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Enrollment
680
Elementary
DISTRICT 535 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST SENECA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 363078004754
WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1397 ORCHARD PARK RD, WEST SENECA, NY 14224 · (716) 677-3250 · Erie County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL680 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% of New York public elementary schools
- BTest 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
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
169 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 101 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 127 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 127 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 110 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 112 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 103 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (101) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (103).
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
58.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +11.0pp since 2023
Math
64.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 up about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 64.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 61.0% |
% 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
57.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (57.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 680 | 24.9% | 57.7% |
| VICTOR PRIMARY SCHOOL VICTOR | 686 | 26.1% | 44.9% |
| UNION PLEASANT AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAMBURG | 663 | 23.7% | 37.8% |
| VICTOR EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL VICTOR | 628 | 23.4% | N/A |
| CLINTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEST SENECA | 629 | 28.3% | 55.6% |
| DOROTHY NOLAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SARATOGA SPRINGS | 616 | 24.2% | 70.8% |
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 WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.7% | #863 of 2,335 | #33 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #945 of 2,342 ▼ 29 | #34 of 115 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #1,045 of 2,343 ▼ 28 | #37 of 115 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 680 | #302 of 2,585 | #14 of 123 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #1,542 of 2,338 | #100 of 119 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.4% | #1,949 of 2,388 | #83 of 119 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.9% | #2,105 of 2,534 | #95 of 122 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.5% | #413 of 606 | #33 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
680
+59 (+10%) vs 2020
+252% since 1990-91, when it was 193
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 680 | 53.3 | 12.8:1 | 25% (169) |
| 2023-24 | 699 | 56.7 | 12.3:1 | 28% (198) |
| 2022-23 | 652 | 51 | 12.8:1 | 31% (201) |
| 2020-21 | 621 | 50 | 12.4:1 | 27% (168) |
| 2017-18 | 651 | 41 | 15.9:1 | 25% (164) |
| 2015-16 | 626 | 37 | 16.9:1 | 29% (181) |
| 2010-11 | 800 | 57 | 14.0:1 | 21% (171) |
| 2000-01 | 736 | 41 | 17.9:1 | 14% (105) |
| 1990-91 | 193 | 3 | 64.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
In WEST SENECA, New York, part of Erie County, WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school. Its enrollment is 680 students, spread over kindergarten through 5. Across elementary schools in New York, the average enrollment is about 443.
WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one school in a 9-school district, WEST SENECA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which enrolls 5,870 students.
WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 85% White by enrollment. Other reported shares: 8% Hispanic, 3% Black, and 3% multiracial. That compares with about 74% White among all Erie County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 27%.
Based on 53.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a ratio of 12.8:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in New York is similar, at 12.8:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 25%. The average for public schools in Erie County is 51%.
Among New York public elementary schools, WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outscored 54%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
On BeatsExpectations, WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 8.2 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New York schools.
Looking at the county, Erie County, median household income comes to about $72,839, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. The county has 226 public schools and about 122,519 students.
Among nearby public schools, ALLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is closest at about 0.2 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 4th on average proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's student count increased 10% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
People who know WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 WEST SENECA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WEST SENECA WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,069 students
- WEST SENECA EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 779 students
- WEST MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 778 students
- CLINTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 629 students
- EAST MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 567 students
- ALLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 509 students
Other schools in WEST SENECA
- WEST SENECA WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,069 students
- WEST SENECA EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 779 students
- WEST MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 778 students
- CLINTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 629 students
- EAST MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 567 students
- ALLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 509 students
Other West Elementary schools
50 other US public schools in 25 states are named West Elementary. WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 5th largest of the 51.
- WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLONG BEACH, NY · 340 students
- West ElementaryMt Juliet, TN · 849 students
- West ElementaryBixby, OK · 757 students
- West Elementary SchoolCYPRESS, TX · 740 students
- West Elementary SchoolRussellville, AL · 686 students
Nearby schools
- ALLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 509
- WEST SENECA WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.4 mi · 1,069
- LACKAWANNA MIDDLE SCHOOL1.7 mi · 444
- TRUMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 404
- LACKAWANNA HIGH SCHOOL1.8 mi · 670
- WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL1.8 mi · 778
Frequently asked questions
About WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 680 students in grades KG-05.
Is WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 12.8:1 students per teacher at WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 85% White, 8% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by WEST SENECA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.