FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a medium-sized K-5 school in WILLIAMSVILLE, New York, FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL works with 515 students from grades pre-K through 4, operated by WILLIAMSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.

WILLIAMSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 9,598 students. FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that nearly all students (80%) are White. The remainder is composed of 8% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Black, 4% Asian.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 23% of students at FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Erie County (around 51%), the school's rate is south of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 66.4%; this one delivers 72.2%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Erie County) reports that median household earnings sit near $72,839, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 226 public schools in Erie County (combined enrollment of about 122,519 students).

SMALLWOOD DRIVE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 70.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has ticked down 8%, going from 561 students in 2018 to 515 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 3% to 8%. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 10.2:1 in 2025.

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