MAPLEMERE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in AMHERST, New York, MAPLEMERE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL instructs 488 students from grades K through 5, one of the schools within SWEET HOME CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.

Within SWEET HOME CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 6 schools and 3,773 students, MAPLEMERE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MAPLEMERE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the largest single group is White, at 57% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 22% Asian, 11% Black, 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.

Looking at school resources, MAPLEMERE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting MAPLEMERE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 45% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, MAPLEMERE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 58.5%; this one delivers 57.9%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Erie County) reports that median household income runs about $72,839, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. MAPLEMERE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 226 public schools in Erie County (combined enrollment of about 122,519 students).

Nearest neighbor: SMALLWOOD DRIVE SCHOOL, around 1.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, MAPLEMERE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 70.0%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 32%: 370 students in 2018 compared to 488 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 2% to 22% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 today.

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