SENECA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL

SENECA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is a small middle-grades school in SALAMANCA, New York, administered by SALAMANCA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Its 404 students are spread across grades 3 through 7. The typical figure for middle schools in New York is about 531 students.

SALAMANCA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT has 3 schools; together they serve 1,323 students.

The most common group at SENECA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is White students, at 42%. After that, the student body is 33% Native American, 18% multiracial, and 7% Hispanic. Among all residents of Cattaraugus County, the White share is about 89%. Pick two students at random and there is a 68% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

SENECA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL employs 51.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 7.8:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York. SENECA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 78%. That rate is above the 50% average among public schools in Cattaraugus County.

Measured against New York public middle schools, SENECA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.

Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, SENECA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL would be expected to post about 46.1%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 32.9%.

Recent Census Bureau figures for Cattaraugus County show that the median household income is $59,540, roughly 21% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. SENECA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is one of 31 public schools in the county.

The nearest other public school, SALAMANCA HIGH SCHOOL, is less than a tenth of a mile away. There are 2 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, SENECA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL ranks 8th on average proficiency.

The school's locale code, Town: Distant, means it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.

Enrollment has grown by 20 students since 2020-21, to 404. By 2024-25, the school had 7.8 students per teacher, compared with 8.9 in 2020-21.

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