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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the SHERIDAN HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
527
Elementary
DISTRICT 468 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARENCE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360759004680
SHERIDAN HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
4560 BONCREST DR E, WILLIAMSVILLE, NY 14221 · (716) 407-9250 · Erie County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL527 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
53 students
DISTRICT 16% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within CLARENCE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
75.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +11.0pp since 2023
Math
76.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 11 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
70.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
527
+45 (+9%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 13.0:1
% White
83%
was 84%
% Hispanic
4%
was 4%
% Black
1%
was 2%
% Asian
7%
was 9%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About SHERIDAN HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SHERIDAN HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the middle-of-the-pack elementary schools in WILLIAMSVILLE, New York, part of CLARENCE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 527 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.
Within CLARENCE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 6 schools and 4,081 students, SHERIDAN HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.
In terms of who attends, SHERIDAN HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that nearly all students (83%) are White. Beyond that, the school reports 7% Asian, 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.
Looking at school resources, On paper, SHERIDAN HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting SHERIDAN HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 10% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Erie County (around 51%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SHERIDAN HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 71.3%, the actual is 70.6%, a residual of -0.7 points.
Zooming out to the county, census data for Erie County shows median household earnings sit near $72,839, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. SHERIDAN HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 226 public schools in Erie County (combined enrollment of about 122,519 students).
Nearest neighbor: HARRIS HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.9 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, SHERIDAN HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 80.7%.
Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SHERIDAN HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has climbed 9%, going from 482 students in 2018 to 527 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 in 2025.
On allk12, the feed for SHERIDAN HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Erie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
950,622
Census ACS
Median income
$72,839
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
226
122,519 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CLARENCE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CLARENCE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,256 students
- CLARENCE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 954 students
- LEDGEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 486 students
- HARRIS HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 452 students
- CLARENCE CENTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 406 students
Other schools in WILLIAMSVILLE
- WILLIAMSVILLE NORTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,307 students
- WILLIAMSVILLE SOUTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 796 students
- MILL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 790 students
- MAPLE WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 670 students
- HEIM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 661 students
- HEIM MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 648 students
Nearby schools
- HARRIS HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 452
- LEDGEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 486
- CLARENCE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.8 mi · 1,256
- COUNTRY PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.6 mi · 566
- TRANSIT MIDDLE SCHOOL2.8 mi · 912
- LANCASTER HIGH SCHOOL2.8 mi · 1,682
Frequently asked questions
About SHERIDAN HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend SHERIDAN HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SHERIDAN HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 527 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does SHERIDAN HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
SHERIDAN HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at SHERIDAN HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 10.4:1 students per teacher at SHERIDAN HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is SHERIDAN HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SHERIDAN HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 83% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 7% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees SHERIDAN HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SHERIDAN HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by CLARENCE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Erie County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.