West NY News

The majority of students in Erie County schools during the 2021-22 school year were white, according to the New York State Education Department.

Of the 108,682 students attending Erie County schools, 62.3% were white. Black students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 16.1% of Erie County students.

In the previous school year, white was also the most common student ethnicity in Erie County, representing 62.9% of the student body.

P.S. 65 Roosevelt Ecc had the most even distribution of races among county schools, with 29.5% Black students, 26.5% Hispanic students, 23.5% white students, 10.7% Asian or Pacific Islander students, and 9.7% multiracial students.

Compared to the previous year, total enrollment in public schools in the county dropped by 0.4% in the 2021-22 school year.

In 2022, New York had roughly one teacher for every 12 students, which is lower than the national average of one teacher for every 16 students. A lower student-to-teacher ratio has been found to help improve students' school performance.

A 2021 report from the NYC Center for Innovation Through Data Intelligence revealed racial and gender groups were seeing better outcomes compared to 2013, though significant disparities remained between different groups. Persistent and substantial gaps were observed, particularly between Black and Hispanic students.

School name	Most prevalent ethnicity	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
A. J. Schmidt Elementary School	White	82.3%	277
Academy School	Black	72.6%	95
Akron Elementary School	White	80.7%	553
Akron High School	White	84.4%	454
Akron Middle School	White	79.6%	280
Alden Intermediate School	White	96.3%	320
Alden Middle School	White	94.9%	350
Alden Primary at Townline	White	95%	320
Alden Senior High School	White	95.7%	508
Allendale Elementary School	White	88.3%	545
Amherst Central High School	White	65.5%	875
Amherst Middle School	White	64.8%	694
Armor Elementary School	White	88.7%	275
Ben Franklin Elementary School	White	62.1%	472
Ben Franklin Middle School	White	71.9%	631
Bennett Park Montessori School	Black	53.8%	664
Big Tree Elementary School	White	91.7%	529
Bilingual Center	Hispanic	89.7%	378
Blasdell Elementary School	White	88.1%	477
Boston Valley Elementary School	White	92.7%	219
Buffalo Academy for the Visual & Performing Arts	Black	51%	610
Buffalo Elementary School of Technology	Black	58.7%	559
Buffalo School of Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management	Black	56.3%	384
Build Community School	Black	72.7%	341
Burgard High School	Black	57.1%	443
Casey Middle School	White	72.7%	618
Cayuga Heights Elementary School	White	82.1%	800
Charles A. Lindbergh Elementary School	White	77.3%	472
Charlotte Avenue Elementary School	White	90%	432
Charlotte Sidway School	White	86.8%	470
Cheektowaga High School	Black	39%	693
Cheektowaga Middle School	White	35.4%	590
City Honors School	White	52.5%	1,074
Clarence Center Elementary School	White	93.1%	361
Clarence Middle School	White	86.4%	955
Clarence Senior High School	White	88.2%	1,339
Cleveland Hill Elementary School	White	43.6%	635
Cleveland Hill High School	White	42.4%	389
Cleveland Hill Middle School	White	46.6%	281
Clinton Elementary School	White	86.1%	631
Cloverbank Elementary School	White	92.1%	529
Colden Elementary School	White	88.7%	151
Community School #53	Black	71.4%	483
Como Park Elementary School	White	91.1%	380
Country Parkway Elementary School	White	53.5%	538
Court Street Elementary School	White	96.3%	323
D'youville-Porter Campus	Hispanic	78.5%	609
Depew High School	White	85.1%	530
Depew Middle School	White	81.2%	425
Discovery School	White	62.4%	540
Dodge Elementary School	White	71.3%	561
Dr. A. Pantoja Comm School Excllnce -#18	Black	35.6%	432
Dr. George Blackman Ecc	Black	63.6%	407
Dr. Lydia T. Wright School of Excellence	Black	77%	557
East Aurora High School	White	95.7%	555
East Aurora Middle School	White	91.7%	506
East Community School	Black	61.6%	276
East Middle School	White	81.5%	601
Eden Elementary School	White	93.8%	290
Eden Middle & High School	White	93.2%	696
Eggert Road Elementary School	White	87%	579
Ellicott Road Elementary School	White	93.3%	675
Elma Primary School	White	93.8%	306
Emerson School of Hospitality	Black	60.8%	421
Fletcher Elementary School	White	84.1%	264
Forest Elementary School	White	78%	509
Frank A. Sedita School #30	Hispanic	74.5%	683
Frederick Olmsted #156	Black	34.1%	909
Frontier Middle School	White	87.7%	1,072
Frontier Senior High School	White	89.3%	1,376
G. L. Priess Primary School	White	92.5%	320
Glendale Elementary School	White	64.1%	357
Gowanda Elementary School	White	58.2%	385
Grand Island Senior High School	White	85.5%	929
Griffith Institute High School	White	93.3%	524
Griffith Institute Middle School	White	94.3%	368
Hamburg High School	White	92.2%	1,039
Hamburg Middle School	White	94.2%	754
Harold O. Brumsted Elementary School	White	97.6%	288
Harriet Ross Tubman Academy	Black	56.4%	512
Harris Hill Elementary School	White	88.3%	453
Harvey Austin School #97	Black	67.3%	529
Heim Elementary School	White	77.2%	645
Heim Middle School	White	75.8%	594
Herbert Hoover Elementary School	White	72.5%	556
Herbert Hoover Middle School	White	68.4%	753
Heritage Heights Elementary School	White	54.7%	333
Herman Badillo Bilingual Academy	Hispanic	88.1%	579
Highgate Heights	Black	73.7%	391
Highland Elementary School	White	82.7%	330
Hillview Elementary School	White	92.4%	472
Holland High School	White	95.2%	248
Holland Middle School	White	93.4%	227
Holmes Elementary School	White	49.6%	270
Hutchinson Central Technical High School	Black	34%	1,184
Huth Road School	White	85.3%	415
International Preparatory School	Black	41.7%	597
International School	Black	38.3%	1,000
Iroquois Intermediate School	White	94.1%	153
Iroquois Middle School	White	95.3%	473
Iroquois Senior High School	White	93.5%	672
John A. Sciole Elementary School	White	87.8%	393
John F. Kennedy Middle School	White	74.2%	267
John F. Kennedy Senior High School	White	73.5%	389
John T. Waugh Elementary School	White	55.9%	313
Kaegebein School	White	84.7%	365
Kenmore East Senior High School	White	74.8%	1,106
Kenmore West Senior High School	White	72.4%	1,340
Lackawanna High School	White	67.6%	528
Lackawanna Middle School	White	60.5%	403
Lafayette International School	Black	35.6%	444
Lake Shore Middle School	White	73.9%	505
Lake Shore Senior High School	White	77.4%	659
Lancaster High School	White	91.3%	1,687
Lancaster Middle School	White	89.9%	830
Ledgeview Elementary School	White	86.8%	468
Leonardo Da Vinci High School	Black	40.3%	380
Lewis J. Bennett High School of Innovative Technolgy	Black	57.6%	380
Lorraine Elementary School	White	42.3%	723
Lovejoy Discovery School #43	White	32.8%	558
Maple East Elementary School	White	70.6%	636
Maple West Elementary School	White	76.7%	656
Maplemere Elementary School	White	61.9%	470
Marilla Primary School	White	97.3%	221
Martin Luther King Junior #48	Black	40.3%	382
Martin Road Elementary School	White	60.9%	560
Marva J. Daniel Futures Preparatory School	Black	72.5%	415
Maryvale High School	White	71.5%	645
Maryvale Intermediate School	White	70.4%	477
Maryvale Middle School	White	65.4%	459
Maryvale Primary School	White	66.5%	558
Math Science Technology Preparatory School at 197	Black	62.1%	493
Mckinley Vocational High School	Black	56.6%	984
Middle Early College High School	Black	70.9%	320
Mill Middle School	White	77%	803
Mullen Elementary School	White	84.6%	286
Native American Magnet	Black	39.6%	371
North Collins Elementary School	White	88.4%	277
North Collins Junior-Senior High School	White	92.2%	270
North Park Community School #50	White	61.9%	236
Northwood Elementary School	White	67.6%	521
Orchard Park High School	White	92.7%	1,399
Orchard Park Middle School	White	91.3%	1,066
P.S. 17	Black	57.8%	346
P.S. 27 Hillery Park Academy	White	34.3%	559
P.S. 42 Occupational Training Center	Black	52.2%	69
P.S. 59 Dr. Charles Drew Science Magnet	Black	59.5%	652
P.S. 61 Arthur O. Eve School of Distinction	Black	70.5%	237
P.S. 64 Frederick Law Olmsted	White	56.3%	522
P.S. 65 Roosevelt Ecc	Black	29.5%	298
P.S. 69 Houghton Academy	Black	36.6%	470
P.S. 74 Hamlin Park - Claude and Ouida Clapp Academy	Black	75.5%	413
P.S. 81	Black	42.3%	736
P.S. 82	Black	67.7%	279
P.S. 84	Black	38.7%	155
Parkdale Elementary School	White	94.3%	600
Pathways Academy	Black	54.7%	137
Pfc William J. Grabiarz #79	Black	37.6%	556
Pinehurst Elementary School	White	95.1%	595
Randolph Academy Hamburg Campus	White	63.8%	69
Research Laboratory High School-Bioinformatic	Black	56.3%	197
Riverside Academy High School	Black	42.7%	337
Riverview Elementary School	White	79.7%	354
Sheridan Hill Elementary School	White	83.7%	497
Smallwood Drive School	White	78.1%	597
South Davis Elementary School	White	92.6%	352
South Park High School	White	34.7%	787
Southside Elementary School	White	40.3%	919
Springville Elementary School	White	94.7%	509
Stanley Makowski Early Childhood Center	Black	57.9%	606
Sweet Home Middle School	White	56.7%	765
Sweet Home Senior High School	White	60.8%	1,041
Theodore Roosevelt School	White	66.4%	330
Thomas A. Edison Elementary School	White	82.2%	561
Tonawanda Middle/High School	White	83.7%	1,043
Transit Middle School	White	63%	867
Truman Elementary School	White	64.2%	371
Union East Elementary School	White	37.3%	867
Union Pleasant Avenue Elementary School	White	93.4%	610
Veronica E. Connor Middle School	White	83.1%	656
Wales Primary School	White	95.3%	214
Waterfront Elementary School	Black	44.7%	769
West Elementary School	White	86.2%	636
West Hertel Elementary School	Black	42.8%	739
West Middle School	White	86.8%	801
West Seneca East Senior High School	White	84.5%	805
West Seneca West Senior High School	White	88.6%	1,129
William Street School	White	90.3%	1,256
Williamsville East High School	White	70.5%	962
Williamsville North High School	White	73.3%	1,352
Williamsville South High School	White	78.2%	845
Willow Ridge Elementary School	White	58.4%	368
Winchester-Potters Elementary School	White	78.4%	393
Windermere Blvd School	White	48.7%	762
Windom Elementary School	White	90.6%	636
Woodrow Wilson Elementary School	White	65.5%	287