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Enrollment
475
High
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360585006593
LAFAYETTE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
370 LAFAYETTE AVE, BUFFALO, NY 14213 · (716) 816-4358 · Erie County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL475 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 2% of New York public high 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
7.7:1
62 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.5:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
460 students
DISTRICT 88% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 116 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 138 | 29% |
| Grade 11 | 116 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 105 | 22% |
Student demographics
73%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
36.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +10.0pp since 2023
Math
25.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.0% | 25.0% |
| 2023-24 | 26.0% | 27.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
23.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
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 LAFAYETTE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
LAFAYETTE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL's state test result (23.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAFAYETTE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL this school | 475 | 96.8% | 23.2% |
| EPIC HIGH SCHOOL-SOUTH SOUTH OZONE PARK | 435 | 92.6% | 45.5% |
| INTERNATIONAL PREPARATORY SCHOOL (THE) BUFFALO | 640 | 95.6% | 32.2% |
| SCHOOL FOR CLASSICS HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 358 | 91.6% | 23.0% |
| EMMA LAZARUS HIGH SCHOOL NEW YORK | 279 | 96.4% | 80.8% |
| QUEENS COLLEGIATE - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL JAMAICA | 711 | 83.3% | 53.6% |
Matched among New York high 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 LAFAYETTE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.2% | #1,116 of 1,135 | #49 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #956 of 1,109 ▼ 37 | #41 of 51 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #1,097 of 1,135 ▲ 34 | #49 of 51 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 475 | #578 of 1,216 | #35 of 56 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 7.7:1 | #41 of 1,058 | #1 of 50 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.3% | #32 of 1,070 | #4 of 50 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.8% | #33 of 1,167 | #1 of 53 |
Ranked against other public high 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
475
-14 (-3%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
7.7:1
was 9.4:1
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 | 475 | 62 | 7.7:1 | 97% (460) |
| 2023-24 | 440 | 58.5 | 7.5:1 | 94% (413) |
| 2022-23 | 415 | 59.9 | 6.9:1 | 95% (393) |
| 2020-21 | 489 | 52 | 9.4:1 | 92% (452) |
| 2017-18 | 191 | 23 | 8.3:1 | 94% (180) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LAFAYETTE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL.
About LAFAYETTE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
LAFAYETTE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL is a small high school in BUFFALO, New York, administered by BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school enrolls 475 students, from grades 9 through 12. Average enrollment for high schools in New York is about 668, so this school runs 29% smaller than that.
The 61 schools of BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, including LAFAYETTE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, enroll 29,425 students.
LAFAYETTE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL has no majority group; Hispanic students are the largest, at 32%. The rest of enrollment is 28% Black, 27% Asian, 10% White, and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Erie County's population at about 6%. LAFAYETTE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL's diversity index is 73%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teacher staffing is 62 full-time equivalents, or about 7.7 students per teacher. On average, high schools in New York have 11.0:1, compared with 7.7:1 here. About 97% of students, or 460, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Erie County average 51%.
The allk12 Grade for LAFAYETTE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL is F. Compared with New York public high schools, the school scored higher than 2% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
LAFAYETTE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL is 16.2 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (23.2% versus 39.4%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New York.
Within Erie County, the median household income is $72,839, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Besides LAFAYETTE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, Erie County has 225 other public schools.
The school nearest to LAFAYETTE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL is INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, at a distance of about 0.1 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, LAFAYETTE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL ranks 5th of 9 on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
Enrollment at LAFAYETTE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL dropped 3% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 489 to 475 students. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (7.7:1) than in 2020-21 (9.4:1).
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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
- INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL0.1 mi · 933
- WEST BUFFALO CHARTER SCHOOL0.5 mi · 498
- NATIVE AMERICAN MAGNET0.6 mi · 367
- FRANK A SEDITA SCHOOL #300.8 mi · 614
- DR A PANTOJA COMM SCH EXCLLNCE -#180.9 mi · 475
- INTERNATIONAL PREPARATORY SCHOOL (THE)1.2 mi · 640
Frequently asked questions
About LAFAYETTE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at LAFAYETTE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL?
LAFAYETTE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL enrolls approximately 475 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does LAFAYETTE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL serve?
LAFAYETTE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at LAFAYETTE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL?
Approximately 7.7:1 students per teacher at LAFAYETTE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL.
How diverse is LAFAYETTE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL?
LAFAYETTE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL reports a student body of 10% White, 32% Hispanic, 28% Black, 27% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is LAFAYETTE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL in?
LAFAYETTE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL is part of BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.