NCES CCD 2024-25 11 schools NY

Best-Resourced Schools in West Seneca, NY

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11 public K-12 schools in West Seneca from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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11
Schools
6,392
Students
45.3/100
Avg Resource Index
10.9:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, West Seneca has more public-school enrollment than 66% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. West Seneca sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

West Seneca's list includes 3 elementary, 2 middle, and 2 high-school campuses, plus 4 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 64-point gap between Erie 1 Boces and Northwood Elementary School shows the range hidden by West Seneca's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 34%
School count
Top 35%
Resource Index average
71st percentile
Teacher staffing
95th percentile

West Seneca West Senior High School accounts for 16.7% of all West Seneca public-school enrollment

That concentration means West Seneca-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

West Seneca school enrollment varies 31× across entities

West Seneca school enrollment ranges from 34 students (lowest) to 1,069 students (highest), a spread of 1,035 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme heterogeneity inside a single city, with small specialty programs listed alongside large comprehensive campuses. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

West Seneca student-teacher ratio is 10.9:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Erie 1 Boces 90
2. East Middle School 57
3. West Middle School 52
4. West Seneca East Senior High School 44
5. West Seneca West Senior High School 43
6. Clinton Elementary School 42
7. Western Psychiatric Center 42
8. West Elementary School 40
9. Allendale Elementary School 33
10. Winchester-Potters Elementary School 29
11. Northwood Elementary School 26

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in West Seneca

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Northwood Elementary School 55.9/100
  2. 2 Erie 1 Boces 53.3/100
  3. 3 West Seneca East Senior High School 38.0/100
  4. 4 Western Psychiatric Center 36.6/100
  5. 5 Winchester-Potters Elementary School 36.5/100

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Which West Seneca school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Erie 1 Boces has the highest Resource Investment Index among the West Seneca schools in this federal-data comparison at 90/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in West Seneca, NY? ▼

West Seneca has 11 public schools with a total enrollment of 6,392 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 10.9:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.