Buffalo Ledger

Lancaster High School had the highest enrollment among Erie County schools, welcoming 1,649 students during the 2023-24 academic year, according to the New York State Education Department.

Data also showed that most of the students were white, representing 89.2% of the Lancaster High School's total enrollment.

Among the 193 schools in Erie County, Orchard Park High School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 1,389 students, while Frontier Senior High School welcomed 1,308 students and came in third in the 2023-24 school year.

Lancaster High School is part of Lancaster Central School District, which roughly covers seven schools within Erie County and has a main office in Lancaster.

In the previous school year, Lancaster High School also had the highest number of students among Erie County schools.

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 improve students' school performance.

New York State has proposed a $45.8 billion education budget for the upcoming fiscal year. This represents a $1.5 billion increase compared to the previous year. The most significant portion of this budget is allocated to schools, with a total of $35.3 billion proposed. The new budget aims at increasing funds for Foundation Aid by $507 million, mainly driven by rising inflation in the U.S.

School name	City	Total School Enrollment
Lancaster High School	Lancaster	1,649
Orchard Park High School	Orchard Park	1,389
Frontier Senior High School	Hamburg	1,308
Williamsville North High School	Williamsville	1,307
William Street School	Lancaster	1,300
Kenmore West Senior High School	Buffalo	1,277
Clarence Senior High School	Clarence	1,255
Hutchinson Central Technical High School	Buffalo	1,162
West Seneca West Senior High School	West Seneca	1,116
Sweet Home Senior High School	Amherst	1,091
Frontier Middle School	Hamburg	1,077
City Honors School	Buffalo	1,056
Orchard Park Middle School	Orchard Park	1,055
Kenmore East Senior High School	Tonawanda	1,054
Hamburg High School	Hamburg	995
International School	Buffalo	987
Clarence Middle School	Clarence	985
Union East Elementary School	Cheektowaga	976
Williamsville East High School	East Amherst	973
Mckinley Vocational High School	Buffalo	941
Frederick Olmsted #156	Buffalo	922
Transit Middle School	East Amherst	899
Tonawanda Middle/High School	Tonawanda	889
Amherst Central High School	Amherst	885
Grand Island Senior High School	Grand Island	883
Cayuga Heights Elementary School	Depew	872
Lancaster Middle School	Lancaster	848
Williamsville South High School	Williamsville	823
Southside Elementary School	Buffalo	809
Sweet Home Middle School	Amherst	800
West Seneca East Senior High School	West Seneca	774
Waterfront Elementary School	Buffalo	772
West Middle School	West Seneca	768
Herbert Hoover Middle School	Buffalo	764
Windermere Blvd School	Amherst	761
P.S. 81	Buffalo	756
Hamburg Middle School	Hamburg	751
Mill Middle School	Williamsville	727
South Park High School	Buffalo	726
West Hertel Elementary School	Buffalo	718
Ellicott Road Elementary School	Orchard Park	717
Parkdale Elementary School	East Aurora	704
West Elementary School	West Seneca	699
Cheektowaga High School	Cheektowaga	687
Lake Shore Senior High School	Angola	680
Smallwood Drive School	Amherst	679
Eden Middle & High School	Eden	677
Maple West Elementary School	Williamsville	674
Lorraine Elementary School	Buffalo	668
Union Pleasant Avenue Elementary School	Hamburg	662
Cheektowaga Middle School	Cheektowaga	661
Heim Elementary School	Williamsville	657
Cleveland Hill Elementary School	Cheektowaga	654
Amherst Middle School	Amherst	648
Maryvale High School	Cheektowaga	648
Casey Middle School	East Amherst	646
Lackawanna High School	Lackawanna	645
Veronica E. Connor Middle School	Grand Island	637
Lovejoy Discovery School #43	Buffalo	626
Iroquois Senior High School	Elma	625
Maple East Elementary School	Williamsville	624
Ben Franklin Middle School	Buffalo	616
Windom Elementary School	Orchard Park	615
International Preparatory School	Buffalo	614
Clinton Elementary School	West Seneca	612
Eggert Road Elementary School	Orchard Park	609
Frank A. Sedita School #30	Buffalo	604
Heim Middle School	Williamsville	603
Bennett Park Montessori School	Buffalo	601
Thomas A. Edison Elementary School	Tonawanda	601
Dodge Elementary School	East Amherst	600
Herbert Hoover Elementary School	Buffalo	599
East Middle School	West Seneca	591
Maryvale Primary School	Cheektowaga	588
Country Parkway Elementary School	Williamsville	580
Pinehurst Elementary School	Lake View	577
Buffalo Academy for the Visual & Performing Arts	Buffalo	575
P.S. 64 Frederick Law Olmsted	Buffalo	572
Martin Road Elementary School	Lackawanna	570
Dr. Lydia T. Wright School of Excellence	Buffalo	569
Big Tree Elementary School	Hamburg	563
Depew High School	Depew	561
P.S. 59 Dr. Charles Drew Science Magnet	Buffalo	561
Stanley Makowski Early Childhood Center	Buffalo	554
Akron Elementary School	Akron	547
Discovery School	Buffalo	545
Pfc William J. Grabiarz #79	Buffalo	545
Cloverbank Elementary School	Hamburg	531
East Aurora High School	East Aurora	528
Buffalo Elementary School of Technology	Buffalo	522
Allendale Elementary School	West Seneca	521
Sheridan Hill Elementary School	Williamsville	521
D'youville-Porter Campus	Buffalo	520
Springville Elementary School	Springville	517
Forest Elementary School	Williamsville	513
Harvey Austin School #97	Buffalo	507
Harriet Ross Tubman Academy	Buffalo	506
Griffith Institute High School	Springville	502
Maryvale Intermediate School	Cheektowaga	501
P.S. 27 Hillery Park Academy	Buffalo	499
Alden Senior High School	Alden	496
East Aurora Middle School	East Aurora	495
Maryvale Middle School	Cheektowaga	494
Maplemere Elementary School	Amherst	489
Blasdell Elementary School	Blasdell	486
Iroquois Middle School	Elma	482
Ledgeview Elementary School	Clarence	478
Herman Badillo Bilingual Academy	Buffalo	472
Lake Shore Middle School	Angola	470
Charles A. Lindbergh Elementary School	Buffalo	463
Harris Hill Elementary School	Williamsville	463
Ben Franklin Elementary School	Buffalo	460
Burgard High School	Buffalo	460
Community School #53	Buffalo	459
Hillview Elementary School	Lancaster	454
Gowanda Elementary School	Gowanda	450
Dr. A. Pantoja Comm School Excllnce -#18	Buffalo	449
Northwood Elementary School	West Seneca	442
Lafayette International School	Buffalo	440
Lackawanna Middle School	Lackawanna	440
Huth Road School	Grand Island	439
Charlotte Sidway School	Grand Island	436
Lewis J. Bennett High School of Innovative Technolgy	Buffalo	435
Buffalo School of Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management	Buffalo	435
Glendale Elementary School	Tonawanda	434
P.S. 69 Houghton Academy	Buffalo	434
Winchester-Potters Elementary School	West Seneca	430
Marva J. Daniel Futures Preparatory School	Buffalo	424
Depew Middle School	Depew	421
Heritage Heights Elementary School	Amherst	418
Martin Luther King Junior #48	Buffalo	418
Truman Elementary School	Lackawanna	406
Kaegebein School	Grand Island	405
P.S. 74 Hamlin Park - Claude and Ouida Clapp Academy	Buffalo	404
Charlotte Avenue Elementary School	Hamburg	395
John A. Sciole Elementary School	Depew	394
Willow Ridge Elementary School	Amherst	394
South Davis Elementary School	Orchard Park	393
Math Science Technology Preparatory School at 197	Buffalo	389
Highgate Heights	Buffalo	384
Akron High School	Akron	383
Clarence Center Elementary School	Clarence Center	377
Emerson School of Hospitality	Buffalo	371
Cleveland Hill High School	Cheektowaga	369
John F. Kennedy Senior High School	Cheektowaga	367
Griffith Institute Middle School	Springville	366
Highland Elementary School	Derby	364
Como Park Elementary School	Lancaster	364
Leonardo Da Vinci High School	Buffalo	361
Native American Magnet	Buffalo	357
North Park Community School #50	Buffalo	356
Alden Middle School	Alden	356
Dr. George Blackman Ecc	Buffalo	345
G. L. Priess Primary School	Eden	344
East Community School	Buffalo	341
Theodore Roosevelt School	Cheektowaga	339
Alden Intermediate School	Alden	338
Riverside Academy High School	Buffalo	332
Bilingual Center	Buffalo	330
North Collins Elementary School	North Collins	327
Build Community School	Buffalo	325
Armor Elementary School	Hamburg	315
Cleveland Hill Middle School	Cheektowaga	315
P.S. 61 Arthur O. Eve School of Distinction	Buffalo	314
John T. Waugh Elementary School	Angola	313
Middle Early College High School	Buffalo	312
Elma Primary School	Elma	298
Alden Primary at Townline	Alden	290
Court Street Elementary School	Lancaster	290
Eden Elementary School	Eden	290
P.S. 82	Buffalo	288
John F. Kennedy Middle School	Cheektowaga	283
Harold O. Brumsted Elementary School	Holland	283
Holmes Elementary School	Tonawanda	281
P.S. 17	Buffalo	278
Akron Middle School	Akron	273
P.S. 65 Roosevelt Ecc	Buffalo	272
Woodrow Wilson Elementary School	Sloan	271
A. J. Schmidt Elementary School	Angola	241
North Collins Junior-Senior High School	North Collins	236
Holland High School	Holland	225
Wales Primary School	East Aurora	224
Holland Middle School	Holland	224
Boston Valley Elementary School	Hamburg	224
Marilla Primary School	Marilla	216
Iroquois Intermediate School	Elma	210
Colden Elementary School	Colden	200
Research Laboratory High School-Bioinformatic	Buffalo	181
P.S. 84	Buffalo	146
Pathways Academy	Buffalo	107
Randolph Academy Hamburg Campus	Hamburg	83
Academy School	Buffalo	78
P.S. 42 Occupational Training Center	Buffalo	63