asian. Compared to Niagara County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, NORTH TONAWANDA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL shows 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.2:1. The state averages around 10.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 47% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, NORTH TONAWANDA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 57.8%; NORTH TONAWANDA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL posts 35.0%, -22.7 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Niagara County shows the typical household earns roughly $69,633 per year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Niagara County runs 51 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,388 students), of which NORTH TONAWANDA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: OHIO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around NORTH TONAWANDA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, NORTH TONAWANDA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 51.8%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NORTH TONAWANDA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL has edged up 28%, going from 567 students in 2018 to 725 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 90% to 80%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.