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HEIM MIDDLE SCHOOL
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)BeatsExpectations
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About HEIM MIDDLE SCHOOL
HEIM MIDDLE SCHOOL is a mid-sized 6-8 campus in WILLIAMSVILLE, New York, operated by WILLIAMSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school serves 648 students in grades 5 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 22% bigger than the state mean of about 531.
HEIM MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 13 schools operated by WILLIAMSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that works with 9,598 students overall.
On the student-mix side, HEIM MIDDLE SCHOOL shows that 73% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 13% Asian, 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 4% Black. Compared to Erie County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
Looking at school resources, HEIM MIDDLE SCHOOL shows 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.0:1. The state averages around 10.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 26% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Erie County runs at roughly 51%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HEIM MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 65.3%, the actual is 69.7%, a residual of +4.4 points.
In the broader community, ACS estimates for Erie County put 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), HEIM MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
HEIM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, HEIM MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 73.2%.
The school occupies an outer-ring site.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HEIM MIDDLE SCHOOL has ticked down 4%, going from 674 students in 2018 to 648 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 79% to 73% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 today.
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