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Cataract Elementary School

Cataract Elementary School serves grades Pre-K–6 for 534 students in Niagara Falls City School District.

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Next day off: Wed, Nov 11 · VETERANS DAY: No staff, no students. · All days off

Niagara Falls City School District calendar

Key dates

  1. Thanksgiving BreakWednesday · All dayKey date
  2. Thanksgiving BreakFriday · All dayKey date
  3. Winter RecessWednesday · All dayKey date
  4. Winter RecessThursday · All dayKey date
  5. Winter RecessFriday · All dayKey date
  6. Winter RecessMonday · All dayKey date

Coming up

  1. VETERANS DAY: No staff, no students.Wednesday · All day · District Wide
  2. ThanksgivingThursday · All day
  3. winter RecessTuesday · All dayKey date
  4. Winter RecessWednesday · All dayKey date
  5. Winter RecessThursday · All dayKey date
  6. Winter RecessFriday · All dayKey date
  7. Return from winter recessMonday · All dayKey date
  8. Martin Luther King Jr. DayMonday · All day

Last checked Oct 29, 2026, 4:45 PM. Confirm dates with the district ↗. Recurring calendar entries may not appear here.

It is the 2nd largest of the 8 Niagara Falls City School District elementary schools in Niagara Falls. Its 14.1 students per teacher compares with a median of 16.1 for those schools. Enrollment grew from 498 in 2019–20 to 534 in 2023–24. Its largest grade in 2023–24 was pre-K, with 80 students. 72% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch (375 free, 11 reduced-price). It ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021–22. The closest park is 70th St Park (0.2 mi).

At a glance

Cataract Elementary School by the numbers

Student–teacher ratio is not classroom size.

GradesPre-K–6
Students534
Teachers38
Students per teacher14.1
Free or reduced-price lunch72%
School typeRegular School
DistrictNiagara Falls City School District
Title ISchoolwide program (2021–22)
Enrollment

Students at Cataract Elementary School

Students by grade, 2023–24
  • Pre-K80
  • K53
  • 165
  • 260
  • 359
  • 470
  • 563
  • 669
Total enrollment by school year
  • 2019–20498
  • 2020–21498
  • 2021–22494
  • 2022–23531
  • 2023–24534
Nearby

Parks near Cataract Elementary School

All parks
Park · 0.2 mi70th St ParkPlaygroundPark · 0.6 miRobert A. Anderson Ir. ParkPark · 0.8 miLaSalle Waterfront Park
Contact

Address, phone and official links

6431 GIRARD AVE, Niagara Falls 14304

(716) 278-9120

Niagara Falls City School District website ↗NYSED Data Site report cards ↗NCES school record ↗Directions ↗

State school ID 400800010042 (search it on NYSED Data Site) · NCES ID 362082005954

Niagara Falls City School District

Other elementary schools in the district

All schools
Pre-K–6Seventy Ninth Street School417 studentsPre-K–6Geraldine J Mann School425 studentsPre-K–2Bloneva Bond Primary School449 studentsPre-K–6Hyde Park School481 studentsPre-K–3Henry J Kalfas Magnet School338 students2–6Harry F Abate Elementary School702 students
Nearby

Schools nearby

Middle school · 1.0 miLasalle Preparatory SchoolGrades 7–8School · 1.3 miCatholic Academy Of Niagara FallsGrades Pre-K–8School · 1.6 miChrist The King Preparatory AcademyGrades Pre-K–9High school · 1.7 miNiagara Falls High SchoolGrades 9–12Middle school · 2.0 miGaskill Preparatory SchoolGrades 7–8

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2019–20 to 2023–24, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal; parks from OpenStreetMap. Contact the school or district to confirm enrollment boundaries, schedules and programs.

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