LASALLE PREPARATORY SCHOOL

Located at 7436 BUFFALO AVE, in NIAGARA FALLS, New York, LASALLE PREPARATORY SCHOOL is a moderately sized 6-8 campus that serves 539 students (grades 7 through 8), run under NIAGARA FALLS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.

Within NIAGARA FALLS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 11 schools and 6,625 students, LASALLE PREPARATORY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, LASALLE PREPARATORY SCHOOL shows that 42% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 27% Black, 14% multiracial, 11% Hispanic, 4% Asian. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 10.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 72% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Niagara County's rate of about 49%.

After controlling for student poverty, LASALLE PREPARATORY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 50.1%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Niagara County) reports that median household earnings sit near $69,633, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Niagara County's 51 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,388 students), LASALLE PREPARATORY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

SEVENTY NINTH STREET SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LASALLE PREPARATORY SCHOOL. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LASALLE PREPARATORY SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 37.1%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LASALLE PREPARATORY SCHOOL has ticked down 3%, going from 554 students in 2018 to 539 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 50% to 42% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

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