The East Aurora Union Free School District is located in Erie County and is twenty miles south of Buffalo, New York.  The District is one of twenty-seven schools who participate and share services within the Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES.  

The District is recognized for outstanding academic results, as well as student achievements in athletic and music competitions.  Students succeed in East Aurora through the efforts of caring parents, an outstanding and dedicated staff, and a supportive community.


mapThe District enrolls approximately 1919 students, located in the following three schools: 

Parkdale Elementary, a K-4 building with 651 students;
Middle School, grades 5-8 with 563 students; and
High School, with grades 9-12, offers a comprehensive educational program for 705 students.

Seven members serve on our Board of EducationWe currently are educating approximately 2100 students in four schools, and serve a Town of Aurora population of nearly 14,000 residents.



 

District highlights include:

•   East Aurora schools rank 3rd among one hundred schools listed regionally in a Business First publication
•   Cutting edge technology applications and training help District students to meet and exceed the higher standards
•   Parkdale Community Garden, Crossroads Spring Institute, PTO Purchase of Smartboards, Intercultural Exchange Program, Literacy Night, Art Show and Off to Summer
•   Ranked #9  Public Middle School in WNY
•   61% of 2010 HS graduates received Regents Diplomas with Advanced Designation, among the highest percentage of any public school in WNY
•   12 Advanced Placement Courses with programs in Math/Science/Technology and International Studies
•   70% participation in interscholastic athletics, with 7 state championship teams, 18 sectional championship teams and 5 individual state champions since 2005
•   Active partnerships link East Aurora Schools with many local civic groups
•   Completion of a capital project in 2009 that modernized the school buildings and improved athletic fields



The East AuroraSchool District was founded in 1883 with a building at the Main Streetlocation of the current Middle and upper elementary schools. Thecurrent building, now the Middle School, was erected in 1895, with several additions andmodernizations through the years.

Otherschools were added in the middle of the last century: ParkdaleElementary, West Falls Elementary and Southside Elementary, the lattertwo closing in the 1980s due to declining enrollment. A new high schoolwas built in the center of the township in 1971 to house grades 9-12 at1003 Center Street.

Each building benefited from a $14 million reconstruction project completed in 1998. In 2007, voters approved approved a $24 million Capital Facilities Project that placed an addition onto Parkdale Elementary School, converting it from a K-2 to a K-4 elementary school. The project also includes renovations at the High School (9-12) and Middle School (5-8).