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Enrollment
469
High
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360585006611
LEWIS J BENNETT HIGH SCHOOL OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLGY
2885 MAIN ST, BUFFALO, NY 14214 · (716) 816-4250 · Erie County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL469 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 36% of New York public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
9.3:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.5:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
422 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 | 145 | 31% |
| Grade 10 | 139 | 30% |
| Grade 11 | 102 | 22% |
| Grade 12 | 83 | 18% |
Student demographics
57%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
60.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -14.0pp since 2023
Math
28.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -39.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 39 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 28.0% |
| 2023-24 | 74.0% | 67.0% |
% 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
46.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 →
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LEWIS J BENNETT HIGH SCHOOL OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLGY's state test result (46.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEWIS J BENNETT HIGH SCHOOL OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLGY this school | 469 | 90.0% | 46.3% |
| SCIENCE SKILLS CENTER HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 453 | 89.4% | 72.3% |
| BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HS-FIN INFO TECH CAMBRIA HEIGHTS | 373 | 84.7% | 66.0% |
| ROCHESTER EARLY COLLEGE INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 458 | 87.6% | 28.7% |
| HEALTH ARTS ROBOTICS AND TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL CAMBRIA HEIGHTS | 626 | 86.1% | 65.0% |
| BURGARD HIGH SCHOOL BUFFALO | 502 | 94.8% | 36.5% |
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 LEWIS J BENNETT HIGH SCHOOL OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLGY ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.3% | #797 of 1,135 | #36 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #909 of 1,109 ▼ 507 | #38 of 51 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #790 of 1,135 ▼ 209 | #38 of 51 ▼ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 469 | #587 of 1,216 | #36 of 56 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.3:1 | #191 of 1,058 | #8 of 50 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.5% | #335 of 1,070 | #22 of 50 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.0% | #220 of 1,167 | #14 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
469
+111 (+31%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
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 | 469 | 50.2 | 9.3:1 | 90% (422) |
| 2023-24 | 435 | 41.7 | 10.4:1 | 87% (378) |
| 2022-23 | 401 | 37.6 | 10.7:1 | 85% (340) |
| 2020-21 | 358 | 38 | 9.4:1 | 82% (295) |
| 2017-18 | 174 | 12 | 14.5:1 | 73% (127) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LEWIS J BENNETT HIGH SCHOOL OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLGY.
About LEWIS J BENNETT HIGH SCHOOL OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLGY
LEWIS J BENNETT HIGH SCHOOL OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLGY serves students in BUFFALO, New York, as a low-enrollment high school. It offers grades 9 through 12 and has 469 students enrolled. It has 30% fewer students than the average for high schools in New York (about 668).
BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT is made up of 61 schools with 29,425 students in all.
At LEWIS J BENNETT HIGH SCHOOL OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLGY, 62% of students are Black. The school is also 17% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 6% White, and 3% multiracial. That is higher than the 13% Black share among all Erie County residents. The diversity index for LEWIS J BENNETT HIGH SCHOOL OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLGY is 57%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its staff includes 50.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 9.3 students per teacher. The average for high schools in New York, 11.0:1, is higher. LEWIS J BENNETT HIGH SCHOOL OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLGY has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 90%. Compared with the 51% average for public schools in Erie County, the school's rate is higher.
On the allk12 Grade, LEWIS J BENNETT HIGH SCHOOL OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLGY lands at C+, ahead of 36% of New York public high schools.
LEWIS J BENNETT HIGH SCHOOL OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLGY's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 46.3% is 4.4 points above the 41.9% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In the wider Erie County area, the median household earns about $72,839 a year, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Across Erie County, 226 public schools serve about 122,519 students.
MIDDLE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL sits less than a tenth of a mile from LEWIS J BENNETT HIGH SCHOOL OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLGY. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, LEWIS J BENNETT HIGH SCHOOL OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLGY is 2nd on average proficiency.
LEWIS J BENNETT HIGH SCHOOL OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLGY is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 469, up from 358 in 2020-21.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at LEWIS J BENNETT HIGH SCHOOL OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLGY. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
- MIDDLE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 302
- BUFFALO UNITED CHARTER SCHOOL0.3 mi · 465
- RESEARCH LABORATORY HS-BIOINFORMATIC0.7 mi · 174
- PS 61 ARTHUR O EVE SCHOOL OF DISTINCTION0.8 mi · 315
- PRIMARY HALL PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL0.8 mi · 220
- ACADEMY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 70
Frequently asked questions
About LEWIS J BENNETT HIGH SCHOOL OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLGYHow many students attend LEWIS J BENNETT HIGH SCHOOL OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLGY?
LEWIS J BENNETT HIGH SCHOOL OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLGY enrolls approximately 469 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does LEWIS J BENNETT HIGH SCHOOL OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLGY serve?
LEWIS J BENNETT HIGH SCHOOL OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLGY serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at LEWIS J BENNETT HIGH SCHOOL OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLGY?
Approximately 9.3:1 students per teacher at LEWIS J BENNETT HIGH SCHOOL OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLGY.
How diverse is LEWIS J BENNETT HIGH SCHOOL OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLGY?
LEWIS J BENNETT HIGH SCHOOL OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLGY reports a student body of 6% White, 17% Hispanic, 62% Black, 11% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees LEWIS J BENNETT HIGH SCHOOL OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLGY?
LEWIS J BENNETT HIGH SCHOOL OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLGY is overseen by BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT in Erie County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.