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Cataract Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

6431 Girard Ave

Niagara Falls NY, 14304, Niagara County

Phone: 716-278-9120

Ranking:

(1,954 out of 3,424, bottom 43%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 6

School District: Niagara Falls City School District

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	27		24		23		26		26		28		31
Total Students:	484		488		453		463		469		473		521
Prekindergarten:	40	8.3%	40	8.2%	35	7.7%	40	8.6%	40	8.5%	40	8.5%	37	7.1%
Kindergarten:	72	14.9%	74	15.2%	60	13.2%	63	13.6%	73	15.6%	69	14.6%	66	12.7%
Grade 1:	69	14.3%	59	12.1%	67	14.8%	63	13.6%	64	13.6%	69	14.6%	85	16.3%
Grade 2:	55	11.4%	63	12.9%	65	14.3%	58	12.5%	58	12.4%	63	13.3%	64	12.3%
Grade 3:	63	13.0%	66	13.5%	50	11.0%	65	14.0%	58	12.4%	56	11.8%	60	11.5%
Grade 4:	65	13.4%	53	10.9%	63	13.9%	60	13.0%	57	12.2%	51	10.8%	73	14.0%
Grade 5:	48	9.9%	74	15.2%	61	13.5%	60	13.0%	57	12.2%	64	13.5%	57	10.9%
Grade 6:	71	14.7%	59	12.1%	52	11.5%	54	11.7%	62	13.2%	61	12.9%	79	15.2%
Ungraded:	1	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	221	45.7%	236	48.4%	221	48.8%	240	51.8%	228	48.6%	236	49.9%	262	50.3%
Female:	263	54.3%	252	51.6%	232	51.2%	223	48.2%	220	46.9%	224	47.4%	255	48.9%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	11	2.3%	13	2.7%	10	2.2%	24	5.2%	19	4.1%	22	4.7%	20	3.8%
Asian:	4	0.8%	3	0.6%	3	0.7%	7	1.5%	9	1.9%	10	2.1%	16	3.1%
Hispanic:	45	9.3%	35	7.2%	25	5.5%	18	3.9%	22	4.7%	9	1.9%	12	2.3%
Black:	127	26.2%	121	24.8%	123	27.2%	126	27.2%	125	26.7%	139	29.4%	183	35.1%
White:	223	46.1%	246	50.4%	254	56.1%	271	58.5%	281	59.9%	288	60.9%	290	55.7%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	74	15.3%	70	14.3%	38	8.4%	17	3.7%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	307	63.4%	355	72.7%	331	73.1%	325	70.2%	302	64.4%	308	65.1%	319	61.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	32	6.6%	39	8.0%	44	9.7%	30	6.5%	49	10.4%	61	12.9%	67	12.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.66		20.33		19.70		17.69		18.04		17.20		17.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
NY State Assessments
2009	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	74%	72%	76%
2010	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	59%	49%	55%
2011	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	53%	39%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	55%	45%	56%
2013	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	16.9%	16.1%	31.1%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	95%	93%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	73%	53%	59%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	61%	46%	59%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	64%	52%	61%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	26.1%	19.1%	34.2%
2009	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	81%	81%	77%
2010	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	53%	52%	57%
2011	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	52%	43%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	61%	47%	60%
2013	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	11.1%	17.6%	30.3%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92%	90%	87%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	63%	64%	64%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	61%	60%	67%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	62%	57%	69%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	12.7%	20.8%	36.3%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	99%	94%	88%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	100%	94%	89%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	91%	93%	88%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	98%	91%	89%
2009	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	90%	83%	83%
2010	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	40%	46%	53%
2011	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	38%	50%	53%
2012	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	31%	42%	58%
2013	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	15.7%	13.5%	30.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84%	89%	88%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	70%	69%	65%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	49%	67%	66%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	32%	56%	66%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	2.9%	10.9%	29.9%
2009	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	97%	92%	86%
2010	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	94%	93%	86%
2009	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	79%	85%	81%
2010	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	54%	45%	54%
2011	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	47%	52%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	53%	52%	55%
2013	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	6.8%	18.6%	29.6%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	95%	90%	83%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	76%	67%	61%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	73%	65%	63%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	87%	60%	66%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	11.9%	18.9%	30.6%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* Cataract Elementary School was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.