GLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

GLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a reasonably sized elementary campus in TONAWANDA, New York, run under SWEET HOME CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school teaches 443 students in grades pre-K through 5.

SWEET HOME CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 3,773 students. GLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, GLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the most-represented group is White (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 24% Black, 11% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 6% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 74% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.5:1. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 33% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Erie County's rate of about 51%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, GLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 63.0%; this one comes in at 43.9%, -19.1 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, Erie County reports that the typical household earns roughly $72,839 per year, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Erie County's 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,519 students), GLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

WILLOW RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 49.3%.

GLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from an outer-ring location.

Five-year trend. GLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has grew 18% since 2018, when it stood at 375 (now 443). White enrollment moved from 63% to 52% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.