Is Amherst Middle School a good school?

Amherst Middle School ranks 184 th of 1504 New York middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Amherst Middle School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 623 students attended Amherst Middle School.

What is the racial makeup of Amherst Middle School?

Students at Amherst Middle School are 64% White, 13% African American, 10% Asian, 7% Two or more races, 5% Hispanic.

What high school do graduates of Amherst Middle School attend?

Students who attend Amherst Middle School usually go on to attend Amherst Central High School

Amherst Middle School

Summary:

Amherst Middle School is a public middle school serving grades 6-8 in the Amherst Central School District, located in Amherst, NY. With 623 students, the school has consistently ranked in the top 15% of New York middle schools over the past decade, earning a 4-out-of-5-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Amherst Middle School's academic performance is exceptional, with students significantly outperforming state averages in English Language Arts and Math proficiency across all grade levels. For example, in 2023-2024, 74.69% of 8th graders were proficient in ELA compared to the state average of 51.88%, and 79.27% of 7th graders were proficient in Math compared to 57.08% statewide. The school's students also excel on Regents exams, with 100% proficiency in Earth Science and Algebra I, far exceeding the state averages of 66.73% and 62.47%, respectively.

Amherst Middle School's strong performance extends to its subgroups as well, with the school's Hispanic and White student populations ranking in the top 15% and top 14% of New York middle schools, respectively, in 2023-2024. The school's English Language Learner and Special Education subgroups also perform better than the state averages. This focus on equity and supporting the academic growth of all students is likely aided by the school's higher per-student spending of $17,892 in 2022-2023, compared to the state average. Additionally, Amherst Middle School's relatively low student-teacher ratio of 8.9 in 2022-2023 may enable more personalized instruction. The school's proximity to other high-performing middle schools, such as Casey Middle School and Mill Middle School, suggests a strong educational ecosystem in the local area, with potential for collaboration to further enhance student outcomes.

Detail:

Public 6-8

55 Kings Hwy
Amherst, NY 14226-4330

(716) 362-7100

District: Amherst Central School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
184^th of 1,504 New York Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $17,892

Students who attend Amherst Middle School usually attend:

High:

Amherst Central High School

Feeder schools for Amherst Middle School:

Elementary:	Smallwood Drive School
	Windermere Blvd School

Student/teacher ratio: 8.9

Number of students: 623

Racial breakdown:

White:

64.4%

African American:

13.2%

Asian:

10.0%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 33.9%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Amherst Middle School ranks better than 87.8% of middle schools in New York. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 84.52. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (64.4%), African American (13.2%), Asian (10%). (See more...)

Compare Details 33.9% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Amherst Middle School is 8.9. (See more...)

Compare Amherst Middle School employs 69.7 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Amherst Middle School is $17,892.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Amherst Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Amherst Middle School 184^th of 1504 New York public middle schools. (See Amherst Middle School in the ranking list.)

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Amherst Central School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Amherst Central School District 160^th of 865 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Amherst Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Amherst Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2006	82.48	154^th	1095	85.9%
2007	81.00	190^th	1123	83.1%
2008	78.08	234^th	1185	80.3%
2009	74.89	304^th	1224	75.2%
2010	79.07	242^nd	1243	80.5%
2011	84.30	162^nd	1295	87.5%
2012	75.34	319^th	1337	76.1%
2013	85.51	153^rd	1373	88.9%
2014	82.59	166^th	1401	88.2%
2015	80.32	199^th	1407	85.9%
2016	72.21	311^th	1429	78.2%
2017	78.75	252^nd	1455	82.7%
2018	79.99	238^th	1438	83.4%
2019	78.77	254^th	1439	82.3%
2021	60.37	404^th	1242	67.5%
2022	81.75	207^th	1479	86.0%
2023	85.34	181^st	1500	87.9%
2024	84.52	184^th	1504	87.8%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Amherst Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2022	46.99	94^th	190	50.5%
2023	66.79	61^st	208	70.7%
2024	65.79	75^th	220	65.9%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Amherst Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	82.90	26^th	503	94.8%
2019	84.43	12^th	473	97.5%
2021	55.90	35^th	118	70.3%
2022	47.75	231^st	581	60.2%
2023	79.20	43^rd	591	92.7%
2024	43.36	301^st	615	51.1%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Amherst Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	66.56	208^th	1170	82.2%
2019	50.31	399^th	1139	65.0%
2021	35.48	335^th	522	35.8%
2022	65.38	258^th	1283	79.9%
2023	71.38	217^th	1307	83.4%
2024	68.60	237^th	1303	81.8%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Amherst Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	58.46	402^nd	1245	67.7%
2019	62.23	355^th	1241	71.4%
2021	35.25	620^th	935	33.7%
2022	61.78	360^th	1306	72.4%
2023	70.25	267^th	1288	79.3%
2024	69.97	294^th	1296	77.3%

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Rank History for Female students at Amherst Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	78.79	247^th	1353	81.7%
2019	73.04	320^th	1370	76.6%
2021	62.03	331^st	1066	68.9%
2022	83.39	176^th	1454	87.9%
2023	84.34	183^rd	1463	87.5%
2024	83.01	188^th	1465	87.2%

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Rank History for Male students at Amherst Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	78.99	227^th	1352	83.2%
2019	82.71	193^rd	1366	85.9%
2021	54.69	428^th	1071	60.0%
2022	77.65	240^th	1455	83.5%
2023	84.05	166^th	1464	88.7%
2024	84.10	179^th	1464	87.8%

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Rank History for Asian students at Amherst Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	48.74	224^th	374	40.1%
2019	53.29	196^th	369	46.9%
2021	21.84	204^th	236	13.6%
2022	46.09	237^th	381	37.8%
2023	57.23	183^rd	388	52.8%
2024	57.74	190^th	396	52.0%

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Rank History for African American students at Amherst Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	52.16	267^th	663	59.7%
2019	43.09	334^th	653	48.9%
2021	34.14	173^rd	253	31.6%
2022	45.06	360^th	706	49.0%
2023	47.75	352^nd	696	49.4%
2024	48.40	331^st	705	53.0%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Amherst Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	76.74	138^th	914	84.9%
2024	78.34	142^nd	953	85.1%

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Rank History for White students at Amherst Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	73.74	167^th	763	78.1%
2019	72.93	185^th	716	74.2%
2021	59.38	225^th	614	63.4%
2022	77.83	131^st	748	82.5%
2023	82.87	114^th	772	85.2%
2024	83.98	102^nd	778	86.9%

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Data source: test scores: NY State Education Department, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: NY State Education Department

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Enrollment information for Amherst Middle School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	506	25	22	5	0	n/a	n/a	0	558
1990	511	31	24	7	0	n/a	n/a	0	573
1991	520	35	26	8	0	n/a	n/a	0	589
1992	564	38	24	4	0	n/a	n/a	0	630
1993	535	35	20	4	1	n/a	n/a	0	595
1994	572	38	21	5	0	n/a	n/a	0	636
1995	610	49	13	6	1	n/a	n/a	0	679
1996	610	49	13	6	1	n/a	n/a	0	679
1997	581	35	21	9	1	n/a	n/a	0	647
1998	636	38	18	8	1	n/a	n/a	0	701
1999	661	60	20	3	3	n/a	n/a	0	747
2000	653	70	21	9	0	n/a	n/a	0	753
2001	673	75	26	5	1	n/a	n/a	0	780
2002	615	100	36	15	2	n/a	n/a	0	768
2003	615	100	36	15	2	n/a	n/a	0	768
2004	594	93	34	17	2	n/a	n/a	0	740
2005	560	104	25	13	1	n/a	n/a	0	703
2006	573	107	17	14	0	n/a	n/a	0	711
2007	550	103	21	11	0	n/a	n/a	11	696
2008	546	111	18	16	0	n/a	n/a	9	700
2009	499	107	17	12	1	n/a	n/a	3	639
2010	473	109	16	22	2	n/a	n/a	3	625
2011	471	99	22	24	2	0	7	0	625
2012	482	107	35	26	2	0	9	0	661
2013	490	97	40	20	1	0	10	0	658
2014	499	100	46	23	2	0	17	0	687
2015	497	96	45	29	1	0	21	0	689
2016	481	99	49	26	1	0	25	0	681
2017	475	97	39	33	2	0	23	0	669
2018	475	90	40	30	4	0	27	0	666
2019	477	91	39	38	4	0	35	0	684
2020	479	96	52	43	4	0	31	0	705
2021	473	110	63	41	3	0	30	0	720
2022	450	110	62	39	3	0	30	0	694
2023	401	82	62	32	3	0	43	0	623

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Amherst Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	558	52.8	10.5	n/a
1990	573	52.5	10.9	n/a
1991	589	49.4	11.9	n/a
1992	630	49.5	12.7	n/a
1993	595	50.3	11.8	n/a
1994	636	52.0	12.2	8.8
1995	679	51.4	13.2	12.8
1996	679	51.4	13.2	12.8
1997	647	51.4	12.6	11.4
1998	701	55.3	12.7	10.7
1999	747	58.2	12.8	9.8
2000	753	59.7	12.6	15.4
2001	780	62.3	12.5	16.3
2002	768	64.9	11.8	10.9
2003	768	64.9	11.8	10.9
2004	740	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	703	70.6	10.0	15.1
2006	711	68.0	10.5	17.4
2007	696	64.9	10.7	22.8
2008	700	63.9	11.0	22.1
2009	639	61.9	10.3	24.1
2010	625	61.4	10.1	18
2011	625	58.8	10.6	25.9
2012	661	60.8	10.8	30
2013	658	60.0	10.9	25.4
2014	687	61.1	11.2	0
2015	689	57.0	12.0	24.2
2016	681	59.0	11.5	27.2
2017	669	59.8	11.1	25.3
2018	666	59.0	11.2	28.8
2019	684	62.8	10.8	31.3
2020	705	65.0	10.8	37.6
2021	720	62.8	11.4	34.4
2022	694	69.8	9.9	35.9
2023	623	69.7	8.9	33.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Amherst Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	558	52.8	10.5	n/a
1990	573	52.5	10.9	n/a
1991	589	49.4	11.9	n/a
1992	630	49.5	12.7	n/a
1993	595	50.3	11.8	n/a
1994	636	52.0	12.2	8.8
1995	679	51.4	13.2	12.8
1996	679	51.4	13.2	12.8
1997	647	51.4	12.6	11.4
1998	701	55.3	12.7	10.7
1999	747	58.2	12.8	9.8
2000	753	59.7	12.6	15.4
2001	780	62.3	12.5	16.3
2002	768	64.9	11.8	10.9
2003	768	64.9	11.8	10.9
2004	740	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	703	70.6	10.0	15.1
2006	711	68.0	10.5	17.4
2007	696	64.9	10.7	22.8
2008	700	63.9	11.0	22.1
2009	639	61.9	10.3	24.1
2010	625	61.4	10.1	18
2011	625	58.8	10.6	25.9
2012	661	60.8	10.8	30
2013	658	60.0	10.9	25.4
2014	687	61.1	11.2	0
2015	689	57.0	12.0	24.2
2016	681	59.0	11.5	27.2
2017	669	59.8	11.1	25.3
2018	666	59.0	11.2	28.8
2019	684	62.8	10.8	31.3
2020	705	65.0	10.8	37.6
2021	720	62.8	11.4	34.4
2022	694	69.8	9.9	35.9
2023	623	69.7	8.9	33.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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