# KENMORE WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL *Machine-readable school profile — served at https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/kenmore-west-senior-high-school-buffalo/llm* Full profile (human-readable): https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/kenmore-west-senior-high-school-buffalo --- ## Core identification - **NCES School ID**: `361623001412` - **School name**: KENMORE WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL - **Location**: BUFFALO, NY 14223 - **Address**: 33 HIGHLAND PKY - **District**: KENMORE-TONAWANDA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT (LEAID `3616230`) - **Sector**: Public - **School type**: Regular - **School level**: High - **Grade range**: 8–12 - **Coordinates**: 42.97360, -78.86390 - **Phone**: (716)874-8401 - **Wikidata QID**: Q6389475 — Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenmore_West_Senior_High_School - **Founded**: 1939 ## Enrollment (2024) - **Students**: 1,235 - **Teachers (FTE)**: 119 - **Student-teacher ratio**: 10.4:1 - **Free/reduced lunch**: 46.0% ## State accountability rating - **System**: NY ESSA - **Year**: 2025 - **Overall rating**: Additional Targeted Support and Improvement - **Indicators**: - HS Grad Rate: 2 - HS Core Performance: 3 - HS CCCR: 3 - HS Attendance: 3 - HS ELP: 3 - EM Growth: 1 - EM Core Performance: 3 - EM Weight Performance: 2 - HS Weight Performance: 3 - EM Attendance: 3 - EM ELP: s - overall_status: Additional Targeted Support and Improvement ## Academic performance (state assessments) ### 2025 - **Overall (NY ESSA)**: 38.0% proficient - **Overall Status (NY ESSA)**: 38.0% proficient ## Graduation rates - **2024**: 89.0% (cohort of 222) - **2021**: 91.0% (cohort of 282) - **2019**: 90.0% (cohort of 314) - **2018**: 92.0% (cohort of 301) - **2017**: 90.0% (cohort of 315) ## SAT/ACT participation (2020) - **SAT/ACT takers**: 44 ## Attendance - **2020**: chronic absence 15.9% (219 students) [source: crdc_2020] - **2020**: chronic absence 1.4% (18 students) [source: crdc] - **2017**: chronic absence 0.6% (8 students) [source: crdc] - **2015**: chronic absence 27.1% (346 students) [source: crdc] ## Discipline (latest CRDC year) - **Year**: 2020 - **In-school suspensions**: 4 - **Out-of-school suspensions**: 0 - **Expulsions**: 0 ## Demographics (2023) - **White**: 0.9% - **Hispanic/Latino**: 9.0% - **Black/African American**: 3.2% - **Asian**: 8.0% - **American Indian/Alaska Native**: 74.3% - **Pacific Islander**: 0.0% - **Two or more races**: 4.6% - **Free/reduced lunch eligible**: 51.3% ## Inclusion — IDEA & English Learners (2017) - **Students with IEP (IDEA)**: 19.0% — 242 students - **English Learners**: 1.4% — 18 students ## Disability category breakdown (CRDC) - **Specific Learning Disability**: 131 students - **Other Health Impairment**: 63 students - **Emotional Disturbance**: 21 students - **Autism**: 11 students - **Visual Impairment**: 6 students - **Speech/Language Impairment**: 5 students - **Intellectual Disability**: 2 students - **Multiple Disabilities**: 1 students - **Traumatic Brain Injury**: 1 students ## Programs & enrichment - Advanced Placement (AP) - International Baccalaureate (IB) ## Finance ### School-level (ESSA 2024-2025) - **Total per-pupil expenditure**: $26,522 - **Federal share**: $1,830 - **State + local share**: $24,692 - **Enrolled for PPE calc**: 1,269 ### District F-33 (2022) - **District per-pupil revenue**: $31,656,469 - **Federal share**: 13.9% - **State share**: 38.2% - **Local share**: 47.9% - **Instructional spending per pupil**: $16,976,900 ## Neighbourhood (ACS 2019-2023) - **Median household income**: $86,750 - **Poverty rate**: 7.3% - **Bachelor's degree or higher**: 60.7% - **Unemployment**: 3.2% - **Median gross rent**: $897 - **Foreign-born residents**: 1.7% - **Single-parent households**: 7.6% ## Environmental context - **Nearest Superfund (NPL)**: 10.0 miles (HOOKER S AREA) - **Toxic Release Inventory sites within 1 mile**: 0 - **TRI sites within 5 miles**: 85 - **Nearest brownfield**: 2.67 miles (BLACK ROCK YARD CSX) ### Water safety - **Public water system**: ECWA DIRECT - **SDWA health violations (10 yr)**: 0 - **Acute violations (10 yr)**: 0 - **Most recent violation**: 2017-04-01 ### Air quality - **PM2.5 annual average**: 5.87049 μg/m³ (EPA std: 9) - **Nearest monitor**: 4.9 miles ## Nearby schools performing better ### chronic absence - **HERBERT HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL** — 0.6 mi away, 0.65% (this school: 1.41%) - **HERBERT HOOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL** — 0.6 mi away, 0.67% (this school: 1.41%) - **CHARLES A LINDBERGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL** — 0.7 mi away, 0% (this school: 1.41%) - **THOMAS A EDISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL** — 1.3 mi away, 0.5% (this school: 1.41%) - **PS 81** — 1.5 mi away, 1.06% (this school: 1.41%) ### ela proficiency - **THOMAS A EDISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL** — 1.3 mi away, 46% (this school: 38%) - **NORTH PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL #50** — 1.7 mi away, 57% (this school: 38%) - **TAPESTRY CHARTER SCHOOL** — 2.2 mi away, 39% (this school: 38%) - **PS 64 FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED** — 2.3 mi away, 71% (this school: 38%) - **WINDERMERE BLVD SCHOOL** — 2.4 mi away, 42% (this school: 38%) ### graduation rate - **KENMORE EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL** — 1.9 mi away, 93% (this school: 89%) - **TAPESTRY CHARTER SCHOOL** — 2.2 mi away, 92% (this school: 89%) - **TONAWANDA MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL** — 3.0 mi away, 92% (this school: 89%) - **AMHERST CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL** — 3.8 mi away, 96% (this school: 89%) - **FREDERICK OLMSTED #156** — 4.0 mi away, 95% (this school: 89%) ### math proficiency - **NORTH PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL #50** — 1.7 mi away, 62% (this school: 56.67%) - **KENMORE EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL** — 1.9 mi away, 62.67% (this school: 56.67%) - **PS 64 FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED** — 2.3 mi away, 68% (this school: 56.67%) - **SWEET HOME MIDDLE SCHOOL** — 3.0 mi away, 60.2% (this school: 56.67%) - **TONAWANDA MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL** — 3.0 mi away, 68.2% (this school: 56.67%) ## Related data feeds - **Profile (human)**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/kenmore-west-senior-high-school-buffalo - **Performance**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/kenmore-west-senior-high-school-buffalo/performance - **Finance**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/kenmore-west-senior-high-school-buffalo/finance - **Demographics**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/kenmore-west-senior-high-school-buffalo/demographics - **Inclusion**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/kenmore-west-senior-high-school-buffalo/inclusion - **Context (neighbourhood)**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/kenmore-west-senior-high-school-buffalo/context - **Attendance**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/kenmore-west-senior-high-school-buffalo/attendance - **Discipline**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/kenmore-west-senior-high-school-buffalo/discipline - **Outcomes**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/kenmore-west-senior-high-school-buffalo/outcomes - **Workforce**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/kenmore-west-senior-high-school-buffalo/workforce --- *Source: US Dept of Education CCD, EDFacts, CRDC, F-33; US Census ACS; EPA SDWIS, TRI, NPL, AQS; state DOE portals (CA CDE, TX TEA, FL DOE, NY NYSED, IL ISBE, WA OSPI). 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