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What's the one class at MATH SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY PREPARATORY SCHOOL AT 197 every student should take?
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Enrollment
438
High
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360585005857
MATH SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY PREPARATORY SCHOOL AT 197
646 E DELEVAN AVE, BUFFALO, NY 14215 · (716) 816-4500 · Erie County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL438 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 12% of New York public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
10.0:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.5:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
415 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 | 150 | 34% |
| Grade 10 | 92 | 21% |
| Grade 11 | 94 | 21% |
| Grade 12 | 102 | 23% |
Student demographics
62%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
63.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
18.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 18.0% |
| 2023-24 | 59.0% | 22.0% |
% 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
34.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 MATH SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY PREPARATORY SCHOOL AT 197
MATH SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY PREPARATORY SCHOOL AT 197's state test result (34.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MATH SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY PREPARATORY SCHOOL AT 197 this school | 438 | 94.7% | 34.5% |
| EAST COMMUNITY SCHOOL BUFFALO | 386 | 93.5% | 28.0% |
| BURGARD HIGH SCHOOL BUFFALO | 502 | 94.8% | 36.5% |
| INTERNATIONAL PREPARATORY SCHOOL (THE) BUFFALO | 640 | 95.6% | 32.2% |
| LEWIS J BENNETT HIGH SCHOOL OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLGY BUFFALO | 469 | 90.0% | 46.3% |
| URBAN ASSEMBLY INSTITUTE OF MATH AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG WOMEN BROOKLYN | 352 | 83.0% | 40.6% |
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 MATH SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY PREPARATORY SCHOOL AT 197 ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #1,019 of 1,135 | #42 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.0% | #1,033 of 1,109 ▼ 50 | #47 of 51 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #727 of 1,135 ▲ 119 | #34 of 51 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 438 | #636 of 1,216 | #38 of 56 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.0:1 | #315 of 1,058 | #14 of 50 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.0% | #230 of 1,070 | #18 of 50 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.7% | #86 of 1,167 | #5 of 53 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.0% | #60 of 743 | #3 of 35 |
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
438
-98 (-18%) vs 2020
+13% since 2010-11, when it was 387
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
was 9.2:1
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 | 438 | 43.8 | 10.0:1 | 95% (415) |
| 2023-24 | 389 | 44.8 | 8.7:1 | 94% (366) |
| 2022-23 | 435 | 55.8 | 7.8:1 | 94% (407) |
| 2020-21 | 536 | 58 | 9.2:1 | 90% (482) |
| 2017-18 | 695 | 55 | 12.6:1 | 80% (557) |
| 2015-16 | 653 | 49 | 13.3:1 | 70% (457) |
| 2010-11 | 387 | 39 | 9.9:1 | 68% (263) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MATH SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY PREPARATORY SCHOOL AT 197.
About MATH SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY PREPARATORY SCHOOL AT 197
MATH SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY PREPARATORY SCHOOL AT 197 is a small high school serving families in BUFFALO, New York. Enrollment stands at 438 students, covering grades 9 through 12. It has 34% fewer students than the average for high schools in New York (about 668).
BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT operates 61 schools. Combined enrollment is 29,425 students.
More than half of the students at MATH SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY PREPARATORY SCHOOL AT 197 are Black (56%). Next come 22% Asian, 13% Hispanic, 6% White, and 3% multiracial. That compares with about 13% Black among all Erie County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 62%.
The school's 43.8 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.0:1. High schools in New York have an average ratio of 11.0:1. At MATH SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY PREPARATORY SCHOOL AT 197, 95% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is higher than the 51% average for public schools in Erie County.
MATH SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY PREPARATORY SCHOOL AT 197 earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 12% of New York public high schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, MATH SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY PREPARATORY SCHOOL AT 197 lands between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 34.5%; the prediction is 40.1%.
In the surrounding county, Erie County, the median household earns about $72,839 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Counting MATH SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY PREPARATORY SCHOOL AT 197, Erie County has 226 public schools.
DR LYDIA T WRIGHT SCH OF EXCELLENCE sits about 0.2 miles from MATH SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY PREPARATORY SCHOOL AT 197. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, MATH SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY PREPARATORY SCHOOL AT 197 is 4th among 7 schools close by.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school shrank from 536 students in 2020-21 to 438 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for MATH SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY PREPARATORY SCHOOL AT 197 lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
- DR LYDIA T WRIGHT SCH OF EXCELLENCE0.2 mi · 560
- PS 840.4 mi · 151
- ERIE COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY0.5 mi · 13
- BURGARD HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 502
- PS 61 ARTHUR O EVE SCHOOL OF DISTINCTION0.7 mi · 315
- PS 74 HAMLIN PARK - CLAUDE AND OUIDA CLAPP ACADEMY0.8 mi · 396
Frequently asked questions
About MATH SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY PREPARATORY SCHOOL AT 197How many students attend MATH SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY PREPARATORY SCHOOL AT 197?
MATH SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY PREPARATORY SCHOOL AT 197 enrolls approximately 438 students in grades 09-12.
Is MATH SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY PREPARATORY SCHOOL AT 197 an elementary, middle, or high school?
MATH SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY PREPARATORY SCHOOL AT 197 is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does MATH SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY PREPARATORY SCHOOL AT 197 have?
MATH SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY PREPARATORY SCHOOL AT 197 employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.0:1.
How diverse is MATH SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY PREPARATORY SCHOOL AT 197?
MATH SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY PREPARATORY SCHOOL AT 197 reports a student body of 6% White, 13% Hispanic, 56% Black, 22% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees MATH SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY PREPARATORY SCHOOL AT 197?
MATH SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY PREPARATORY SCHOOL AT 197 is overseen by BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT in Erie County.
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