WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary-level community of roomy scale in WEST SENECA, New York, overseen by WEST SENECA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, caters to 680 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 53% above the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

Within WEST SENECA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 9 schools and 5,870 students, WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that nearly all students (85%) are White. Other groups include 8% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.8:1. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 25% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Erie County's rate of about 51%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 65.8%; this one delivers 57.7%.

Across the wider county, Erie County reports that median household income runs about $72,839, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Erie County's 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,519 students), WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: ALLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 49.6%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Five-year trend. WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has edged up 4% since 2018, when it stood at 651 (now 680). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 92% to 85%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 today.

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