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Enrollment
1,274
Middle
DISTRICT 1,075 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LANCASTER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361668003289
WILLIAM STREET SCHOOL
5201 WILLIAM ST, LANCASTER, NY 14086 · (716) 686-3800 · Erie County
GRADES 04–06MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,274 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 67% 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.
- BBeats 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
12.9:1
99 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
507 students
DISTRICT 29% · 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 4 | 392 | 31% |
| Grade 5 | 424 | 33% |
| Grade 6 | 456 | 36% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 0% |
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within LANCASTER 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
63.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +13.0pp since 2023
Math
70.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 70.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 68.0% |
% 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
61.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 STREET SCHOOL
WILLIAM STREET SCHOOL's state test result (61.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILLIAM STREET SCHOOL this school | 1,274 | 39.8% | 61.4% |
| FRONTIER MIDDLE SCHOOL HAMBURG | 1,067 | 37.8% | 61.9% |
| GILLETTE ROAD MIDDLE SCHOOL CICERO | 1,101 | 34.7% | 53.7% |
| CENTRAL SQUARE MIDDLE SCHOOL CENTRAL SQUARE | 799 | 44.3% | 50.8% |
| BALLSTON SPA MIDDLE SCHOOL BALLSTON SPA | 883 | 33.0% | 64.9% |
| CORNING-PAINTED POST MIDDLE SCHOOL PAINTED POST | 925 | 48.6% | 51.2% |
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 STREET SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.4% | #243 of 766 | #13 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #271 of 768 ▲ 13 | #14 of 32 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #173 of 768 ▲ 110 | #7 of 32 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,274 | #31 of 796 | #1 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #608 of 683 | #31 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.0% | #615 of 688 | #25 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.8% | #529 of 773 | #14 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.7% | #131 of 168 | #8 of 9 |
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
1,274
+33 (+3%) vs 2020
+41% since 2000-01, when it was 903
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 1,274 | 98.8 | 12.9:1 | 40% (507) |
| 2023-24 | 1,300 | 97.5 | 13.3:1 | 25% (328) |
| 2022-23 | 1,293 | 92.9 | 13.9:1 | 24% (313) |
| 2020-21 | 1,241 | 86 | 14.4:1 | 23% (291) |
| 2017-18 | 1,241 | 82 | 15.1:1 | 26% (322) |
| 2015-16 | 1,265 | 84 | 15.1:1 | 25% (310) |
| 2010-11 | 1,395 | 93 | 15.0:1 | 15% (212) |
| 2000-01 | 903 | 55 | 16.4:1 | 17% (157) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WILLIAM STREET SCHOOL.
About WILLIAM STREET SCHOOL
WILLIAM STREET SCHOOL is a large middle school in New York, located in LANCASTER. The school reports 1,274 students in grades 4 through 6. The typical figure for middle schools in New York is about 531 students.
LANCASTER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which runs WILLIAM STREET SCHOOL, has 7 schools and 5,321 students.
At WILLIAM STREET SCHOOL, White students make up 90% of the student body. The remaining students are 4% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. Among people living in Erie County, the White share is about 74%. By the diversity index, WILLIAM STREET SCHOOL comes in at 18%.
With 98.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at WILLIAM STREET SCHOOL was 12.9:1. The 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York is lower than this school's figure. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 40%. Public schools in Erie County average 51%.
Measured against New York public middle schools, WILLIAM STREET SCHOOL receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Schools in New York with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 60.4%. WILLIAM STREET SCHOOL scores 61.4%.
Erie County has these Census figures: median household income is about $72,839, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. The public schools of Erie County number 226 and enroll about 122,519.
The nearest public school is COMO PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, at about 1.4 miles. WILLIAM STREET SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 63.3% proficiency; WILLIAM STREET SCHOOL posts 61.4%.
WILLIAM STREET SCHOOL has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
WILLIAM STREET SCHOOL had 1,241 students in 2020-21 and 1,274 in 2024-25, a 3% gain. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 14.4:1 to 12.9:1.
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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 LANCASTER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- LANCASTER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,682 students
- LANCASTER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 876 students
- HILLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 451 students
- JOHN A SCIOLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 401 students
- COMO PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 352 students
- COURT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 285 students
Other schools in LANCASTER
- LANCASTER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,682 students
- LANCASTER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 876 students
- HILLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 451 students
- COMO PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 352 students
- COURT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 285 students
Nearby schools
- COMO PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 352
- LANCASTER MIDDLE SCHOOL1.6 mi · 876
- COURT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 285
- CAYUGA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 846
- DEPEW MIDDLE SCHOOL2.4 mi · 421
- DEPEW HIGH SCHOOL2.5 mi · 581
Frequently asked questions
About WILLIAM STREET SCHOOLHow many students attend WILLIAM STREET SCHOOL?
WILLIAM STREET SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,274 students in grades 04-06.
What grades does WILLIAM STREET SCHOOL serve?
WILLIAM STREET SCHOOL serves grades 04-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at WILLIAM STREET SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at WILLIAM STREET SCHOOL is approximately 12.9:1 (99 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at WILLIAM STREET SCHOOL?
At WILLIAM STREET SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 90% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees WILLIAM STREET SCHOOL?
WILLIAM STREET SCHOOL is overseen by LANCASTER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Erie County.
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