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Enrollment
963
Elementary
DISTRICT 774 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHEEKTOWAGA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360723000511
UNION EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
3550 UNION RD, CHEEKTOWAGA, NY 14225 · (716) 686-3620 · Erie County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL963 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 15% of New York public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
75 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
641 students
DISTRICT 68% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 88 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 170 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 186 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 172 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 173 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 171 | 18% |
| Ungraded | 3 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (170) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (171).
Student demographics
75%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). 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 CHEEKTOWAGA 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
35.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
36.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.0% | 36.0% |
| 2023-24 | 29.0% | 35.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
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
33.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 →
Schools most like UNION EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
UNION EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (33.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNION EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 963 | 66.6% | 33.7% |
| PS 207 ELIZABETH G LEARY BROOKLYN | 918 | 61.1% | 60.3% |
| PS 222 KATHERINE R SNYDER BROOKLYN | 706 | 61.6% | 70.3% |
| SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UNION SQUARE NEW YORK | 967 | 58.8% | 93.3% |
| GENERAL HERKIMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL UTICA | 634 | 74.1% | 36.9% |
| SHAW AVENUE SCHOOL VALLEY STREAM | 740 | 56.2% | 61.4% |
Matched among New York elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where UNION EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.7% | #1,892 of 2,335 | #75 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #1,965 of 2,342 ▼ 110 | #76 of 115 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #1,994 of 2,343 ▼ 181 | #77 of 115 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 963 | #59 of 2,585 | #1 of 123 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #1,571 of 2,338 | #104 of 119 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.4% | #41 of 2,388 | #3 of 119 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.6% | #1,042 of 2,534 | #46 of 122 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +17.2% | #170 of 606 | #10 of 43 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
963
+73 (+8%) vs 2020
+20% since 1990-91, when it was 802
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 13.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 963 | 75 | 12.8:1 | 67% (641) |
| 2023-24 | 975 | 74 | 13.2:1 | 65% (632) |
| 2022-23 | 895 | 62 | 14.4:1 | 65% (583) |
| 2020-21 | 890 | 64 | 13.9:1 | 64% (567) |
| 2017-18 | 822 | 63 | 13.1:1 | 67% (550) |
| 2015-16 | 765 | 57 | 13.4:1 | 62% (472) |
| 2010-11 | 631 | 48 | 13.2:1 | 57% (358) |
| 2000-01 | 1,023 | 65 | 15.7:1 | 43% (435) |
| 1990-91 | 802 | 46 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for UNION EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About UNION EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
UNION EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the name of a high-enrollment elementary school in CHEEKTOWAGA, New York. Classes run from pre-K through 4, and the school has 963 students. The average for elementary schools in New York is about 443 students, so this school is 117% above average.
UNION EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in CHEEKTOWAGA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district with 2,322 students across 3 schools.
At UNION EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the largest share of students is Black, at 29%. After that, the student body is 28% White, 27% Asian, 9% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. Census figures show Erie County is about 13% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 75% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The teaching staff at UNION EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 75 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 12.8:1. That is close to the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. About 67% of students, or 641, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Erie County report 51%.
allk12 grades UNION EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL a C-. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The model predicts 50.5% for a school in New York with UNION EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch share. UNION EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 33.7%.
Federal survey data for Erie County show that the median household income is $72,839, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 226 public schools in Erie County, enrolling about 122,519 students in all.
The next-closest public school is CHEEKTOWAGA MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away. UNION EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Local comparison: UNION EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 7th of 7 nearby schools, at 33.7% versus a 51.4% average.
NCES assigns UNION EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL the locale City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment at UNION EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL climbed 8% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 890 to 963 students. The ratio was 13.9:1 in 2020-21 and 12.8:1 in 2024-25.
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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 CHEEKTOWAGA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CHEEKTOWAGA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 682 students
- CHEEKTOWAGA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 677 students
Other schools in CHEEKTOWAGA
- CHEEKTOWAGA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 682 students
- CHEEKTOWAGA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 677 students
- CLEVELAND HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 661 students
- MARYVALE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 660 students
- MARYVALE PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 568 students
- MARYVALE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 518 students
Nearby schools
- CHEEKTOWAGA MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 677
- CHEEKTOWAGA HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 682
- MARYVALE PRIMARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 568
- MARYVALE MIDDLE SCHOOL1.9 mi · 518
- MARYVALE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL1.9 mi · 490
- MARYVALE HIGH SCHOOL1.9 mi · 660
Frequently asked questions
About UNION EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at UNION EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
UNION EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 963 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does UNION EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
UNION EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at UNION EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at UNION EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 12.8:1 (75 FTE teachers).
How diverse is UNION EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
UNION EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 28% White, 9% Hispanic, 29% Black, 27% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees UNION EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
UNION EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by CHEEKTOWAGA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Erie County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.