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Enrollment
459
Middle
DISTRICT 402 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EVANS-BRANT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (LAKE SHORE)·NCES 361656001468
WILLIAM G HOUSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL
8855 ERIE RD, ANGOLA, NY 14006 · (716) 926-2402 · Erie County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL459 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 31% of New York public middle schools
- C+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
8.9:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.7:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
210 students
DISTRICT 44% · 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 | 160 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 150 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 144 | 31% |
| Ungraded | 5 | 1% |
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
WILLIAM G HOUSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL→LAKE SHORE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within EVANS-BRANT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (LAKE SHORE). Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
32.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
49.3%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.0% | 49.3% |
| 2023-24 | 25.0% | 45.6% |
% 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
48.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 WILLIAM G HOUSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL
WILLIAM G HOUSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (48.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILLIAM G HOUSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 459 | 45.8% | 48.3% |
| NORTH TONAWANDA MIDDLE SCHOOL NORTH TONAWANDA | 495 | 46.5% | 52.3% |
| DEPEW MIDDLE SCHOOL DEPEW | 421 | 44.2% | 46.0% |
| J WILLIAM LEARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL MASSENA | 388 | 49.0% | 58.6% |
| RAVENA-COEYMANS-SELKIRK MIDDLE SCHOOL RAVENA | 375 | 42.7% | 45.2% |
| ONEONTA MIDDLE SCHOOL ONEONTA | 388 | 44.1% | 44.6% |
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 WILLIAM G HOUSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #460 of 766 | #24 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.3% | #514 of 768 ▲ 21 | #25 of 32 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #668 of 768 ▲ 44 | #28 of 32 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 459 | #386 of 796 | #22 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.9:1 | #115 of 683 | #6 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.3% | #426 of 688 | #14 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.8% | #465 of 773 | #9 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.1% | #341 of 524 | #11 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
459
-38 (-8%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 783
Student : Teacher
8.9:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 459 | 51.3 | 8.9:1 | 46% (210) |
| 2023-24 | 470 | 51.3 | 9.2:1 | 53% (247) |
| 2022-23 | 503 | 52.2 | 9.6:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 497 | 42 | 11.8:1 | 48% (240) |
| 2017-18 | 505 | 49.6 | 10.2:1 | 53% (266) |
| 2015-16 | 557 | 51 | 10.9:1 | 47% (262) |
| 2010-11 | 645 | 49 | 13.2:1 | 39% (250) |
| 2000-01 | 931 | 62 | 15.0:1 | 22% (206) |
| 1990-91 | 783 | 62 | 12.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WILLIAM G HOUSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About WILLIAM G HOUSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL
WILLIAM G HOUSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is a mid-sized middle-grades school found in ANGOLA, New York. Enrollment totals 459 students across grades 6 through 8.
WILLIAM G HOUSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of the 5 schools that make up EVANS-BRANT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (LAKE SHORE) (2,010 students in total).
About 73% of the student body at WILLIAM G HOUSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is White. Other groups include 16% Native American, 5% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. Erie County residents are about 74% White, a similar share. A diversity index of 43% means there is a 43% chance two randomly chosen students at WILLIAM G HOUSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL are from different groups.
There are 51.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at WILLIAM G HOUSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL, giving a ratio of 8.9:1. The school's 8.9:1 compares with an average of 10.3:1 for middle schools in New York. By family income, 46% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
WILLIAM G HOUSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 31% of New York public middle schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, WILLIAM G HOUSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is 9.8 points below its prediction. Actual: 48.3%. Predicted: 58.2%.
Census data for Erie County show the median household earns about $72,839 a year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Erie County number 226, with about 122,519 students.
About 0.3 miles separate WILLIAM G HOUSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL from the closest public school, ERIE 2-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS BOCES. Other public schools within five miles: 4. Compared with its nearest neighbors, WILLIAM G HOUSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 5th of 8 on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies WILLIAM G HOUSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL's location as Town: Fringe.
Enrollment fell by 8% across 4 years, from 497 in 2020-21 to 459 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 11.8:1 to 8.9:1.
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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 EVANS-BRANT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (LAKE SHORE)
- LAKE SHORE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 665 students
- HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 344 students
- JOHN T WAUGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 295 students
- A J SCHMIDT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 247 students
Other schools in ANGOLA
- ERIE 2-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS BOCESCombined · 675 students
- LAKE SHORE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 665 students
- JOHN T WAUGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 295 students
- A J SCHMIDT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 247 students
Nearby schools
- ERIE 2-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS BOCES0.3 mi · 675
- LAKE SHORE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 665
- JOHN T WAUGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 295
- A J SCHMIDT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.7 mi · 247
- HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.3 mi · 344
- NORTH COLLINS JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL6.1 mi · 234
Frequently asked questions
About WILLIAM G HOUSTON MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend WILLIAM G HOUSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
WILLIAM G HOUSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 459 students in grades 06-08.
Is WILLIAM G HOUSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
WILLIAM G HOUSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does WILLIAM G HOUSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
WILLIAM G HOUSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 51 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at WILLIAM G HOUSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At WILLIAM G HOUSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 73% White, 5% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees WILLIAM G HOUSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
WILLIAM G HOUSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by EVANS-BRANT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (LAKE SHORE) in Erie County.
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