EAST COMMUNITY SCHOOL

Set in BUFFALO, New York, EAST COMMUNITY SCHOOL is a cozy four-year high school, overseen by BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. It works with 386 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 668 students each, so EAST COMMUNITY SCHOOL sits 42% leaner than that benchmark.

EAST COMMUNITY SCHOOL is one of 61 schools operated by BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that teaches 29,425 students overall.

Demographically, EAST COMMUNITY SCHOOL lists that the most-represented group is Black (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 20% Asian, 17% Hispanic, 9% White, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Erie County as a whole is about 13% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 94% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Erie County runs at roughly 51%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, EAST COMMUNITY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.6%, the actual is 28.0%, a residual of -12.6 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Erie County indicate the typical household earns roughly $72,839 per year, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Erie County's 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,519 students), EAST COMMUNITY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is PATHWAYS ACADEMY, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), EAST COMMUNITY SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 24.9%.

EAST COMMUNITY SCHOOL operates from a high-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 51%: 256 students in 2018 compared to 386 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 66% to 50% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 7.5:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 in 2025.

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