Middle · New York
Herbert Hoover Middle School
Free meals for allHerbert Hoover Middle School, a public middle school in Buffalo, New York: grades 5–7, 772 students, 10.7 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Kenmore-Tonawanda Union Free School District.
Size and class size
Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 772
- Teachers (FTE)
- 71.9
- Students per teacher
- 10.7
- Grades
- 5–7
- Middle
More students per teacher than 62% of middle schools in New York
Median 10.1 · 780 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 86% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Larger than 78% of middle schools in New York
Median 447 · 790 schools compared
Larger than 76% of middle schools in the US
Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on New York's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
New York: 53%52%proficient
+12.1 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 61% of middle schools in New York
Median 47% · 788 middle schools compared
665 students tested, grades 5, 6, 7 · NYSTP; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.
Math
New York: 55%56%proficient
+5.8 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 61% of middle schools in New York
Median 49% · 788 middle schools compared
667 students tested, grades 5, 6, 7 · NYSTP; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Middle · Grades 5–7
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Large suburb
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Kenmore-Tonawanda Union Free School District.
Location
- Address
- 249 Thorncliff Rd, Buffalo, NY 14223
- Phone
- (716)874-8405
- City or town
- Tonawanda Town
- County
- Erie County
Nearby middle schools
The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ben Franklin Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 5–7 | 654 | 10.0 | 46% | 46% |
Sweet Home Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 858 | 11.4 | 39% | 41% |
Amherst Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 646 | 8.9 | 62% | 71% |
North Tonawanda Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 7–8 | 495 | 9.9 | 38% | 36% |
| 6–8 | 305 | 8.3 | 46% | 47% | |
Veronica E Connor Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 614 | 11.1 | 50% | 73% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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