LEONARDO DA VINCI HIGH SCHOOL

Located at 167 E UTICA ST, in BUFFALO, New York, LEONARDO DA VINCI HIGH SCHOOL is a close-knit 9-12 campus that caters to 363 students (grades 9 through 12), operated by BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Compared to the state average of about 668 students per school, that is 46% leaner than typical.

Within BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 61 schools and 29,425 students, LEONARDO DA VINCI HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, LEONARDO DA VINCI HIGH SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is Black at 39%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 21% White, 20% Hispanic, 17% Asian, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 13% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, LEONARDO DA VINCI HIGH SCHOOL shows 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.4:1. The state averages about 11.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 81% 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 meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, LEONARDO DA VINCI HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.1%; this one delivers 57.7%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Erie County indicate median household income runs about $72,839, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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), LEONARDO DA VINCI HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

BUFFALO ACADEMY FOR THE VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, LEONARDO DA VINCI HIGH SCHOOL comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 30.6%.

LEONARDO DA VINCI HIGH SCHOOL operates from an urban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LEONARDO DA VINCI HIGH SCHOOL has decreased 3%, going from 375 students in 2018 to 363 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 34% to 21% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 today.

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