📍 4150 Maple Rd, Amherst, Erie County, 14226
Sweet Home Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Amherst, Erie County. The school has 768 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Sweet Home Central School District school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 73.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.5:1. 52% of students are proficient in reading. 21% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Sweet Home Middle School enrolls 768 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 73.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 56% White, 22% Black or African American and 11% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 429 | 56% |
| Black or African American | 169 | 22% |
| Asian | 81 | 11% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 44 | 5.7% |
| Two or more races | 42 | 5.5% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
413 of the school's 768 students (54%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 411 qualify for free lunch and 2 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Sweet Home Middle 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 61, state house district 146.
Sweet Home Middle School is one of 6 schools in SWEET HOME CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, based in AMHERST, New York. The district serves 3,850 students district-wide and employs 309 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 768 students, Sweet Home Middle School is larger than the district average of about 642 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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