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D−

Cataract Elementary School

PublicElementaryGrades PK–6

6431 Girard Ave, Niagara Falls, NY 14304 · (716) 278-9120 · Part of Niagara Falls City School District

Niagara Falls’ School Grade D better than 10% of New York school districts

Directions
Students
496
Students per teacher
15:1
Free or reduced lunch
71%
Setting
Suburb
Grades
PK–6
The gist

What stands out about Cataract Elementary School

  • Its own letter, D−: reading and math results near the bottom of New York’s public schools
  • Math proficiency 44 pts below the state
  • Reading / language arts 36 pts below the state
  • Next stop for Niagara Falls kids: 2 middle schools

On the path

Where Niagara Falls kids come from and go next. The whole path →

PK–6Cataract Elementary SchoolYou are here
7–82 middle schoolsDepends on your address

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency12%
State average 56.1%
Reading / language arts27%
State average 62.6%

Its own letter, D−, places these results among New York’s 4,095 public schools with results. Source: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21).

Location

Directions ↗

6431 Girard Ave, Niagara Falls

Students

Enrollment by grade
Pre-K80
Kindergarten47
Grade 155
Grade 268
Grade 362
Grade 451
Grade 564
Grade 659
Ungraded10
Enrollment over time
498’20
494’21
531’22
534’23
496’24

About steady since 2020–21.

Who goes here
White 45%Black 25%Two or more races 18%Hispanic 10%Asian 2%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%

As reported to NCES, share of students with a reported race or ethnicity.

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Cataract Elementary School from Niagara Falls families.

Other schools in Niagara Falls City School District

The district →
Bloneva Bond Primary School
Elementary · Grades PK–3 · Niagara Falls
D−
476 students16:1
Hyde Park School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Niagara Falls
D−
476 students16:1
Seventy Ninth Street School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Niagara Falls
D
415 students15:1
Geraldine J Mann School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Niagara Falls
C−
400 students15:1
Maple Avenue School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Niagara Falls
D
388 students19:1
Henry J Kalfas Magnet School
Elementary · Grades PK–3 · Niagara Falls
D−
304 students14:1

School facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), 2024–2025 school year. Test scores: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21). A school’s letter is our own summary of its reading and math results against New York’s other public schools; Niagara Falls’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.