📍 1901 Sweet Home Rd, Amherst, Erie County, 14228
Sweet Home Senior High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Amherst, Erie County. The school has 1,072 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Sweet Home Central School District school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a suburban setting. The school employs 91.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.8:1. 87% of students are proficient in reading. 93% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 96%. The school offers 6 AP courses, dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Sweet Home Senior High School enrolls 1,072 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 91.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 57% White, 22% Black or African American and 10% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 614 | 57% |
| Black or African American | 237 | 22% |
| Asian | 107 | 10% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 77 | 7.2% |
| Two or more races | 35 | 3.3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
491 of the school's 1,072 students (46%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 483 qualify for free lunch and 8 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 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 61, state house district 146.
Sweet Home Senior High 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 1,072 students, Sweet Home Senior High 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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