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How has WINDERMERE BLVD SCHOOL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
738
Elementary
DISTRICT 723 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AMHERST CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360292004289
WINDERMERE BLVD SCHOOL
291 WINDERMERE BLVD, AMHERST, NY 14226 · (716) 362-4100 · Erie County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL738 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 47% of New York public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
65 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
330 students
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 35 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 103 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 126 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 106 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 115 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 115 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 138 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (103) is 25% smaller than its 5th grade class (138).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within AMHERST CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
56.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +14.0pp since 2023
Math
58.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.0% | 58.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 50.0% |
% 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
51.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 WINDERMERE BLVD SCHOOL
WINDERMERE BLVD SCHOOL's state test result (51.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WINDERMERE BLVD SCHOOL this school | 738 | 44.7% | 51.0% |
| PS 236 MILL BASIN BROOKLYN | 599 | 45.1% | 72.8% |
| CLEVELAND HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHEEKTOWAGA | 661 | 57.0% | 43.9% |
| PS 64 FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED BUFFALO | 583 | 39.3% | 72.1% |
| MARYVALE PRIMARY SCHOOL CHEEKTOWAGA | 568 | 53.0% | N/A |
| PS 20 CLINTON HILL BROOKLYN | 689 | 38.5% | 66.6% |
Matched among New York elementary 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 WINDERMERE BLVD SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #1,123 of 2,335 | #45 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #1,139 of 2,342 ▲ 146 | #45 of 115 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #1,098 of 2,343 ▲ 92 | #41 of 115 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 738 | #226 of 2,585 | #10 of 123 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #1,009 of 2,338 | #71 of 119 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.8% | #185 of 2,388 | #15 of 119 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.7% | #1,557 of 2,534 | #61 of 122 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.5% | #1,740 of 1,757 | #67 of 68 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
738
+20 (+3%) vs 2020
+30% since 1990-91, when it was 569
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 738 | 64.8 | 11.4:1 | 45% (330) |
| 2023-24 | 761 | 65.1 | 11.7:1 | 46% (353) |
| 2022-23 | 748 | 64.8 | 11.5:1 | 49% (367) |
| 2020-21 | 718 | 63 | 11.4:1 | 46% (332) |
| 2017-18 | 742 | 62 | 12.0:1 | 46% (344) |
| 2015-16 | 761 | 50 | 15.2:1 | 37% (278) |
| 2010-11 | 719 | 55 | 13.1:1 | 43% (306) |
| 2000-01 | 725 | 54 | 13.4:1 | 33% (237) |
| 1990-91 | 569 | 35 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WINDERMERE BLVD SCHOOL.
About WINDERMERE BLVD SCHOOL
WINDERMERE BLVD SCHOOL is a high-enrollment elementary school with its address in AMHERST, New York. It enrolls 738 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5. The school is 67% larger than the average for elementary schools in New York.
WINDERMERE BLVD SCHOOL is among 4 schools run by AMHERST CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which serves 2,957 students.
At WINDERMERE BLVD SCHOOL, White students make up the biggest share, 44%. Other groups make up 24% Black, 16% Asian, 8% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. County-wide, 74% of Erie County residents are White. A diversity index of 71% means there is a 71% chance two randomly chosen students at WINDERMERE BLVD SCHOOL are from different groups.
The school has 64.8 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 11.4 students per teacher. Statewide, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. Of all students at WINDERMERE BLVD SCHOOL, 45% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, WINDERMERE BLVD SCHOOL lands at B-, ahead of 47% of New York public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 51.0%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 58.5%.
In the surrounding 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 share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. The county's public schools total 226, with about 122,519 students.
WINDERMERE BLVD SCHOOL is about 0.9 miles from BEN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, WINDERMERE BLVD SCHOOL ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around WINDERMERE BLVD SCHOOL as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, WINDERMERE BLVD SCHOOL enrolled 718 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 738.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 AMHERST CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- AMHERST CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 865 students
- SMALLWOOD DRIVE SCHOOLElementary · 708 students
- AMHERST MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 646 students
Other schools in AMHERST
- SWEET HOME SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,105 students
- AMHERST CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 865 students
- SWEET HOME MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 858 students
- SMALLWOOD DRIVE SCHOOLElementary · 708 students
- AMHERST MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 646 students
- MAPLEMERE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 488 students
Nearby schools
- BEN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 460
- BEN FRANKLIN MIDDLE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 654
- HIGHGATE HEIGHTS1.3 mi · 407
- ACADEMY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 70
- AMHERST CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL1.4 mi · 865
- AMHERST MIDDLE SCHOOL1.5 mi · 646
Frequently asked questions
About WINDERMERE BLVD SCHOOLHow many students attend WINDERMERE BLVD SCHOOL?
WINDERMERE BLVD SCHOOL enrolls approximately 738 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does WINDERMERE BLVD SCHOOL serve?
WINDERMERE BLVD SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does WINDERMERE BLVD SCHOOL have?
WINDERMERE BLVD SCHOOL employs 65 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
What is the student diversity at WINDERMERE BLVD SCHOOL?
Student demographics at WINDERMERE BLVD SCHOOL are roughly 44% White, 8% Hispanic, 24% Black, 16% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees WINDERMERE BLVD SCHOOL?
WINDERMERE BLVD SCHOOL is overseen by AMHERST CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Erie County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.