LEWIS J BENNETT HIGH SCHOOL OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLGY

LEWIS J BENNETT HIGH SCHOOL OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLGY operates as an intimate senior high in BUFFALO, New York, part of BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 469 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 668 students each, so LEWIS J BENNETT HIGH SCHOOL OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLGY sits 30% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 61 schools in BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (29,425 students total), LEWIS J BENNETT HIGH SCHOOL OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLGY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, LEWIS J BENNETT HIGH SCHOOL OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLGY logs that Black students make up the majority at 62%; the rest consists of 17% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 6% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 13% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, LEWIS J BENNETT HIGH SCHOOL OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLGY has 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.3:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 90% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Erie County's rate of about 51%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, LEWIS J BENNETT HIGH SCHOOL OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLGY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.9%; this one delivers 46.3%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Erie County) records that 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), LEWIS J BENNETT HIGH SCHOOL OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLGY is one campus in the mix.

MIDDLE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LEWIS J BENNETT HIGH SCHOOL OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLGY ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 34.4%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LEWIS J BENNETT HIGH SCHOOL OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLGY has edged up 170%, going from 174 students in 2018 to 469 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 13% to 6%. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 9.3:1 in 2025.

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