Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5
Willow Ridge Elementary School, Amherst, NY
Enrollment and teachers
- Students
- 427
- Teachers (FTE)
- 35.0
- Students per teacher
- 12.2
- Grades
- PK to 5
This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 12.3. The New York average across schools is 11.4. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.
School details
- Address
- 480 Willow Ridge Dr, Amherst, NY 14228
- Phone
- (716)250-1575
- County
- Erie County
- Level
- Elementary
- Type
- Regular
- Status
- Open
- Charter
- No
- Virtual
- No
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- NCES school ID
- 362850003833
School meals
- Free lunch
- 126
- Reduced-price lunch
- 7
- Free or reduced-price lunch
- 13331.1% of enrollment.
- Community Eligibility Provision
- Yes (CEP school)
Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.
Related schools
Other elementary schools in Sweet Home Central School District
- Maplemere Elementary School 488 students
- Heritage Heights Elementary School 452 students
- Glendale Elementary School 443 students
Elementary schools elsewhere in Amherst
- Windermere Blvd School Amherst Central School District
- Smallwood Drive School Amherst Central School District
We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.