WILLIAMSVILLE SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL

As a middle-of-the-pack senior high in WILLIAMSVILLE, New York, WILLIAMSVILLE SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL teaches 796 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within WILLIAMSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.

WILLIAMSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 9,598 students. WILLIAMSVILLE SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, WILLIAMSVILLE SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL reports that 74% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school shows 8% Asian, 7% Black, 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. Compared to Erie County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 72 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 11.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 28% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Erie County (around 51%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), WILLIAMSVILLE SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL sits in the top 10% of New York schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 64.9%; actual is 88.5%, +23.6 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Erie County indicate median household earnings sit near $72,839, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Erie County runs 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,519 students), of which WILLIAMSVILLE SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: MILL MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WILLIAMSVILLE SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, WILLIAMSVILLE SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 68.1%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 18%: 974 students in 2018 compared to 796 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 79% to 74% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 in 2025.

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