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What advice would you give to incoming students at HERMAN BADILLO BILINGUAL ACADEMY?
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Enrollment
514
Elementary
DISTRICT 491 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360585000310
HERMAN BADILLO BILINGUAL ACADEMY
315 CAROLINA ST, BUFFALO, NY 14201 · (716) 816-3848 · Erie County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL514 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
483 students
DISTRICT 88% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
6.7%
NY avg 57.4% . -3.3pp 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 7 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
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
11.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-28.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 40% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
514
-191 (-27%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
was 10.4:1
% White
2%
was 2%
% Hispanic
85%
was 88%
% Black
10%
was 7%
% Asian
1%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About HERMAN BADILLO BILINGUAL ACADEMY
Set in BUFFALO, New York, HERMAN BADILLO BILINGUAL ACADEMY is a moderately sized elementary campus, overseen by BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. It hosts 514 students across grades pre-K through 8.
Across the 61 schools in BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (29,425 students total), HERMAN BADILLO BILINGUAL ACADEMY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On demographics, HERMAN BADILLO BILINGUAL ACADEMY records that nearly all students (85%) are Hispanic; the rest breaks down as 10% Black, 2% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 6%.
On the income-and-resources front, HERMAN BADILLO BILINGUAL ACADEMY records 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Around 94% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Erie County (around 51%), the school's rate is north of typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, HERMAN BADILLO BILINGUAL ACADEMY is in the bottom 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 40.4%; HERMAN BADILLO BILINGUAL ACADEMY posts 11.9%, -28.5 points below that line.
In the area at large, census data for Erie County shows median household earnings sit near $72,839, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Erie County runs 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,519 students), of which HERMAN BADILLO BILINGUAL ACADEMY is one.
Nearest neighbor: HUTCHINSON CENTRAL TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HERMAN BADILLO BILINGUAL ACADEMY at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 34.8%.
HERMAN BADILLO BILINGUAL ACADEMY operates from a city-core location.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 27%: 705 students in 2018 compared to 514 in 2025.
In the discussion threads here, members of the HERMAN BADILLO BILINGUAL ACADEMY community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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
- HUTCHINSON CENTRAL TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 1,140
- EMERSON SCHOOL OF HOSPITALITY0.3 mi · 399
- PS 42 OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING CENTER0.3 mi · 69
- BUFFALO SCHOOL OF CULINARY ARTS AND HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT0.3 mi · 436
- ELMWOOD VILLAGE CHARTER SCHOOL DAYS PARK0.4 mi · 429
- WATERFRONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 743
Frequently asked questions
About HERMAN BADILLO BILINGUAL ACADEMYHow many students attend HERMAN BADILLO BILINGUAL ACADEMY?
HERMAN BADILLO BILINGUAL ACADEMY enrolls approximately 514 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does HERMAN BADILLO BILINGUAL ACADEMY serve?
HERMAN BADILLO BILINGUAL ACADEMY serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at HERMAN BADILLO BILINGUAL ACADEMY?
Approximately 10.0:1 students per teacher at HERMAN BADILLO BILINGUAL ACADEMY.
How diverse is HERMAN BADILLO BILINGUAL ACADEMY?
HERMAN BADILLO BILINGUAL ACADEMY reports a student body of 2% White, 85% Hispanic, 10% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is HERMAN BADILLO BILINGUAL ACADEMY in?
HERMAN BADILLO BILINGUAL ACADEMY is part of BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.