NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools NY

Best-Resourced Schools in North Tonawanda, NY

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

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7
Schools
3,627
Students
34.1/100
Avg Resource Index
11.6:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, North Tonawanda has more public-school enrollment than 38% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. North Tonawanda'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.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

5 of North Tonawanda's 7 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 1 middle and 1 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

The composite and staffing measures point in different directions

North Tonawanda's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 22nd percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 91st percentile. The 69-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 62%
School count
Top 65%
Resource Index average
22nd percentile
Teacher staffing
91st percentile

North Tonawanda High School accounts for 26.5% of all North Tonawanda public-school enrollment

That concentration means North Tonawanda-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

North Tonawanda school enrollment varies 4.0× across entities

North Tonawanda school enrollment ranges from 242 students (lowest) to 961 students (highest), a spread of 719 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

North Tonawanda student-teacher ratio is 11.6:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Errick Road Elementary School 43
2. North Tonawanda High School 37
3. North Tonawanda Middle School 36
4. Ohio Elementary School 35
5. Drake School 34
6. Spruce School 30
7. North Tonawanda Intermediate School 24

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in North Tonawanda

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 Spruce School 41.9/100
  2. 2 North Tonawanda Intermediate School 34.4/100
  3. 3 Drake School 31.3/100
  4. 4 North Tonawanda Middle School 29.2/100
  5. 5 North Tonawanda High School 27.1/100

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Which North Tonawanda school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Errick Road Elementary School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the North Tonawanda schools in this federal-data comparison at 43/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in North Tonawanda, NY? ▼

North Tonawanda has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,627 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 11.6:1.

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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.