Williamsville Tops Business First School Rankings

The Williamsville Central School District is number one for the fourth straight year in Business First's annual rankings of Western New York's public school systems.

Business First graded 97 districts in the 8 county region.

The rankings use four years of test data compiled by the New York State Education Department.

Each district's score reflects performance at high schools, middle schools and elementary schools. Here's the list of Honor Roll Districts:

1. Williamsville (Erie County) 2. Clarence (Erie County) 3. Amherst (Erie County) 4. Orchard Park (Erie County) 5. Bemus Point (Chautauqua County) 6. East Aurora (Erie County) 7. Iroquois (Erie County) 8. Alden (Erie County) 9. Alfred-Almond (Allegany County) 10. Grand Island (Erie County) 11. Wilson (Niagara County) 12. Sweet Home (Erie County) 13. Hamburg (Erie County) 14. Frontier (Erie County) Other districts: 15. Lancaster (Erie County) 16. Fredonia (Chautauqua County) 17. Akron (Erie County) 18. Eden (Erie County) 19. Pembroke (Genesee County) 20. Lewiston-Porter (Niagara County) 21. Barker (Niagara County) 22. Southwestern (Chautauqua County) 23. LeRoy (Genesee County) 24. Holland (Erie County) 25. Starpoint (Niagara County) 26. West Valley (Cattaraugus County) 27. West Seneca (Erie County) 28. Niagara-Wheatfield (Niagara County) 29. Elba (Genesee County) 30. Chautauqua Lake (Chautauqua County) 31. Westfield (Chautauqua County) 32. Pavilion (Genesee County) 33. Depew (Erie County) 34. Sherman (Chautauqua County) 35. Springville-Griffith Institute (Erie County) 36. Ellicottville (Cattaraugus County) 37. Allegany-Limestone (Cattaraugus County) 38. Newfane (Niagara County) 39. Kendall (Orleans County) 40. Batavia (Genesee County) 41. Silver Creek (Chautauqua County) 42. Lockport (Niagara County) 43. North Tonawanda (Niagara County) 44. Albion (Orleans County) 45. Oakfield-Alabama (Genesee County) 46. Lyndonville (Orleans County) 47. Alexander (Genesee County) 48. Attica (Wyoming County) 49. North Collins (Erie County) 50. Pine Valley (Chautauqua County) 51. Cheektowaga-Maryvale (Erie County) 52. Byron-Bergen (Genesee County) 53. Letchworth (Wyoming County) 54. Yorkshire-Pioneer (Cattaraugus County) 55. Tonawanda (Erie County) 56. Frewsburg (Chautauqua County) 57. Falconer (Chautauqua County) 58. Kenmore-Tonawanda (Erie County) 59. Portville (Cattaraugus County) 60. Royalton-Hartland (Niagara County) 61. Clymer (Chautauqua County) 62. Evans-Brant (Erie County) 63. Fillmore (Allegany County) 64. Perry (Wyoming County) 65. Cheektowaga (Erie County) 66. Medina (Orleans County) 67. Panama (Chautauqua County) 68. Cleveland Hill (Erie County) 69. Randolph (Cattaraugus County) 70. Cuba-Rushford (Allegany County) 71. Wellsville (Allegany County) 72. Cassadaga Valley (Chautauqua County) 73. Belfast (Allegany County) 74. Whitesville (Allegany County) 75. Genesee Valley (Allegany County) 76. Olean (Cattaraugus County) 77. Cheektowaga-Sloan (Erie County) 78. Andover (Allegany County) 79. Brocton (Chautauqua County) 80. Holley (Orleans County) 81. Franklinville (Cattaraugus County) 82. Scio (Allegany County) 83. Forestville (Chautauqua County) 84. Warsaw (Wyoming County) 85. Bolivar-Richburg (Allegany County) 86. Jamestown (Chautauqua County) 87. Ripley (Chautauqua County) 88. Salamanca (Cattaraugus County) 89. Hinsdale (Cattaraugus County) 90. Cattaraugus-Little Valley (Cattaraugus County) 91. Gowanda (Cattaraugus County) 92. Dunkirk (Chautauqua County) 93. Niagara Falls (Niagara County) 94. Canaseraga (Allegany County) 95. Lackawanna (Erie County) 96. Friendship (Allegany County) 97. Buffalo (Erie County)