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How has WEST SENECA WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
1,069
High
DISTRICT 924 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST SENECA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 363078004151
WEST SENECA WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
3330 SENECA ST, WEST SENECA, NY 14224 · (716) 677-3350 · Erie County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,069 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 66% of New York public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
12.5:1
85 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
397 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 | 260 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 254 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 281 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 265 | 25% |
| Ungraded | 9 | 1% |
Student demographics
28%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
81.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -3.0pp since 2023
Math
63.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 81.0% | 63.0% |
| 2023-24 | 84.0% | 67.0% |
% 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
69.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% 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 WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
WEST SENECA WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (69.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEST SENECA WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,069 | 37.1% | 69.5% |
| CANANDAIGUA ACADEMY CANANDAIGUA | 998 | 36.7% | 86.7% |
| OSWEGO HIGH SCHOOL OSWEGO | 1,079 | 36.1% | 63.5% |
| SOUTH GLENS FALLS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL SOUTH GLENS FALLS | 939 | 37.4% | 71.8% |
| FRONTIER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL HAMBURG | 1,293 | 35.3% | 75.2% |
| NIAGARA-WHEATFIELD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL SANBORN | 1,041 | 40.1% | 81.2% |
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 WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.5% | #360 of 1,135 | #22 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #385 of 1,109 ▲ 22 | #23 of 51 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #407 of 1,135 ▲ 7 | #21 of 51 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,069 | #222 of 1,216 | #10 of 56 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #774 of 1,058 | #45 of 50 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.5% | #811 of 1,070 | #37 of 50 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.1% | #900 of 1,167 | #34 of 53 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.2% | #343 of 743 | #18 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
1,069
-87 (-8%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 1,109
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 1,069 | 85.5 | 12.5:1 | 37% (397) |
| 2023-24 | 1,116 | 89.3 | 12.5:1 | 41% (455) |
| 2022-23 | 1,110 | 91.5 | 12.1:1 | 43% (478) |
| 2020-21 | 1,156 | 88 | 13.1:1 | 38% (445) |
| 2017-18 | 1,231 | 70 | 17.6:1 | 37% (451) |
| 2015-16 | 1,202 | 73 | 16.5:1 | 32% (386) |
| 2010-11 | 1,378 | 83 | 16.6:1 | 25% (343) |
| 2000-01 | 1,414 | 94 | 15.0:1 | 15% (218) |
| 1990-91 | 1,109 | 73 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WEST SENECA WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About WEST SENECA WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
WEST SENECA WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a large high school for students in WEST SENECA, New York. Enrolled students number 1,069 students, in grades 9 through 12. Statewide, high schools in New York average about 668 students each.
In WEST SENECA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, 9 schools enroll a combined 5,870 students.
White students make up 85% of enrollment at WEST SENECA WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. The remaining shares are 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 2% Black. Census estimates put the White share of Erie County's population at about 74%. Pick two students at random and there is a 28% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The ratio of students to teachers is 12.5:1, with 85.5 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That is 1.5 students per teacher above the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 37%. Among public schools in Erie County, the average eligibility rate is 51%.
Measured against New York public high schools, WEST SENECA WEST 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 WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL scores 69.5% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 61.3%.
Census Bureau estimates for Erie County show that the median household income is $72,839, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. WEST SENECA WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 226 public schools in the county.
The school nearest to WEST SENECA WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL, at a distance of about 0.5 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, WEST SENECA WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL places 1st out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
2024-25 enrollment was 1,069, an 8% decrease from 1,156 in 2020-21.
Discussions about WEST SENECA WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL may include enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 779 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 EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 779 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
- WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL0.5 mi · 778
- WINCHESTER-POTTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 422
- WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 680
- ERIE 1 BOCES1.4 mi · 488
- ALLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 509
- LACKAWANNA MIDDLE SCHOOL1.8 mi · 444
Frequently asked questions
About WEST SENECA WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend WEST SENECA WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
WEST SENECA WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,069 students in grades 09-12.
Is WEST SENECA WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
WEST SENECA WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does WEST SENECA WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL have?
WEST SENECA WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL employs 85 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at WEST SENECA WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
At WEST SENECA WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 85% White, 6% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees WEST SENECA WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
WEST SENECA WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by WEST SENECA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Erie County.
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