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Enrollment
452
Elementary
DISTRICT 468 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARENCE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360759000544
HARRIS HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
4260 S HARRIS HILL RD, WILLIAMSVILLE, NY 14221 · (716) 407-9175 · Erie County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL452 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% of New York public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
100 students
DISTRICT 16% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within CLARENCE 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
70.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +5.0pp since 2023
Math
74.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.0% | 74.0% |
| 2023-24 | 65.0% | 73.0% |
% 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
68.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 HARRIS HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HARRIS HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (68.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARRIS HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 452 | 22.1% | 68.5% |
| FAYETTEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FAYETTEVILLE | 457 | 21.9% | 68.0% |
| HUTH ROAD SCHOOL GRAND ISLAND | 473 | 25.2% | 61.0% |
| CASTLETON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CASTLETON | 443 | 22.3% | 60.8% |
| QUEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HILTON | 459 | 20.7% | 54.1% |
| CHARLOTTE SIDWAY SCHOOL GRAND ISLAND | 454 | 25.3% | N/A |
Matched among New York elementary 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 HARRIS HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.5% | #447 of 2,335 | #16 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #558 of 2,342 ▼ 83 | #15 of 115 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #531 of 2,343 ▼ 163 | #15 of 115 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 452 | #1,061 of 2,585 | #64 of 123 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.4:1 | #575 of 2,338 | #36 of 119 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.6% | #2,027 of 2,388 | #93 of 119 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.1% | #2,177 of 2,534 | #101 of 122 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.0% | #1,469 of 1,757 | #53 of 68 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
452
+13 (+3%) vs 2020
+31% since 1990-91, when it was 346
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 452 | 43.5 | 10.4:1 | 22% (100) |
| 2023-24 | 463 | 45.3 | 10.2:1 | 25% (114) |
| 2022-23 | 464 | 42.5 | 10.9:1 | 21% (98) |
| 2020-21 | 439 | 40 | 11.0:1 | 21% (92) |
| 2017-18 | 476 | 37 | 12.9:1 | 18% (87) |
| 2015-16 | 481 | 36 | 13.4:1 | 15% (72) |
| 2010-11 | 548 | 43 | 12.7:1 | 10% (56) |
| 2000-01 | 389 | 29 | 13.4:1 | 4% (16) |
| 1990-91 | 346 | 21 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HARRIS HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About HARRIS HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HARRIS HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school in WILLIAMSVILLE, New York, under CLARENCE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrollment totals 452 students across kindergarten through 5.
CLARENCE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT has 6 schools and 4,081 students, and HARRIS HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those schools.
HARRIS HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 87% White by enrollment. Next come 4% Hispanic, 4% Asian, and 3% multiracial. That compares with about 74% White among all Erie County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 24%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at HARRIS HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 10.4:1, based on 43.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. HARRIS HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL counts 22% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Erie County average 51%.
HARRIS HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 74% of New York public elementary schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, HARRIS HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 68.5%; the prediction is 66.9%.
In the surrounding county, Erie County, the median household earns about $72,839 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Counting HARRIS HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Erie County has 226 public schools.
SHERIDAN HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.9 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, HARRIS HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 8th on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment rose by 3% across 4 years, from 439 in 2020-21 to 452 in 2024-25.
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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 CLARENCE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CLARENCE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,256 students
- CLARENCE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 954 students
- SHERIDAN HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 527 students
- LEDGEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 486 students
- CLARENCE CENTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 406 students
Other schools in WILLIAMSVILLE
- WILLIAMSVILLE NORTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,307 students
- WILLIAMSVILLE SOUTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 796 students
- MILL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 790 students
- MAPLE WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 670 students
- HEIM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 661 students
- HEIM MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 648 students
Other Harris Hill Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Harris Hill Elementary. HARRIS HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- HARRIS HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPENFIELD, NY · 479 students
Nearby schools
- SHERIDAN HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 527
- HILLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 451
- LANCASTER HIGH SCHOOL2.3 mi · 1,682
- COUNTRY PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.3 mi · 566
- LEDGEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 486
- CLARENCE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL2.5 mi · 1,256
Frequently asked questions
About HARRIS HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is HARRIS HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
HARRIS HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 452 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does HARRIS HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
HARRIS HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at HARRIS HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 10.4:1 students per teacher at HARRIS HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at HARRIS HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at HARRIS HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 87% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is HARRIS HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
HARRIS HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of CLARENCE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.