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Lewis J Bennett High School Of Innovative Technolgy

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
2885 Main St
Buffalo, NY 14214
Phone
(716) 816-4250
District
BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
ERIE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
435
Classroom Teachers
42

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New York

2

(10 is best)

Better than 12.2% of all NY schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

2

(10 is best)

Lewis J Bennett High School Of Innovative Technolgy Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

80 60 40 20 0
45%
65%
74%
78%
16%
53%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
10
10
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 144 33.1%
Grade 10 103 23.7%
Grade 11 94 21.6%
Grade 12 94 21.6%
Total 435 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 6.9% 17.9% 42.2%
Black 65.6% 44.4% 16.4%
Hispanic 16.2% 21.7% 30.1%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 10.7% 15.4% 10.3%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.7% 0.6% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 86.9% 84.8% 53.7%
Free lunch eligible 86.9% 84.8% 51.2%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.0% 0.0% 2.6%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 276,397 19,571,216
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 6,845.1 413
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.1% 5.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 19.3% 17.7%
20-44 YEARS OLD 38.1% 33.4%
45-64 YEARS OLD 22.7% 25.9%
65 OR OLDER 13.8% 17.4%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 119,548 7,668,956
Single Parent Households With Children 12.1% 7.8%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 86.6% 87.9%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 30.3% 39.6%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 9.3% 26.5%
$100,000 - $149,999 11.9% 16.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 11.1% 11.4%
$50,000 - $74,999 16.2% 13.8%
$30,000 - $49,999 17.2% 12.1%
$15,000 - $29,999 16.1% 9.7%
$15,000 or less 18.3% 9.7%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $14,715 $439,486,000 42.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,426 $42,579,000 4.1%
Staff $1,503 $44,884,000 4.4%
General Administration $210 $6,275,000 0.6%
School Administration $1,609 $48,053,000 4.7%
Operation $2,134 $63,738,000 6.2%
Transportation $1,770 $52,856,000 5.1%
Other $841 $25,124,000 2.4%
Total Support $9,493 $283,509,000 27.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $10,237 $305,724,000 29.7%
Total Expenditures $34,444 $1,028,719,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $18,290 $46,325,753,000 57.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $766 $1,940,420,000 2.4%
Staff $1,213 $3,072,691,000 3.8%
General Administration $408 $1,032,797,000 1.3%
School Administration $1,144 $2,897,632,000 3.6%
Operation $2,258 $5,718,874,000 7.1%
Transportation $1,460 $3,697,044,000 4.6%
Other $779 $1,972,819,000 2.4%
Total Support $8,027 $20,332,277,000 25.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $5,552 $14,062,158,000 17.4%
Total Expenditures $31,869 $80,720,188,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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