WINCHESTER-POTTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

WINCHESTER-POTTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a medium-sized primary school in WEST SENECA, New York, one of the schools within WEST SENECA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, hosts 422 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 9 schools in WEST SENECA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (5,870 students total), WINCHESTER-POTTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, WINCHESTER-POTTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 79% of the student body identifies as White; the rest looks like 9% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 5% Black, 2% Asian.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, WINCHESTER-POTTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 41% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Erie County (around 51%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, WINCHESTER-POTTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 59.8%; this one comes in at 31.8%, -28.0 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Erie County put median household income runs about $72,839, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Erie County runs 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,519 students), of which WINCHESTER-POTTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: WEST SENECA WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WINCHESTER-POTTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 45.0%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. WINCHESTER-POTTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has increased 14% since 2018, when it stood at 369 (now 422). White enrollment moved from 83% to 79% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 in 2025.

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