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Enrollment
779
High
DISTRICT 924 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST SENECA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 363078004149
WEST SENECA EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
4760 SENECA ST, WEST SENECA, NY 14224 · (716) 677-3300 · Erie County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL779 STUDENTS
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Scored higher than 58% of New York public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
68 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
286 students
DISTRICT 34% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 180 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 187 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 189 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 198 | 25% |
| Ungraded | 25 | 3% |
Student demographics
38%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
79.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
59.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -19.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 19 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.0% | 59.0% |
| 2023-24 | 78.0% | 78.0% |
% 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
66.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 SENECA EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
WEST SENECA EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (66.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEST SENECA EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 779 | 36.7% | 66.0% |
| MAINE-ENDWELL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ENDWELL | 720 | 36.0% | 88.2% |
| MOHONASEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL SCHENECTADY | 924 | 39.7% | 62.2% |
| NIAGARA-WHEATFIELD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL SANBORN | 1,041 | 40.1% | 81.2% |
| CANANDAIGUA ACADEMY CANANDAIGUA | 998 | 36.7% | 86.7% |
| RONDOUT VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL ACCORD | 547 | 38.4% | 60.0% |
Matched among New York high 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 SENECA EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #415 of 1,135 | #23 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #438 of 1,109 ▼ 177 | #26 of 51 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #446 of 1,135 ▲ 75 | #23 of 51 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 779 | #326 of 1,216 | #21 of 56 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #610 of 1,058 | #39 of 50 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.0% | #705 of 1,070 | #32 of 50 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.7% | #906 of 1,167 | #35 of 53 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.7% | #272 of 743 | #10 of 35 |
Ranked against other public high 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
779
-22 (-3%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 1,432
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 779 | 68 | 11.4:1 | 37% (286) |
| 2023-24 | 775 | 68.2 | 11.4:1 | 38% (292) |
| 2022-23 | 811 | 69.2 | 11.7:1 | 40% (324) |
| 2020-21 | 801 | 64 | 12.5:1 | 41% (329) |
| 2017-18 | 924 | 60 | 15.4:1 | 39% (363) |
| 2015-16 | 955 | 60 | 15.9:1 | 32% (302) |
| 2010-11 | 964 | 69 | 14.0:1 | 22% (215) |
| 2000-01 | 1,156 | 78 | 14.8:1 | 13% (154) |
| 1990-91 | 1,432 | 82 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WEST SENECA EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About WEST SENECA EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
WEST SENECA EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a high school in WEST SENECA, New York, reachable at (716) 677-3300. The school enrolls 779 students, from grades 9 through 12.
WEST SENECA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT is responsible for 9 schools, WEST SENECA EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL included, with 5,870 students in all.
At 78%, White students outnumber all other groups at WEST SENECA EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL combined. After that, the student body is 8% Black, 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. WEST SENECA EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL has a diversity index of 38%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its 68 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 11.4:1. High schools in New York have a similar average ratio of 11.0:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 37%. For comparison, public schools in Erie County average 51%.
Measured against New York public high schools, WEST SENECA EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
WEST SENECA EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL scores 66.0% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 61.5%.
Erie County census figures show that median household income is about $72,839, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. A total of 226 public schools operate in Erie County, serving about 122,519 students.
EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL is the public school closest to WEST SENECA EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, WEST SENECA EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks 2nd of 8 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 number of students dropped from 801 to 779 over 4 years. By 2024-25, the school had 11.4 students per teacher, compared with 12.5 in 2020-21.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at WEST SENECA EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. 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 WEST SENECA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WEST SENECA WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,069 students
- WEST MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 778 students
- WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 680 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 MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 778 students
- WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 680 students
- CLINTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 629 students
- EAST MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 567 students
- ALLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 509 students
Nearby schools
- EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 567
- WESTERN PSYCHIATRIC CENTER0.7 mi · 34
- CLINTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 629
- WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL2.0 mi · 778
- NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 437
- WEST SENECA WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL2.3 mi · 1,069
Frequently asked questions
About WEST SENECA EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend WEST SENECA EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
WEST SENECA EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 779 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does WEST SENECA EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serve?
WEST SENECA EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at WEST SENECA EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 11.4:1 students per teacher at WEST SENECA EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at WEST SENECA EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at WEST SENECA EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 78% White, 7% Hispanic, 8% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is WEST SENECA EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL in?
WEST SENECA EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is part of WEST SENECA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.