NIAGARA-WHEATFIELD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

NIAGARA-WHEATFIELD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL operates as a heavily attended 9-12 campus in SANBORN, New York, operated by NIAGARA-WHEATFIELD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 1,041 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 56% bigger than the state mean of about 668.

Within NIAGARA-WHEATFIELD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 6 schools and 3,087 students, NIAGARA-WHEATFIELD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, NIAGARA-WHEATFIELD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL reports that 78% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 7% multiracial, 6% Native American, 4% Hispanic, 4% Black.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, NIAGARA-WHEATFIELD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL has 73 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. An estimated 40% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Niagara County's rate of about 49%.

After controlling for student poverty, NIAGARA-WHEATFIELD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits in the top 10% of New York schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 60.3%; actual is 81.2%, +20.9 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Niagara County indicate the typical household earns roughly $69,633 per year, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Niagara County's 51 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,388 students), NIAGARA-WHEATFIELD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

EDWARD TOWN MIDDLE 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, NIAGARA-WHEATFIELD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 48.6%.

NIAGARA-WHEATFIELD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL operates from a rural location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 17%: 1,255 students in 2018 compared to 1,041 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 83% to 78% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 in 2025.

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