📍 33 Highland Pky, Buffalo, Erie County, 14223
Kenmore West Senior High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Buffalo, Erie County. The school has 1,358 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Kenmore-Tonawanda Union Free School District school district. It serves grades 8–12 in a suburban setting. The school employs 143.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 9.5:1. 57% of students are proficient in reading. 74% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 90%. The school offers 14 AP courses, dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Kenmore West Senior High School enrolls 1,358 students across grades 8–12. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 143.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 9.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 69% White, 11% Hispanic or Latino and 8.6% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 936 | 69% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 143 | 11% |
| Black or African American | 117 | 8.6% |
| Two or more races | 86 | 6.3% |
| Asian | 66 | 4.9% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 6 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
690 of the school's 1,358 students (51%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 625 qualify for free lunch and 65 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Kenmore West Senior High School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NY At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 60, state house district 140.
Kenmore West Senior High School is one of 9 schools in KENMORE-TONAWANDA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, based in BUFFALO, New York. The district serves 6,505 students district-wide and employs 638 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,358 students, Kenmore West Senior High School is larger than the district average of about 723 students per school.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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