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BUFFALO SCHOOL OF CULINARY ARTS AND HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT
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Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyAbout BUFFALO SCHOOL OF CULINARY ARTS AND HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT
BUFFALO SCHOOL OF CULINARY ARTS AND HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT operates as a compact high school in BUFFALO, New York, run under BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 436 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 668 students each, so BUFFALO SCHOOL OF CULINARY ARTS AND HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT sits 35% below that benchmark.
Within BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 61 schools and 29,425 students, BUFFALO SCHOOL OF CULINARY ARTS AND HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT is one campus in the system.
In terms of who attends, BUFFALO SCHOOL OF CULINARY ARTS AND HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT reports that the most-represented group is Black (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 24% Hispanic, 16% White, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 13% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, BUFFALO SCHOOL OF CULINARY ARTS AND HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT lists 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. Around 90% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Erie County's rate of about 51%.
After controlling for student poverty, BUFFALO SCHOOL OF CULINARY ARTS AND HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.3%.
In the surrounding community, census data for Erie County shows the typical household earns roughly $72,839 per year, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Erie County runs 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,519 students), of which BUFFALO SCHOOL OF CULINARY ARTS AND HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT is one.
The closest other public school is PS 42 OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING CENTER, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BUFFALO SCHOOL OF CULINARY ARTS AND HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BUFFALO SCHOOL OF CULINARY ARTS AND HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 33.6%.
The school occupies a downtown site.
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