Gaskill Preparatory School

Niagara Falls, NY 14301

Phone: (716) 278-5820
District: Niagara Falls City School District

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public • Grades 7-8 • 447 students

Gaskill Preparatory School, located in Niagara Falls, New York, is a public middle school in the Niagara Falls City School District. Based on its state test results, it has received a GreatSchools Rating of 3 out of 10.

Gaskill Preparatory School is a public school located in Niagara Falls, NY. 447 students attend Gaskill Preparatory School.

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Test Scores 2/10 The Test Score Rating examines how students at this school performed on standardized tests compared with other schools in the state. The Test Rating was created using 2025 New York State Assessments data from New York State Education Department, and using 2025 New York State Regents Exams data from New York State Education Department.
Student Growth 4/10 The Student Progress Rating measures whether students at this school are making academic progress over time based on student growth data provided by the Department of Education. Specifically, this rating looks at how much progress individual students have made on state assessments during the past year or more, how this performance aligns with expected progress based on a student growth model established by the state Department of Education, and how this school's growth data compares to other schools in the state. The Growth Rating was created using 2025 Student growth data from New York State Education Department.

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Personally, I didn’t have a good experience at Gaskill. I felt that some students were treated unfairly, and there were multiple situations where I felt like my concerns weren’t taken seriously. The school was also pretty boring and strict. At lunch, we weren’t even allowed to get up and leave when we wanted. We were told when we could get up and get our food, which honestly felt like we were in elementary school. We weren’t allowed to use our phones, and we could only stay on our assigned side of the school. If we went to the other side just to say hi to our friends, we could get sent home. There was also a racist joke made, which I felt was completely inappropriate. One of my teachers even told me that she hated me, and nothing was done about it. I was also in choir, and there was an incident where a teacher stopped me and told me I couldn’t go on a field trip. Another student was listening to the conversation, but when I pointed that out, the teacher basically said it was okay for him because he was in her class. I explained that I had joined choir partly because I wanted to participate in the field trip, and she questioned why I joined choir for that reason. She ended up saying this in front of the entire band, which embarrassed me. Another thing that really bothered me was how a bullying situation was handled. I defended myself after being bullied, and I ended up suspended and sent to alternative school, while the students involved only received suspensions. There was proof of what happened, so I felt like the consequences were extremely unfair.There was also a field trip I had been asking about for weeks. I was told I couldn’t go, but another student was allowed to go even though they turned in their permission slip on the SAME DAY as the field trip. Even some of the security guards who worked there told me that they felt the school was bad and unfair, which honestly says a lot about the environment. Overall, I felt like the rules and consequences weren’t always applied equally. My experience may not be the same as everyone else’s, but based on what I experienced, I personally would not recommend Gaskill.

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