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Enrollment
682
High
DISTRICT 774 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHEEKTOWAGA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360723000509
CHEEKTOWAGA HIGH SCHOOL
3600 UNION RD, CHEEKTOWAGA, NY 14225 · (716) 686-3602 · Erie County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL682 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 40% of New York public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public high schools
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
67 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
451 students
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 188 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 144 | 21% |
| Grade 11 | 160 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 174 | 26% |
| Ungraded | 16 | 2% |
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within CHEEKTOWAGA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
63.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -10.0pp since 2023
Math
43.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -22.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 10 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 22 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 43.0% |
| 2023-24 | 73.0% | 65.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
53.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like CHEEKTOWAGA HIGH SCHOOL
CHEEKTOWAGA HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (53.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHEEKTOWAGA HIGH SCHOOL this school | 682 | 66.1% | 53.3% |
| FREDERICK OLMSTED #156 BUFFALO | 928 | 61.4% | 59.2% |
| LEON M GOLDSTEIN HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES BROOKLYN | 952 | 65.8% | 72.3% |
| WATERVLIET JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL WATERVLIET | 785 | 69.3% | 30.9% |
| CLEVELAND HILL HIGH SCHOOL CHEEKTOWAGA | 398 | 60.3% | 70.7% |
| QUEENS HIGH SCHOOL OF TEACHING LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES BELLEROSE | 840 | 67.0% | 43.2% |
Matched among New York high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where CHEEKTOWAGA HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #679 of 1,135 | #33 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #701 of 1,109 ▼ 270 | #35 of 51 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #728 of 1,135 ▼ 132 | #35 of 51 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 682 | #367 of 1,216 | #22 of 56 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.2:1 | #346 of 1,058 | #17 of 50 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.1% | #39 of 1,070 | #6 of 50 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.1% | #560 of 1,167 | #20 of 53 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.0% | #237 of 339 | #7 of 11 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
682
+3 (+0%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 618
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
was 11.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 682 | 66.9 | 10.2:1 | 66% (451) |
| 2023-24 | 687 | 67.3 | 10.2:1 | 71% (489) |
| 2022-23 | 705 | 65.1 | 10.8:1 | 68% (477) |
| 2020-21 | 679 | 59 | 11.5:1 | 58% (391) |
| 2017-18 | 656 | 52 | 12.6:1 | 61% (399) |
| 2015-16 | 629 | 46 | 13.7:1 | 63% (394) |
| 2010-11 | 752 | 66 | 11.4:1 | 43% (320) |
| 2000-01 | 1,172 | 86 | 13.6:1 | 19% (228) |
| 1990-91 | 618 | 32 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CHEEKTOWAGA HIGH SCHOOL.
About CHEEKTOWAGA HIGH SCHOOL
CHEEKTOWAGA HIGH SCHOOL is a mid-sized high school in CHEEKTOWAGA, New York, one of the schools in CHEEKTOWAGA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school covers grades 9 through 12 and reported 682 students in 2024-25.
District-wide, CHEEKTOWAGA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT has 3 schools and 2,322 students.
The biggest share of students at CHEEKTOWAGA HIGH SCHOOL, 35%, is Black. Other reported shares: 32% White, 17% Asian, 9% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. That compares with about 13% Black among all Erie County residents. The diversity index for CHEEKTOWAGA HIGH SCHOOL is 73%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school's 66.9 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.2:1. High schools in New York average 11.0:1, 0.8 more students per teacher than here. Income data for the school show 66% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 51% average among public schools in Erie County.
Among New York public high schools, CHEEKTOWAGA HIGH SCHOOL outscored 40%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for CHEEKTOWAGA HIGH SCHOOL is 50.7%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 53.3%.
In Erie County, home to about 950,622 people, the median household earns about $72,839 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Public schools in Erie County number 226, with about 122,519 students.
CHEEKTOWAGA MIDDLE SCHOOL is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: CHEEKTOWAGA HIGH SCHOOL ranks 3rd of 7 nearby schools, at 53.3% versus a 48.1% average.
Under the NCES locale system, CHEEKTOWAGA HIGH SCHOOL is City: Small.
In 2020-21, CHEEKTOWAGA HIGH SCHOOL enrolled 679; in 2024-25, 682. The number of students per teacher dropped from 11.5 to 10.2 over 4 years.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at CHEEKTOWAGA HIGH SCHOOL. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Erie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
950,622
Census ACS
Median income
$72,839
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
226
122,519 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CHEEKTOWAGA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- UNION EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 963 students
- CHEEKTOWAGA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 677 students
Other schools in CHEEKTOWAGA
- UNION EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 963 students
- CHEEKTOWAGA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 677 students
- CLEVELAND HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 661 students
- MARYVALE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 660 students
- MARYVALE PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 568 students
- MARYVALE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 518 students
Nearby schools
- CHEEKTOWAGA MIDDLE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 677
- UNION EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 963
- MARYVALE PRIMARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 568
- MARYVALE HIGH SCHOOL1.8 mi · 660
- MARYVALE MIDDLE SCHOOL1.8 mi · 518
- MARYVALE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL1.8 mi · 490
Frequently asked questions
About CHEEKTOWAGA HIGH SCHOOLHow large is CHEEKTOWAGA HIGH SCHOOL?
CHEEKTOWAGA HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 682 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does CHEEKTOWAGA HIGH SCHOOL serve?
CHEEKTOWAGA HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CHEEKTOWAGA HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CHEEKTOWAGA HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 10.2:1 (67 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at CHEEKTOWAGA HIGH SCHOOL?
At CHEEKTOWAGA HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 32% White, 9% Hispanic, 35% Black, 17% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees CHEEKTOWAGA HIGH SCHOOL?
CHEEKTOWAGA HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by CHEEKTOWAGA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Erie County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.