VERONICA E CONNOR MIDDLE SCHOOL

Set in GRAND ISLAND, New York, VERONICA E CONNOR MIDDLE SCHOOL is a mid-sized middle-grades school, operated by GRAND ISLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. It caters to 614 students across grades 6 through 8.

GRAND ISLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,829 students. VERONICA E CONNOR MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, VERONICA E CONNOR MIDDLE SCHOOL records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%). Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.

Looking at school resources, VERONICA E CONNOR MIDDLE SCHOOL logs 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.3:1, putting VERONICA E CONNOR MIDDLE SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 28% of students at VERONICA E CONNOR MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Erie County (around 51%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, VERONICA E CONNOR MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 64.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.8%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Erie County indicate the typical household earns roughly $72,839 per year, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Erie County runs 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,519 students), of which VERONICA E CONNOR MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: GRAND ISLAND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, VERONICA E CONNOR MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 58.9%.

VERONICA E CONNOR MIDDLE SCHOOL operates from a residential location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 11%: 693 students in 2018 compared to 614 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 in 2025.

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