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HEIM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat 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%.
7-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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