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The most racially diverse public high schools in Erie County, New York

Across Erie County, New York, 50 public high schools are ranked here, ranked by the diversity index, the chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups. FREDERICK OLMSTED #156 leads the list at 75.7%, against a median of 53.5% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked
50
Erie County, New York
Top Diversity index
75.7%
Median Diversity index
53.5%
MOST DIVERSE · ERIE COUNTY, NEW YORK
#SchoolCityStudentsDiversity index% White% Black% Hispanic% Asian
1FREDERICK OLMSTED #156BUFFALO, NY92875.7%28.8%(267)28.3%(263)13.3%(123)24.5%(227)
2HUTCHINSON CENTRAL TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLBUFFALO, NY1,14074.9%15.3%(174)33.3%(380)18.0%(205)28.7%(327)
3SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOLBUFFALO, NY80173.8%26.0%(208)33.2%(266)27.0%(216)5.5%(44)
4LAFAYETTE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLBUFFALO, NY47573.3%10.1%(48)28.4%(135)32.0%(152)26.9%(128)
5LEONARDO DA VINCI HIGH SCHOOLBUFFALO, NY36373.3%20.9%(76)38.8%(141)19.8%(72)16.8%(61)
6CHEEKTOWAGA HIGH SCHOOLCHEEKTOWAGA, NY68273.1%32.0%(218)35.5%(242)9.4%(64)17.2%(117)
7CITY HONORS SCHOOLBUFFALO, NY1,08872.8%41.5%(452)16.3%(177)12.2%(133)22.7%(247)
8INTERNATIONAL PREPARATORY SCHOOL (THE)BUFFALO, NY64071.2%6.9%(44)39.1%(250)25.5%(163)25.3%(162)
9CLEVELAND HILL HIGH SCHOOLCHEEKTOWAGA, NY39869.5%39.7%(158)35.7%(142)6.0%(24)11.1%(44)
10BUFFALO ACADEMY FOR THE VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTSBUFFALO, NY61769.0%20.9%(129)46.2%(285)20.4%(126)2.3%(14)
11RIVERSIDE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOLBUFFALO, NY28568.8%11.2%(32)43.9%(125)29.8%(85)11.2%(32)
12EAST COMMUNITY SCHOOLBUFFALO, NY38667.3%8.8%(34)49.7%(192)17.4%(67)19.9%(77)
13BURGARD HIGH SCHOOLBUFFALO, NY50266.9%10.6%(53)51.0%(256)18.1%(91)15.7%(79)
14WESTERN NEW YORK MARITIME CHARTER SCHOOLBUFFALO, NY39265.7%16.3%(64)41.6%(163)37.8%(148)0.5%(2)
15MCKINLEY VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOLBUFFALO, NY86265.0%11.7%(101)52.4%(452)23.3%(201)6.7%(58)
16BUFFALO SCHOOL OF CULINARY ARTS AND HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENTBUFFALO, NY43664.7%15.8%(69)51.6%(225)23.9%(104)3.9%(17)
17SWEET HOME SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLAMHERST, NY1,10564.6%52.6%(581)23.8%(263)7.3%(81)11.6%(128)
18MATH SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY PREPARATORY SCHOOL AT 197BUFFALO, NY43862.0%5.7%(25)55.7%(244)13.2%(58)21.9%(96)
19EMERSON SCHOOL OF HOSPITALITYBUFFALO, NY39961.8%13.0%(52)54.6%(218)24.8%(99)2.5%(10)
20MARYVALE HIGH SCHOOLCHEEKTOWAGA, NY66059.7%60.0%(396)12.1%(80)9.8%(65)12.6%(83)
21LACKAWANNA HIGH SCHOOLLACKAWANNA, NY67057.6%61.0%(409)16.0%(107)15.2%(102)3.3%(22)
22LEWIS J BENNETT HIGH SCHOOL OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLGYBUFFALO, NY46956.5%6.2%(29)62.3%(292)16.8%(79)11.1%(52)
23AMHERST CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLAMHERST, NY86556.2%63.1%(546)13.8%(119)5.8%(50)12.5%(108)
24KENMORE WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLBUFFALO, NY1,23554.6%64.9%(801)10.5%(130)11.2%(138)5.9%(73)
25WILLIAMSVILLE EAST HIGH SCHOOLEAST AMHERST, NY94054.0%63.0%(592)4.0%(38)3.9%(37)24.0%(226)
26JOHN F KENNEDY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLCHEEKTOWAGA, NY35352.9%66.6%(235)10.8%(38)7.4%(26)7.9%(28)
27KENMORE EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLTONAWANDA, NY1,05248.6%69.9%(735)8.5%(89)11.1%(117)4.1%(43)
28WILLIAMSVILLE NORTH HIGH SCHOOLWILLIAMSVILLE, NY1,30748.0%70.1%(916)4.6%(60)5.4%(70)14.5%(189)
29MIDDLE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOLBUFFALO, NY30245.4%5.3%(16)72.2%(218)13.3%(40)3.6%(11)
30WILLIAMSVILLE SOUTH HIGH SCHOOLWILLIAMSVILLE, NY79643.2%74.3%(591)6.5%(52)4.8%(38)8.4%(67)
31LAKE SHORE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLANGOLA, NY66538.8%76.4%(508)1.1%(7)4.7%(31)0.5%(3)
32WEST SENECA EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLWEST SENECA, NY77938.0%77.7%(605)8.2%(64)6.9%(54)2.7%(21)
33TONAWANDA MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOLTONAWANDA, NY89136.7%78.7%(701)4.0%(36)9.8%(87)1.7%(15)
34DEPEW HIGH SCHOOLDEPEW, NY58134.9%79.9%(464)6.5%(38)6.9%(40)3.3%(19)
35AKRON HIGH SCHOOLAKRON, NY38931.7%81.8%(318)0.8%(3)1.3%(5)0.3%(1)
36GRAND ISLAND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLGRAND ISLAND, NY86828.4%84.2%(731)1.3%(11)6.0%(52)3.8%(33)
37WEST SENECA WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLWEST SENECA, NY1,06927.5%84.7%(905)2.4%(26)5.9%(63)1.2%(13)
38CLARENCE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLCLARENCE, NY1,25625.2%86.2%(1,082)1.3%(16)5.0%(63)4.0%(50)
39NORTH COLLINS JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLNORTH COLLINS, NY23424.4%85.9%(201)0.8%(2)6.4%(15)1.3%(3)
40FRONTIER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHAMBURG, NY1,29322.3%87.9%(1,136)1.3%(17)5.4%(70)1.1%(14)
41LANCASTER HIGH SCHOOLLANCASTER, NY1,68221.2%88.5%(1,488)0.7%(11)4.5%(75)2.6%(44)
42HEALTH SCIENCES CHARTER SCHOOLBUFFALO, NY45218.4%1.1%(5)89.8%(406)7.3%(33)0.7%(3)
43ORCHARD PARK HIGH SCHOOLORCHARD PARK, NY1,36717.2%90.3%(1,235)1.0%(14)3.6%(49)1.7%(23)
44HAMBURG HIGH SCHOOLHAMBURG, NY97916.8%91.1%(892)1.3%(13)3.4%(33)1.0%(10)
45EAST AURORA HIGH SCHOOLEAST AURORA, NY54214.4%92.3%(500)0.6%(3)2.8%(15)0.9%(5)
46GRIFFITH INSTITUTE HIGH SCHOOLSPRINGVILLE, NY50113.4%93.0%(466)1.2%(6)2.8%(14)0.8%(4)
47IROQUOIS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLELMA, NY62811.9%93.8%(589)0.3%(2)2.2%(14)0.8%(5)
48HOLLAND HIGH SCHOOLHOLLAND, NY21611.5%94.0%(203)0.0%(0)4.2%(9)0.0%(0)
49EDEN MIDDLE & HIGH SCHOOLEDEN, NY65210.4%94.6%(617)0.6%(4)1.5%(10)0.0%(0)
50ALDEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLALDEN, NY4889.1%95.3%(465)0.6%(3)1.4%(7)0.2%(1)
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