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How has WILLIAMSVILLE EAST HIGH SCHOOL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
940
High
DISTRICT 1,014 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WILLIAMSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 363147004217
WILLIAMSVILLE EAST HIGH SCHOOL
151 PARADISE RD, EAST AMHERST, NY 14051 · (716) 626-8400 · Erie County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL940 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 96% of New York public high schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
12.4:1
76 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
149 students
DISTRICT 22% · 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 | 230 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 225 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 245 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 239 | 25% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
96.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -2.0pp since 2023
Math
85.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 96 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 96.0% | 85.0% |
| 2023-24 | 98.0% | 91.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
92.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+23.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 93% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 69% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 24 points, placing it in New York's top 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 WILLIAMSVILLE EAST HIGH SCHOOL
WILLIAMSVILLE EAST HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (92.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILLIAMSVILLE EAST HIGH SCHOOL this school | 940 | 15.9% | 92.8% |
| ROSLYN HIGH SCHOOL ROSLYN HEIGHTS | 1,086 | 16.5% | 86.8% |
| ARDSLEY HIGH SCHOOL ARDSLEY | 755 | 15.8% | 88.0% |
| NISKAYUNA HIGH SCHOOL SCHENECTADY | 1,379 | 21.7% | 81.7% |
| MANHASSET SECONDARY SCHOOL MANHASSET | 1,031 | 9.9% | 87.8% |
| GREAT NECK NORTH HIGH SCHOOL GREAT NECK | 1,155 | 26.8% | 92.3% |
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 WILLIAMSVILLE EAST HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 92.8% | #33 of 1,135 | #3 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #94 of 1,109 ▼ 2 | #6 of 51 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 96.0% | #60 of 1,135 ▼ 10 | #1 of 51 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 940 | #258 of 1,216 | #13 of 56 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #756 of 1,058 | #44 of 50 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.0% | #398 of 1,070 | #25 of 50 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.9% | #1,122 of 1,167 | #49 of 53 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.8% | #545 of 743 | #27 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
940
-41 (-4%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 864
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 940 | 75.8 | 12.4:1 | 16% (149) |
| 2023-24 | 973 | 78.2 | 12.4:1 | 16% (160) |
| 2022-23 | 981 | 80.1 | 12.3:1 | 17% (171) |
| 2020-21 | 981 | 78 | 12.6:1 | 13% (127) |
| 2017-18 | 1,009 | 70.6 | 14.3:1 | 8% (83) |
| 2015-16 | 1,054 | 71 | 14.8:1 | 8% (82) |
| 2010-11 | 1,085 | 79 | 13.7:1 | 7% (79) |
| 2000-01 | 1,030 | 64 | 16.1:1 | 2% (20) |
| 1990-91 | 864 | 63 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WILLIAMSVILLE EAST HIGH SCHOOL.
About WILLIAMSVILLE EAST HIGH SCHOOL
WILLIAMSVILLE EAST HIGH SCHOOL operates as a mid-sized high school in EAST AMHERST, New York. The school runs grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 940 students. That compares with an average of about 668 students for high schools in New York.
Besides WILLIAMSVILLE EAST HIGH SCHOOL, WILLIAMSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 12 other schools. The district enrolls 9,598 students.
Of every 100 students at WILLIAMSVILLE EAST HIGH SCHOOL, about 63 are White. After that, the student body is 24% Asian, 5% multiracial, 4% Black, and 4% Hispanic. Among all residents of Erie County, the White share is about 74%. The diversity index for WILLIAMSVILLE EAST HIGH SCHOOL is 54%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Classroom staffing at WILLIAMSVILLE EAST HIGH SCHOOL totals 75.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.4:1. Statewide, high schools in New York average 11.0:1. Federal data show 16% of students (149) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Erie County average 51%.
WILLIAMSVILLE EAST HIGH SCHOOL holds an A+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 96% of New York public high schools.
In New York, WILLIAMSVILLE EAST HIGH SCHOOL is one of the top 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 92.8% compared with a predicted 69.2%.
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.
TRANSIT MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.5 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. WILLIAMSVILLE EAST HIGH SCHOOL is 1st of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Under the NCES locale system, WILLIAMSVILLE EAST HIGH SCHOOL is Suburb: Large.
From 981 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 940 by 2024-25.
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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 WILLIAMSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WILLIAMSVILLE NORTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,307 students
- TRANSIT MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 912 students
- WILLIAMSVILLE SOUTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 796 students
- MILL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 790 students
- MAPLE WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 670 students
- HEIM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 661 students
Other schools in EAST AMHERST
- TRANSIT MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 912 students
- CASEY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 606 students
- DODGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 590 students
Nearby schools
- TRANSIT MIDDLE SCHOOL0.5 mi · 912
- COUNTRY PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 566
- MAPLE EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 597
- CASEY MIDDLE SCHOOL1.9 mi · 606
- WILLIAMSVILLE NORTH HIGH SCHOOL2.0 mi · 1,307
- DODGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 590
Frequently asked questions
About WILLIAMSVILLE EAST HIGH SCHOOLHow large is WILLIAMSVILLE EAST HIGH SCHOOL?
WILLIAMSVILLE EAST HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 940 students in grades 09-12.
Is WILLIAMSVILLE EAST HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
WILLIAMSVILLE EAST HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does WILLIAMSVILLE EAST HIGH SCHOOL have?
WILLIAMSVILLE EAST HIGH SCHOOL employs 76 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.4:1.
What is the student diversity at WILLIAMSVILLE EAST HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at WILLIAMSVILLE EAST HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 63% White, 4% Hispanic, 4% Black, 24% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees WILLIAMSVILLE EAST HIGH SCHOOL?
WILLIAMSVILLE EAST HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by WILLIAMSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Erie County.
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