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Enrollment
771
Elementary
DISTRICT 491 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360585000382
WEST HERTEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
489 HERTEL AVE, BUFFALO, NY 14207 · (716) 816-4150 · Erie County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL771 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 8% of New York public elementary schools
- DTest 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.
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
12.2:1
63 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
733 students
DISTRICT 88% · 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 | 51 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 69 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 101 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 81 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 88 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 22% smaller than its 8th grade class (88).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
24.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +0.0pp since 2023
Math
22.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.0% | 22.0% |
| 2023-24 | 24.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
23.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 HERTEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WEST HERTEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (23.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEST HERTEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 771 | 95.1% | 23.0% |
| PS 81 BUFFALO | 739 | 85.3% | 29.8% |
| PFC WILLIAM J GRABIARZ #79 BUFFALO | 518 | 93.4% | 24.1% |
| BUFFALO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY BUFFALO | 551 | 96.0% | 17.3% |
| LOVEJOY DISCOVERY SCHOOL #43 BUFFALO | 589 | 94.7% | 18.6% |
| PS 315 BROOKLYN | 555 | 89.2% | 41.8% |
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 HERTEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #2,192 of 2,335 | #89 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #2,231 of 2,342 ▼ 27 | #93 of 115 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #2,231 of 2,343 ▼ 178 | #90 of 115 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 771 | #179 of 2,585 | #8 of 123 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #1,347 of 2,338 | #88 of 119 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.3% | #211 of 2,388 | #18 of 119 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.1% | #190 of 2,534 | #14 of 122 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.8% | #1,667 of 1,757 | #62 of 68 |
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
771
+42 (+6%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 923
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
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 | 771 | 63.1 | 12.2:1 | 95% (733) |
| 2023-24 | 718 | 61.6 | 11.7:1 | 94% (676) |
| 2022-23 | 750 | 63.5 | 11.8:1 | 92% (693) |
| 2020-21 | 729 | 59 | 12.4:1 | 87% (633) |
| 2017-18 | 785 | 63 | 12.5:1 | 85% (666) |
| 2015-16 | 835 | 54 | 15.5:1 | 81% (678) |
| 2010-11 | 557 | 51 | 10.9:1 | 94% (524) |
| 2000-01 | 924 | 58 | 15.9:1 | 91% (841) |
| 1990-91 | 923 | 62 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WEST HERTEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About WEST HERTEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WEST HERTEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, located in BUFFALO, New York, is a high-enrollment elementary school. Federal data show 771 students enrolled in pre-K through 8 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 443 students for elementary schools in New York.
District-wide, BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT has 61 schools and 29,425 students.
At WEST HERTEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Black students make up the biggest share, 45%. Other students are 20% Hispanic, 19% Asian, 11% White, and 4% multiracial. By comparison, Erie County residents are about 13% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 70, compared with 70 nationally.
With 63.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 12.2:1. That is in line with the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Roughly 95% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Erie County averages 51%, lower than here.
WEST HERTEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 8% of New York public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 40.0% at WEST HERTEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 23.0%.
Looking at the county, Erie County, median household income comes to about $72,839, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The county has 226 public schools and about 122,519 students.
Measured in a straight line, ELMWOOD VILLAGE CHARTER SCHOOL HERTEL is about 0.3 miles from WEST HERTEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The five-mile area around WEST HERTEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, WEST HERTEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 8th on proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment increased 6% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
The allk12 page for WEST HERTEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- HUTCHINSON CENTRAL TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,140 students
- CITY HONORS SCHOOLHigh · 1,088 students
- INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLElementary · 933 students
- FREDERICK OLMSTED #156High · 928 students
- MCKINLEY VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 862 students
- SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 801 students
Other schools in BUFFALO
- CHARTER SCHOOL FOR APPLIED TECHNOLOGIESCombined · 2,260 students
- KENMORE WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,235 students
- HUTCHINSON CENTRAL TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,140 students
- TAPESTRY CHARTER SCHOOLCombined · 1,120 students
- CITY HONORS SCHOOLHigh · 1,088 students
- INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLElementary · 933 students
Nearby schools
- ELMWOOD VILLAGE CHARTER SCHOOL HERTEL0.3 mi · 416
- PFC WILLIAM J GRABIARZ #790.3 mi · 518
- MCKINLEY VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL0.7 mi · 862
- RIVERSIDE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL0.8 mi · 285
- PS 64 FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED1.0 mi · 583
- TAPESTRY CHARTER SCHOOL1.0 mi · 1,120
Frequently asked questions
About WEST HERTEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at WEST HERTEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WEST HERTEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 771 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does WEST HERTEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
WEST HERTEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many teachers does WEST HERTEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
WEST HERTEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 63 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at WEST HERTEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At WEST HERTEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 11% White, 20% Hispanic, 45% Black, 19% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is WEST HERTEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
WEST HERTEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.