Looking to Purchase My First Home

Well Amherst is a good school, so is Maryvale. If you need anyhelp with that wedding I am happy to help. So feel free to ask I live in your area.

We just bought our first home a couple of years ago... we went with depew lancaster border.... paid about 110,000 for the house and we got lancaster schools. we love the neighbourhood lots of kids and really friendly. We are looking to make another move shortly as we need a detached garage. Three bdrm ranch 1 bath. get back if you have any other questions. But i wont leave lancaster school district a friend has worked for them and said she would love her own kids to go there!

A.,
Cheektowaga has some of the highest taxes in the area. Unless you don't mind paying even higher taxes then you should have to, I would look in Cheektowaga after your other choices. Amherst and Williamsville probably have some of the best schools. Your best bet would probably be to look into Amherst (Snyder) area like you mentioned. Hopes this helps!

Hi A., I know it's both exciting and stressful while house shopping. First and foremost my biggest thing to you is not to be in a hurry. There are plenty of homes out there waiting for new owners. DONT RUSH! I speak from experience when I say don't rush.I live in Lakeview a small town within Hamburg. I love it here. The Frontier school districts are great. Well, Im not sure about the high school as of yet, my son is just enetering the High School this coming school year, but the Elementary schools have been FANTASTIC as well as the middle school. As far as South Buffalo goes, I would stay clear of it. I grew up in South Buffalo and it's far from what it used to be. The area is declining and fast. My Mom still lives there and I tell her to get out all of the time. There are houses all over the WNY area within your price range but please stay away from South Buffalo. As far as Cheektowaga goes I don't know much about it other than it's not somewhere I would chose to live. To me it's just to darn busy. Good Luck house hunting and please do not let it get to you, you should enjoy this experience. Best Of Luck

We just recently moved from Cheektowaga(Maryvale) area. My son is only 2 so I never really dealt with the school but I always heard it was a good school district. Just moved to Elma and my son will go to Iroquois schools when it is time. I researched and Iroquois schools are good. Here is an article I just read:

Business First Ranks Top Elementary Schools

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Posted by: Greg Borowski, Producer

Created: 6/1/2007 1:58:32 AM
Updated: 6/1/2007 4:28:47 PM

The top 5 schools are in the suburbs, with most of the schools on the list in the Amherst or Williamsville school districts.

Top 25 schools:
1. Smallwood Drive School (Amherst)
2. Christ the King School (Amherst)
3. Harris Hill Elementary School (Clarence)
4. Eggert Road Elementary School (Orchard Park) 5. Christian Central Academy (Williamsville)
6. P.S. 64 Frederick Law Olmsted (Buffalo)
7. Immaculate Conception School (East Aurora)
8. Ledgeview Elementary School (Clarence)
9. St. Christopher's School (Sweet Home)
10. South Davis Elementary School (Orchard Park) 11. Charlotte Avenue Elementary School (Hamburg) 12. Maple East Elementary School (Williamsville) 13. St. Gregory the Great School (Williamsville) 14. Nardin Academy Elementary School (Buffalo) 15. Country Parkway Elementary School (Williamsville)
16. Nativity of Our Lord School (Orchard Park) 17. Sheridan Hill Elementary School (Clarence) 18. Armor Elementary School (Hamburg)
19. St. John Lutheran School (Niagara-Wheatfield) 20. St. Peter's Lutheran School (Niagara-Wheatfield)
21. Willow Ridge Elementary School (Sweet Home) 22. Errick Road Elementary School (Niagara-Wheatfield)
23. St. Francis of Assisi School (Tonawanda)
24. Forest Elementary School (Williamsville)
25. Maple West Elementary School (Williamsville)

Williamsville Tops Business First School Rankings

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Posted by: Theresa Fulcher, Producer

Created: 5/28/2007 10:30:09 PM
Updated: 5/30/2007 10:31:32 AM

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)

Hope this info helps.