WILLIAMSVILLE EAST HIGH SCHOOL

Located at 151 PARADISE RD, in EAST AMHERST, New York, WILLIAMSVILLE EAST HIGH SCHOOL is a reasonably sized senior high that works with 940 students (grades 9 through 12), part of WILLIAMSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrollment runs roughly 41% above the state mean of about 668.

Within WILLIAMSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 13 schools and 9,598 students, WILLIAMSVILLE EAST HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, WILLIAMSVILLE EAST HIGH SCHOOL shows that White students make up the majority at 63%; the rest is composed of 24% Asian, 5% multiracial, 4% Black, 4% Hispanic. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.

In terms of school funding signals, WILLIAMSVILLE EAST HIGH SCHOOL records 76 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.4:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 16% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Erie County's rate of about 51%.

After controlling for student poverty, WILLIAMSVILLE EAST HIGH SCHOOL ranks in the top 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 69.2%; WILLIAMSVILLE EAST HIGH SCHOOL posts 92.8%, +23.7 points above that line.

Around the school, Erie County reports that the typical household earns roughly $72,839 per year, 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), WILLIAMSVILLE EAST HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: TRANSIT MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WILLIAMSVILLE EAST HIGH SCHOOL at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 78.2%.

WILLIAMSVILLE EAST HIGH SCHOOL operates from a commuter-belt location.

Trend over the last 7 years. WILLIAMSVILLE EAST HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has decreased 7% since 2018, when it stood at 1,009 (now 940). White enrollment moved from 74% to 63% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 today.

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