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What's one thing STARPOINT MIDDLE SCHOOL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
726
Middle
DISTRICT 718 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STARPOINT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362805005590
STARPOINT MIDDLE SCHOOL
4363 MAPLETON RD, LOCKPORT, NY 14094 · (716) 210-2200 · Niagara County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL726 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 85% of New York public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
11.8:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
128 students
DISTRICT 16% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 6 | 242 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 236 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 242 | 33% |
| Ungraded | 6 | 1% |
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · 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
STARPOINT MIDDLE SCHOOL→STARPOINT HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within STARPOINT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
64.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
81.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.0% | 81.0% |
| 2023-24 | 57.0% | 79.8% |
% 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
74.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 STARPOINT MIDDLE SCHOOL
STARPOINT MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (74.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| STARPOINT MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 726 | 17.6% | 74.8% |
| RICHARD H O'ROURKE MIDDLE SCHOOL BURNT HILLS | 704 | 18.8% | 73.1% |
| CLARENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL CLARENCE | 954 | 19.1% | 72.7% |
| HAMBURG MIDDLE SCHOOL HAMBURG | 741 | 25.4% | 63.0% |
| MARTHA BROWN MIDDLE SCHOOL FAIRPORT | 640 | 24.5% | 71.8% |
| SAYVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL SAYVILLE | 582 | 11.7% | 70.9% |
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 STARPOINT MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Niagara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.8% | #82 of 766 | #1 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #180 of 768 no change | #4 of 11 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #162 of 768 ▲ 44 | #1 of 11 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 726 | #195 of 796 | #1 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #538 of 683 | #8 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.3% | #619 of 688 | #11 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.6% | #713 of 773 | #11 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.0% | #65 of 168 | N/A |
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
726
+4 (+1%) vs 2020
+8% since 2010-11, when it was 670
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 726 | 61.4 | 11.8:1 | 18% (128) |
| 2023-24 | 704 | 57.1 | 12.3:1 | 16% (113) |
| 2022-23 | 698 | 58.8 | 11.9:1 | 16% (111) |
| 2020-21 | 722 | 54 | 13.4:1 | 17% (122) |
| 2017-18 | 660 | 53 | 12.4:1 | 16% (108) |
| 2015-16 | 647 | 56 | 11.6:1 | 17% (110) |
| 2010-11 | 670 | 57 | 11.8:1 | 15% (98) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for STARPOINT MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About STARPOINT MIDDLE SCHOOL
STARPOINT MIDDLE SCHOOL, located in LOCKPORT, New York, is a mid-sized middle school. It reported 726 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. Middle schools in New York have about 531 students on average; enrollment here is 37% higher.
District-wide, STARPOINT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT has 4 schools and 2,870 students.
White students account for 91% of the school's enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 5% multiracial. A diversity index of 17% means there is a 17% chance two randomly chosen students at STARPOINT MIDDLE SCHOOL are from different groups.
Classroom staffing at STARPOINT MIDDLE SCHOOL totals 61.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.8:1. The average for middle schools in New York, 10.3:1, is lower. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at STARPOINT MIDDLE SCHOOL is about 18%. Among public schools in Niagara County, the average eligibility rate is 49%.
Among New York public middle schools, STARPOINT MIDDLE SCHOOL outscored 85%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
Schools in New York with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 68.5%. STARPOINT MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 74.8%.
Niagara County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $69,633 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Public schools in Niagara County number 51, with about 26,388 students.
STARPOINT HIGH SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes 6 other public schools. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, STARPOINT MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 722 in 2020-21 and 726 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 13.4:1 to 11.8:1.
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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 STARPOINT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- STARPOINT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 929 students
- REGAN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 631 students
- FRICANO PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 584 students
Other schools in LOCKPORT
- LOCKPORT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,377 students
- STARPOINT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 929 students
- REGAN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 631 students
- AARON MOSSELL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 587 students
- FRICANO PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 584 students
- EMMET BELKNAP INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLMiddle · 571 students
Nearby schools
- STARPOINT HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 929
- FRICANO PRIMARY SCHOOL0.0 mi · 584
- REGAN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 631
- ERRICK ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.3 mi · 501
- WEST STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.5 mi · 401
- OHIO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.9 mi · 367
Frequently asked questions
About STARPOINT MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at STARPOINT MIDDLE SCHOOL?
STARPOINT MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 726 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does STARPOINT MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
STARPOINT MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at STARPOINT MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 11.8:1 students per teacher at STARPOINT MIDDLE SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at STARPOINT MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At STARPOINT MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 91% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees STARPOINT MIDDLE SCHOOL?
STARPOINT MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by STARPOINT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Niagara County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.