CAYUGA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

CAYUGA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a high-enrollment K-5 school in DEPEW, New York, part of DEPEW UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 846 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 91% bigger than typical.

DEPEW UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,848 students. CAYUGA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, CAYUGA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that White students make up the majority at 79%. Beyond that, the school records 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Asian, 3% Black.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 72 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 42% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Erie County runs at roughly 51%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CAYUGA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 59.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.3%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Erie County) shows that median household income runs about $72,839, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Erie County's 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,519 students), CAYUGA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: DEPEW MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, CAYUGA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 64.4%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Looking at the recent track record. CAYUGA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 830 (now 846). White enrollment moved from 87% to 79% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 in 2025.

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