Enrollment
358
Elementary
DISTRICT 491 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360585000333
BILINGUAL CENTER
157 ELK ST, BUFFALO, NY 14210 · (716) 816-4783 · Erie County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL358 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 1% of New York public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
8.0:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
334 students
DISTRICT 88% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 18 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 41 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 31 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 32 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 33 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 38 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 46 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 11% smaller than its 8th grade class (46).
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
12.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
11.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 12 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 12.0% | 11.0% |
| 2023-24 | 10.0% | 11.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
12.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-28.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 41% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like BILINGUAL CENTER
BILINGUAL CENTER's state test result (12.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BILINGUAL CENTER this school | 358 | 93.3% | 12.5% |
| PS/IS 210 21ST CENTURY ACADEMY NEW YORK | 399 | 90.2% | 53.1% |
| PS 8 LUIS BELLIARD NEW YORK | 354 | 92.9% | 31.3% |
| PS 86 IRVINGTON (THE) BROOKLYN | 347 | 98.3% | 33.0% |
| PS 189 NEW YORK | 421 | 93.3% | 49.3% |
| PS 115 ALEXANDER HUMBOLDT NEW YORK | 350 | 98.9% | 37.6% |
Matched among New York elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where BILINGUAL CENTER ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.5% | #2,310 of 2,335 | #109 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.0% | #2,323 of 2,342 ▼ 6 | #110 of 115 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 12.0% | #2,328 of 2,343 ▼ 13 | #112 of 115 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 358 | #1,618 of 2,585 | #91 of 123 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.0:1 | #60 of 2,338 | #2 of 119 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.1% | #2,350 of 2,388 | #118 of 119 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.3% | #285 of 2,534 | #24 of 122 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.7% | #345 of 1,757 | #11 of 68 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
358
-31 (-8%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 543
Student : Teacher
8.0:1
was 9.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 358 | 44.8 | 8.0:1 | 93% (334) |
| 2023-24 | 330 | 39.9 | 8.3:1 | 94% (311) |
| 2022-23 | 319 | 46.5 | 6.8:1 | 92% (293) |
| 2020-21 | 389 | 41 | 9.5:1 | 93% (361) |
| 2017-18 | 495 | 39 | 12.7:1 | 79% (391) |
| 2015-16 | 500 | 35 | 14.3:1 | 72% (360) |
| 2010-11 | 512 | 41 | 12.5:1 | 90% (460) |
| 2000-01 | 430 | 39 | 11.0:1 | 80% (342) |
| 1990-91 | 543 | 36 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BILINGUAL CENTER.
About BILINGUAL CENTER
BILINGUAL CENTER is a small elementary school in BUFFALO, New York. A federal count lists 358 students at the school, in pre-K through 8.
Besides BILINGUAL CENTER, BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 60 other schools. The district enrolls 29,425 students.
Hispanic students are the large majority at BILINGUAL CENTER, with 96% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 3% White. Among people living in Erie County, the Hispanic share is about 6%. BILINGUAL CENTER has a diversity index of 7%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
BILINGUAL CENTER operates with 44.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 8.0:1. That ratio is under the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. BILINGUAL CENTER reports 93% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The gap from the 51% average for public schools in Erie County is 42 points.
allk12 grades BILINGUAL CENTER an F. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. BILINGUAL CENTER posts 12.5% against a 40.7% prediction, a bottom-10% result in New York.
Among Erie County residents, median household income is about $72,839, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. BILINGUAL CENTER is one of 226 public schools in Erie County, which together enroll about 122,519 students.
BUFFALO CREEK ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is the public school closest to BILINGUAL CENTER, about 0.6 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. BILINGUAL CENTER is 7th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
Enrollment was 389 in 2020-21 and 358 in 2024-25, a decrease of 31 students. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 9.5:1 to 8.0:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at BILINGUAL CENTER. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Erie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
950,622
Census ACS
Median income
$72,839
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
226
122,519 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- HUTCHINSON CENTRAL TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,140 students
- CITY HONORS SCHOOLHigh · 1,088 students
- INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLElementary · 933 students
- FREDERICK OLMSTED #156High · 928 students
- MCKINLEY VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 862 students
- SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 801 students
Other schools in BUFFALO
- CHARTER SCHOOL FOR APPLIED TECHNOLOGIESCombined · 2,260 students
- KENMORE WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,235 students
- HUTCHINSON CENTRAL TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,140 students
- TAPESTRY CHARTER SCHOOLCombined · 1,120 students
- CITY HONORS SCHOOLHigh · 1,088 students
- INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLElementary · 933 students
Nearby schools
- BUFFALO CREEK ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL0.6 mi · 176
- BUFFALO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY1.0 mi · 551
- BENNETT PARK MONTESSORI SCHOOL1.2 mi · 612
- HARRIET ROSS TUBMAN ACADEMY1.4 mi · 550
- SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 772
- SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOL1.6 mi · 801
Frequently asked questions
About BILINGUAL CENTERHow many students attend BILINGUAL CENTER?
BILINGUAL CENTER enrolls approximately 358 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does BILINGUAL CENTER serve?
BILINGUAL CENTER serves grades PK-08.
How many teachers does BILINGUAL CENTER have?
BILINGUAL CENTER employs 45 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.0:1.
How diverse is BILINGUAL CENTER?
BILINGUAL CENTER reports a student body of 3% White, 96% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian.
Who oversees BILINGUAL CENTER?
BILINGUAL CENTER is overseen by BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT in Erie County.
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