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Transit Middle School

Serves grades 5 - 8

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
8730 Transit Rd
East Amherst, NY 14051
Phone
(716) 626-8700
District
WILLIAMSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
ERIE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
867
Classroom Teachers
72

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New York

10

(10 is best)

Better than 92.0% of all NY schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Transit Middle School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 5

80 60 40 20 0
70%
37%
71%
38%
69%
37%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 6

100 80 60 40 20 0
78%
48%
90%
57%
65%
39%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 7

100 80 60 40 20 0
74%
42%
81%
48%
67%
36%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

80 60 40 20 0
65%
36%
75%
50%
55%
23%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
12
11
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 5 213 24.6%
Grade 6 207 23.9%
Grade 7 211 24.3%
Grade 8 234 27.0%
Total 867 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 65.5% 75.8% 42.7%
Black 3.6% 4.4% 16.7%
Hispanic 4.2% 4.5% 29.5%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 26.3% 15.0% 10.1%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.4% 0.3% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 14.2% 17.9% 51.9%
Free lunch eligible 13.1% 16.8% 49.3%
Reduced lunch eligible 1.0% 1.1% 2.6%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 74,736 19,677,151
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,847.0 415
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.2% 5.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 17.6% 17.7%
20-44 YEARS OLD 25.4% 33.7%
45-64 YEARS OLD 26.5% 26.0%
65 OR OLDER 25.4% 17.0%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 31,347 7,604,523
Single Parent Households With Children 4.1% 7.8%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 95.6% 87.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 58.8% 38.8%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 28.9% 24.9%
$100,000 - $149,999 19.7% 16.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 10.6% 11.5%
$50,000 - $74,999 12.7% 14.1%
$30,000 - $49,999 11.3% 12.4%
$15,000 - $29,999 9.7% 10.4%
$15,000 or less 7.2% 9.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $11,528 $114,277,064 63.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $911 $9,030,743 5.0%
Staff $685 $6,790,405 3.8%
General Administration $464 $4,599,632 2.6%
School Administration $609 $6,037,017 3.4%
Operation $1,318 $13,065,334 7.3%
Transportation $670 $6,641,710 3.7%
Other $386 $3,826,418 2.1%
Total Support $5,042 $49,981,346 27.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,476 $14,631,588 8.2%
Total Expenditures $18,046 $178,889,998 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,076 $25,679,492,110 55.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $711 $1,811,195,610 3.9%
Staff $1,093 $2,785,174,478 6.0%
General Administration $369 $939,188,377 2.0%
School Administration $665 $1,695,918,538 3.6%
Operation $1,225 $3,122,121,555 6.7%
Transportation $822 $2,095,516,316 4.5%
Other $434 $1,104,814,866 2.4%
Total Support $5,318 $13,553,790,026 29.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,875 $7,327,505,512 15.7%
Total Expenditures $18,270 $46,560,743,229 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%