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HEIM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About HEIM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Set in WILLIAMSVILLE, New York, HEIM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a reasonably sized K-5 school, run under WILLIAMSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. It educates 661 students across grades K through 4. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so HEIM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 49% bigger than that benchmark.
HEIM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 13 schools operated by WILLIAMSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that serves 9,598 students overall.
Demographically, HEIM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that White students make up the majority at 77%. Other groups include 11% Asian, 6% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, 3% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Erie County as a whole.
Looking at school resources, The school lists 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting HEIM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 21% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Erie County's rate of about 51%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HEIM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 67.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 68.6%.
Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Erie County) records that median household income runs about $72,839, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Erie County's 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,519 students), HEIM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: HEIM MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HEIM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 68.8%.
HEIM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from an outer-ring location.
Over the past 7-year window. HEIM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has grew 9% since 2018, when it stood at 604 (now 661). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 today.
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