HENRY J KALFAS MAGNET SCHOOL

HENRY J KALFAS MAGNET SCHOOL, a small elementary school, is located in NIAGARA FALLS, New York. It educates 304 students in pre-K through 3. The typical figure for elementary schools in New York is about 443 students.

The district, NIAGARA FALLS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, has 6,625 students enrolled across 11 schools.

Black students are the majority at HENRY J KALFAS MAGNET SCHOOL, with 54% of enrollment. Other groups make up 14% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 11% White, and 7% Asian. Niagara County as a whole is about 7% Black, so the school's share is higher. Pick two students at random and there is a 66% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1 at HENRY J KALFAS MAGNET SCHOOL, with 21.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 1.4 above the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 78%. Compared with the 49% average for public schools in Niagara County, the school's rate is higher.

Among Niagara County residents, the median household income is $69,633, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Besides HENRY J KALFAS MAGNET SCHOOL, Niagara County has 50 other public schools.

MAPLE AVENUE SCHOOL is located about 0.9 miles from HENRY J KALFAS MAGNET SCHOOL. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.

The NCES locale for HENRY J KALFAS MAGNET SCHOOL is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Compared with 2020-21, the school had 57 fewer students in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 30.1:1 to 14.3:1.

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