ROY KELLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 610 12 E HIGH ST, in LOCKPORT, New York, ROY KELLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community that works with 392 students (grades K through 4), operated by LOCKPORT CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.

Within LOCKPORT CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 7 schools and 4,064 students, ROY KELLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, ROY KELLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is White, at 71% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 13% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 7% Black. By comparison, Niagara County as a whole is about 83% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school reports having 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.5:1. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 59% of students at ROY KELLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Niagara County's rate of about 49%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, ROY KELLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.3%; this one delivers 41.8%.

Around the school, census data for Niagara County shows median household income runs about $69,633, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 ROY KELLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

EMMET BELKNAP INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ROY KELLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 44.1%.

ROY KELLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 15%: 461 students in 2018 compared to 392 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.

On allk12, members of the ROY KELLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.