TONAWANDA MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL

TONAWANDA MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL is one of the moderately sized secondary schools in TONAWANDA, New York, operated by TONAWANDA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 891 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 12. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 668 students each, so TONAWANDA MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL sits 33% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 2 schools in TONAWANDA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (1,676 students total), TONAWANDA MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, TONAWANDA MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL shows that 79% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 10% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Black.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 83 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.8:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 51% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, TONAWANDA MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 56.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 52.6%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Erie County) logs that median household earnings sit near $72,839, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. TONAWANDA MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL is one of 226 public schools in Erie County (combined enrollment of about 122,519 students).

The closest other public school is TONAWANDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), TONAWANDA MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 47.6%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at TONAWANDA MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL has ticked down 4%, going from 927 students in 2018 to 891 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 89% to 79% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 in 2025.

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