KENMORE EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

KENMORE EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of the sizable secondary schools in TONAWANDA, New York, operated by KENMORE-TONAWANDA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 1,052 students on its rolls from grades 8 through 12. That puts it 57% larger than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.

KENMORE-TONAWANDA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 6,302 students; KENMORE EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, KENMORE EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL logs that White students make up the majority at 70%. Beyond that, the school lists 11% Hispanic, 8% Black, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 105 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 41% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Erie County runs at roughly 51%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, KENMORE EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 60.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 56.6%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Erie County shows the typical household earns roughly $72,839 per year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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), KENMORE EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: THOMAS An EDISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around KENMORE EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts KENMORE EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 48.3%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at KENMORE EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL has declined 12%, going from 1,194 students in 2018 to 1,052 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 83% to 70% over that span.

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