HERITAGE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

HERITAGE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as an average-sized primary school in AMHERST, New York, one of the schools within SWEET HOME CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 452 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 6 schools in SWEET HOME CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (3,773 students total), HERITAGE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, HERITAGE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is White at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 19% Black, 16% Asian, 13% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Erie County as a whole is about 74% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.1:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 33% of students at HERITAGE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Erie County (around 51%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, HERITAGE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 62.7%, the actual is 44.2%, a residual of -18.5 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Erie County indicate median household earnings sit near $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%. HERITAGE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 226 public schools in Erie County (combined enrollment of about 122,519 students).

The closest other public school is WILLOW RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 1.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HERITAGE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 54.6%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. HERITAGE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has climbed 26% since 2018, when it stood at 360 (now 452). White enrollment moved from 54% to 47% across the same window.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.