Regan Intermediate School, Lockport NY

Original Research by School Decision on Regan Intermediate School

Regan Intermediate School serves grades three through five in Lockport, a small city in Niagara County organized around the Erie Canal. The school sits in an area where housing values are moderate compared to the broader state, with modest recent appreciation. The district has committed resources to campus safety and new facilities over the past several years, and recently launched a full-day universal pre-kindergarten program. Families moving to the area should expect property taxes that track the state cap each year, a trajectory the district has sustained.

In math, Regan's proficiency rates across the three grades cluster in a narrow band. Third graders show the strongest result, while fourth graders fall at the lower end. Fifth graders pull back up somewhat. In English language arts, the pattern differs: third and fourth grades show similar modest proficiency, but fifth-grade performance rises noticeably higher, suggesting students gain ground in reading and writing as they move through the school. Science proficiency in fifth grade, the only grade tested, runs below both math and ELA. The school's overall proficiency index places it in the top quartile relative to other schools in Niagara County, a meaningful position among county peers.

Test participation is reasonably consistent across grades and subjects, though third-grade testing rates outpace the older grades slightly. A modest share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and the enrollment is predominantly white, with small representations of other racial and ethnic groups. Specific data on students with individualized education plans or English learners was not available, so a parent may want to ask the school directly about those populations and the support structures in place.

The school's student body is stable and familiar in size for an elementary-to-middle-grades setting, with roughly equal enrollment across the three grades. Fifth-grade English language arts performance suggests the school is building literacy skills effectively by the time students leave for secondary school. The softer science proficiency and the mixed math picture across grades three and four are worth a parent's follow-up with the school: understanding what instructional approaches are in place, whether interventions are already active, and what specific content areas need strengthening could clarify whether the school's approach aligns with a family's academic expectations.

Lockport itself is undergoing revitalization, with state funding supporting downtown projects and historic building rehabilitation. The city's compact, canal-centered character and the district's recent investment in security upgrades and pre-kindergarten signaling mean the enrollment environment is one in which the district is making deliberate choices about facilities and early-childhood access. For families considering Lockport and Starpoint schools, Regan represents a neighborhood elementary-intermediate setting with above-county-average proficiency but uneven performance across grades and subjects that merits a direct conversation about curriculum and support.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 362%

School 62% · District 61% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 3 pts above state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

Grade 458%

School 58% · District 58%

even with state median · ▲ 10 pts above county median

Grade 566%

School 66% · District 66% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 15 pts above state median · ▲ 25 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 358%

School 58% · District 58%

▲ 6 pts above state median · ▲ 19 pts above county median

Grade 456%

School 56% · District 56%

▲ 3 pts above state median · ▲ 15 pts above county median

Grade 577%

School 77% · District 76% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 23 pts above state median · ▲ 31 pts above county median

Science

Grade 551%

School 51% · District 51%

▲ 10 pts above state median · ▲ 17 pts above county median

Social studies

Grade 595%

School 95% · district not reported

▲ 3 pts above state median · even with county median

This schoolSTARPOINT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income48%Higher-income60%11 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income29%Higher-income62%34 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income69%Higher-income78%9 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income43%Higher-income65%22 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income33%Higher-income63%30 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income41%Higher-income69%28 pp gap