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Enrollment
614
Middle
DISTRICT 566 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRAND ISLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360702000493
VERONICA E CONNOR MIDDLE SCHOOL
1100 RANSOM RD, GRAND ISLAND, NY 14072 · (716) 773-8830 · Erie County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL614 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 56% of New York public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
11.1:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
169 students
DISTRICT 27% · 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 | 190 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 215 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 204 | 33% |
| Ungraded | 5 | 1% |
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · 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
VERONICA E CONNOR MIDDLE SCHOOL→GRAND ISLAND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within GRAND ISLAND 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
50.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
78.6%
NY avg 57.4% . +9.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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 10 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 78.6% |
| 2023-24 | 43.0% | 69.1% |
% 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
60.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 VERONICA E CONNOR MIDDLE SCHOOL
VERONICA E CONNOR MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (60.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| VERONICA E CONNOR MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 614 | 27.5% | 60.8% |
| VICTOR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL VICTOR | 605 | 27.6% | 72.4% |
| MERTON WILLIAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL HILTON | 615 | 27.6% | 65.1% |
| JOHANNA PERRIN MIDDLE SCHOOL FAIRPORT | 572 | 27.1% | 70.7% |
| ALGONQUIN MIDDLE SCHOOL AVERILL PARK | 608 | 28.9% | 61.0% |
| MARTHA BROWN MIDDLE SCHOOL FAIRPORT | 640 | 24.5% | 71.8% |
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 VERONICA E CONNOR MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.8% | #251 of 766 | #14 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.6% | #201 of 768 ▲ 73 | #8 of 32 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #339 of 768 ▲ 48 | #13 of 32 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 614 | #267 of 796 | #16 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #451 of 683 | #24 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.4% | #556 of 688 | #20 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.5% | #641 of 773 | #21 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.4% | #286 of 524 | #6 of 21 |
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
614
-41 (-6%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 683
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 614 | 55.4 | 11.1:1 | 28% (169) |
| 2023-24 | 637 | 58.9 | 10.8:1 | 28% (181) |
| 2022-23 | 679 | 57 | 11.9:1 | 28% (193) |
| 2020-21 | 655 | 58 | 11.3:1 | 27% (177) |
| 2017-18 | 693 | 48.8 | 14.2:1 | 20% (141) |
| 2015-16 | 709 | 51 | 13.9:1 | 25% (175) |
| 2010-11 | 763 | 53 | 14.4:1 | 18% (139) |
| 2000-01 | 751 | 52 | 14.4:1 | 9% (66) |
| 1990-91 | 683 | 49 | 13.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for VERONICA E CONNOR MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About VERONICA E CONNOR MIDDLE SCHOOL
VERONICA E CONNOR MIDDLE SCHOOL is a mid-sized middle-grades school in GRAND ISLAND, New York, (ZIP code 14072). The school covers grades 6 through 8 and reported 614 students in 2024-25.
GRAND ISLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which runs VERONICA E CONNOR MIDDLE SCHOOL, has 5 schools and 2,829 students.
At VERONICA E CONNOR MIDDLE SCHOOL, 84% of students are White. Other students are 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That is higher than the 74% White share among all Erie County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 28%.
Based on 55.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, VERONICA E CONNOR MIDDLE SCHOOL has a ratio of 11.1:1. Compared with the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York, this school's ratio is higher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 28%. Compared with the 51% average for public schools in Erie County, the school's rate is lower.
Among New York public middle schools, VERONICA E CONNOR MIDDLE SCHOOL outscored 56%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 60.8%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 64.9%.
The school's county is Erie County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $72,839, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Erie County's 226 public schools enroll about 122,519 students and include VERONICA E CONNOR MIDDLE SCHOOL.
VERONICA E CONNOR MIDDLE SCHOOL is less than a tenth of a mile from GRAND ISLAND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 60.8% is above the 58.9% average for nearby schools.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment decreased by 6% across 4 years, from 655 in 2020-21 to 614 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to VERONICA E CONNOR MIDDLE SCHOOL can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Erie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
950,622
Census ACS
Median income
$72,839
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
226
122,519 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in GRAND ISLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- GRAND ISLAND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 868 students
- HUTH ROAD SCHOOLElementary · 473 students
- CHARLOTTE SIDWAY SCHOOLElementary · 454 students
- KAEGEBEIN SCHOOLElementary · 420 students
Other schools in GRAND ISLAND
- GRAND ISLAND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 868 students
- HUTH ROAD SCHOOLElementary · 473 students
- CHARLOTTE SIDWAY SCHOOLElementary · 454 students
- KAEGEBEIN SCHOOLElementary · 420 students
Nearby schools
- GRAND ISLAND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 868
- HUTH ROAD SCHOOL1.6 mi · 473
- CHARLOTTE SIDWAY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 454
- TONAWANDA MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL2.6 mi · 891
- DRAKE SCHOOL2.6 mi · 242
- TONAWANDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.8 mi · 785
Frequently asked questions
About VERONICA E CONNOR MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is VERONICA E CONNOR MIDDLE SCHOOL?
VERONICA E CONNOR MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 614 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does VERONICA E CONNOR MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
VERONICA E CONNOR MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does VERONICA E CONNOR MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
VERONICA E CONNOR MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 55 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.1:1.
What is the student diversity at VERONICA E CONNOR MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at VERONICA E CONNOR MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 84% White, 6% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is VERONICA E CONNOR MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
VERONICA E CONNOR MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of GRAND ISLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.