Enrollment
328
Middle
DISTRICT 368 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROYALTON-HARTLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362514005836
ROYALTON-HARTLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL
78 STATE ST, MIDDLEPORT, NY 14105 · (716) 735-2000 · Niagara County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL328 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 63% of New York public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
10.2:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
146 students
DISTRICT 41% · 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 5 | 66 | 20% |
| Grade 6 | 98 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 86 | 26% |
| Grade 8 | 78 | 24% |
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
ROYALTON-HARTLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL→ROYALTON-HARTLAND HIGH SCHOOL
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
48.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
65.4%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 65.4% |
| 2023-24 | 40.0% | 62.4% |
% 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
59.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 ROYALTON-HARTLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL
ROYALTON-HARTLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (59.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROYALTON-HARTLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 328 | 44.5% | 59.3% |
| RICHARD T STANK MIDDLE SCHOOL CONKLIN | 315 | 45.4% | 59.2% |
| HOOSICK FALLS MIDDLE SCHOOL HOOSICK FALLS | 329 | 46.2% | 47.3% |
| ATTICA JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ATTICA | 346 | 43.9% | 53.5% |
| ROBERTS STREET MIDDLE SCHOOL CANASTOTA | 370 | 43.2% | 46.9% |
| J M MCKENNEY MIDDLE SCHOOL CANTON | 301 | 43.2% | 63.1% |
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 ROYALTON-HARTLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Niagara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.3% | #269 of 766 | #2 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.4% | #318 of 768 ▲ 10 | #6 of 11 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #373 of 768 ▲ 85 | #3 of 11 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 328 | #525 of 796 | #11 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.2:1 | #319 of 683 | #3 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.7% | #605 of 688 | #9 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.5% | #479 of 773 | #7 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.1% | #342 of 524 | #5 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
328
-13 (-4%) vs 2020
-27% since 2010-11, when it was 452
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
was 10.3:1
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 | 328 | 32.2 | 10.2:1 | 45% (146) |
| 2023-24 | 340 | 34.4 | 9.9:1 | 46% (158) |
| 2022-23 | 330 | 31.9 | 10.3:1 | 44% (146) |
| 2020-21 | 341 | 33 | 10.3:1 | 34% (116) |
| 2017-18 | 361 | 31 | 11.7:1 | 39% (140) |
| 2015-16 | 399 | 30 | 13.3:1 | 34% (135) |
| 2010-11 | 452 | 36 | 12.6:1 | 30% (134) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ROYALTON-HARTLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About ROYALTON-HARTLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL
ROYALTON-HARTLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL is a small middle-grades school in MIDDLEPORT, New York. The school has 328 students in 2024-25 across grades 5 through 8. By comparison, middle schools in New York enroll about 531 students on average.
Within ROYALTON-HARTLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, ROYALTON-HARTLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 3 schools. The district enrolls 1,104 students.
At ROYALTON-HARTLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL, 89% of students are White. The school is also 6% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 20%.
There are 32.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at ROYALTON-HARTLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL, giving a ratio of 10.2:1. The average ratio among middle schools in New York is similar, at 10.3:1. A total of 146 students, or 45%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
ROYALTON-HARTLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 63% of New York public middle schools.
ROYALTON-HARTLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL sits between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 59.3% and a predicted 58.6%.
In the wider Niagara County area, median household income comes to about $69,633, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Niagara County's 51 public schools enroll about 26,388 students and include ROYALTON-HARTLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL.
The closest school to ROYALTON-HARTLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL is ROYALTON-HARTLAND HIGH SCHOOL, located about 0.1 miles away. There are 5 more public schools inside five miles. ROYALTON-HARTLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 3rd of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 59.3% against a local average of 53.6%.
ROYALTON-HARTLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL is in rural territory close to an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Fringe.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 328, from 341 in 2020-21.
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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 ROYALTON-HARTLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- ROYALTON-HARTLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 439 students
- ROYALTON-HARTLAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 337 students
Nearby schools
- ROYALTON-HARTLAND HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 337
- ORLEANS-NIAGARA BOCES1.9 mi · 473
- MEDINA JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL3.5 mi · 569
- OAK ORCHARD PRIMARY SCHOOL3.6 mi · 383
- CLIFFORD WISE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL3.7 mi · 383
- ROYALTON-HARTLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.8 mi · 439
Frequently asked questions
About ROYALTON-HARTLAND MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend ROYALTON-HARTLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL?
ROYALTON-HARTLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 328 students in grades 05-08.
Is ROYALTON-HARTLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
ROYALTON-HARTLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 05-08.
How many teachers does ROYALTON-HARTLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
ROYALTON-HARTLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.2:1.
What is the student diversity at ROYALTON-HARTLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at ROYALTON-HARTLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 89% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is ROYALTON-HARTLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
ROYALTON-HARTLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by ROYALTON-HARTLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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