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Sweet Home Senior High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
1901 Sweet Home Rd
Amherst, NY 14228
Phone
(716) 250-1203
District
SWEET HOME CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
ERIE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1072
Classroom Teachers
91

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New York

7

(10 is best)

Better than 60.2% of all NY schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

6

(10 is best)

Sweet Home Senior High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

80 60 40 20 0
69%
65%
78%
78%
60%
53%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
12
11
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 260 24.3%
Grade 10 261 24.3%
Grade 11 278 25.9%
Grade 12 257 24.0%
Total 1072 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 59.2% 60.6% 42.2%
Black 22.9% 21.1% 16.4%
Hispanic 7.4% 6.5% 30.1%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 10.3% 11.5% 10.3%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.2% 0.3% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 45.8% 43.4% 53.7%
Free lunch eligible 45.1% 43.0% 51.2%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.7% 0.4% 2.6%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 39,747 19,677,151
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 2,887.6 416
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 3.9% 5.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 23.3% 17.7%
20-44 YEARS OLD 42.7% 33.7%
45-64 YEARS OLD 16.5% 26.0%
65 OR OLDER 13.6% 17.0%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 14,975 7,604,523
Single Parent Households With Children 4.9% 7.8%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 92.7% 87.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 45.9% 38.8%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 11.8% 24.9%
$100,000 - $149,999 16.7% 16.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 14.6% 11.5%
$50,000 - $74,999 18.3% 14.1%
$30,000 - $49,999 16.4% 12.4%
$15,000 - $29,999 12.9% 10.4%
$15,000 or less 9.2% 9.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $13,972 $49,783,000 59.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,044 $3,718,000 4.5%
Staff $479 $1,705,000 2.0%
General Administration $410 $1,461,000 1.8%
School Administration $663 $2,363,000 2.8%
Operation $1,656 $5,900,000 7.1%
Transportation $1,305 $4,648,000 5.6%
Other $571 $2,036,000 2.4%
Total Support $6,127 $21,831,000 26.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,301 $11,762,000 14.1%
Total Expenditures $23,401 $83,376,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $18,290 $46,325,753,000 57.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $766 $1,940,420,000 2.4%
Staff $1,213 $3,072,691,000 3.8%
General Administration $408 $1,032,797,000 1.3%
School Administration $1,144 $2,897,632,000 3.6%
Operation $2,258 $5,718,874,000 7.1%
Transportation $1,460 $3,697,044,000 4.6%
Other $779 $1,972,819,000 2.4%
Total Support $8,027 $20,332,277,000 25.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $5,552 $14,062,158,000 17.4%
Total Expenditures $31,869 $80,720,188,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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