NCES CCD 2024-25 13 schools NY

Best-Resourced Schools in Niagara Falls, NY

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13 public K-12 schools in Niagara Falls from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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13
Schools
7,318
Students
28.3/100
Avg Resource Index
14.9:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Niagara Falls has more public-school enrollment than 71% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Niagara Falls's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

8 of Niagara Falls's 13 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

The composite and staffing measures point in different directions

Niagara Falls's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 9th percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 55th percentile. The 46-point percentile gap is a reminder that the index is not a class-size score: counselors, gifted-program reporting, and attendance also affect it. Compare those components directly when two schools have similar index totals; the same headline score can arise from a different mix of reported resources.

City enrollment
Top 29%
School count
Top 28%
Resource Index average
9th percentile
Teacher staffing
55th percentile

Niagara Falls High School accounts for 27.8% of all Niagara Falls public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Niagara Falls-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Niagara Falls school enrollment varies 6.7× across entities

Niagara Falls school enrollment ranges from 304 students (lowest) to 2,034 students (highest), a spread of 1,730 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Niagara Falls reports 70.6% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Niagara Falls student-teacher ratio is 14.9:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Niagara Falls is typically wider than the Niagara Falls-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Niagara Falls High School 45
2. Colonial Village Elementary School 42
3. Harry F Abate Elementary School 36
4. Lasalle Preparatory School 31
5. Cataract Elementary School 31
6. Bloneva Bond Primary School 30
7. Henry J Kalfas Magnet School 27
8. Gaskill Preparatory School 23
9. Niagara Charter School 23
10. Geraldine J Mann School 22
11. Seventy Ninth Street School 20
12. Maple Avenue School 20
13. Hyde Park School 18

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Niagara Falls

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Bloneva Bond Primary School 73.6/100
  2. 2 Niagara Falls High School 72.2/100
  3. 3 Gaskill Preparatory School 71.4/100
  4. 4 Harry F Abate Elementary School 71.3/100
  5. 5 Lasalle Preparatory School 71.2/100

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Which Niagara Falls school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Niagara Falls High School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Niagara Falls schools in this federal-data comparison at 45/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Niagara Falls, NY? ▼

Niagara Falls has 13 public schools with a total enrollment of 7,318 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 14.9:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.