Enrollment
302
High
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360585006353
MIDDLE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL
2885 MAIN ST, BUFFALO, NY 14214 · (716) 816-4010 · Erie County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL302 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 18% of New York public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
11.1:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.5:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
268 students
DISTRICT 88% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 78 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 76 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 65 | 22% |
| Grade 12 | 69 | 23% |
| Ungraded | 14 | 5% |
Student demographics
45%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
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
70.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -3.0pp since 2023
Math
25.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +13.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.0% | 25.0% |
| 2023-24 | 73.0% | 12.0% |
% 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
39.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% 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 →
Schools most like MIDDLE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL
MIDDLE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (39.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MIDDLE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL this school | 302 | 88.7% | 39.3% |
| VICTORY COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 290 | 88.6% | 47.5% |
| UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED MATH AND SCIENCE III BROOKLYN | 283 | 84.5% | 51.5% |
| QUEENS PREPARATORY ACADEMY SPRINGFIELD GARDENS | 320 | 83.1% | 39.0% |
| BOYS AND GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 353 | 92.4% | 28.8% |
| BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT BROOKLYN | 245 | 82.0% | 48.8% |
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 MIDDLE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.3% | #955 of 1,135 | #40 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #955 of 1,109 ▲ 123 | #40 of 51 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #581 of 1,135 ▲ 13 | #28 of 51 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 302 | #917 of 1,216 | #47 of 56 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #541 of 1,058 | #34 of 50 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.4% | #590 of 1,070 | #29 of 50 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.7% | #256 of 1,167 | #15 of 53 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.7% | #613 of 743 | #29 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
302
-20 (-6%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 302 | 27.2 | 11.1:1 | 89% (268) |
| 2023-24 | 312 | 31 | 10.1:1 | 87% (272) |
| 2022-23 | 314 | 28 | 11.2:1 | 84% (265) |
| 2020-21 | 322 | 26 | 12.4:1 | 80% (256) |
| 2017-18 | 317 | 29 | 10.9:1 | 69% (220) |
| 2015-16 | 311 | 23 | 13.5:1 | 64% (199) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MIDDLE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL.
About MIDDLE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL
MIDDLE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL is a small high school in BUFFALO, New York, administered by BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Students in grades 9 through 12 attend, and enrollment is 302 students. The school's enrollment is 55% smaller than the 668 average for high schools in New York.
MIDDLE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL falls under BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, which has 61 schools enrolling 29,425 students.
Black students account for 72% of enrollment at MIDDLE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL. The remaining students are 13% Hispanic, 5% White, 5% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Census figures show Erie County is about 13% Black. By the diversity index, MIDDLE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL comes in at 45%.
Teachers at the school number 27.2 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 11.1:1. High schools in New York average about 11.0:1, a similar figure. The school's lunch program data list 89% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Compared with the 51% average for public schools in Erie County, the school's rate is higher.
Measured against New York public high schools, MIDDLE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for MIDDLE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL is 42.4%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 39.3%.
Erie County has these Census figures: median household income is about $72,839, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. The public schools of Erie County number 226 and enroll about 122,519.
LEWIS J BENNETT HIGH SCHOOL OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLGY is the public school closest to MIDDLE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, MIDDLE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL is 5th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
Locale data from NCES put MIDDLE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
MIDDLE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL had 322 students in 2020-21 and 302 in 2024-25, a 6% decrease. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 12.4:1 to 11.1:1.
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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
- LEWIS J BENNETT HIGH SCHOOL OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLGY0.0 mi · 469
- 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 MIDDLE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOLHow large is MIDDLE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL?
MIDDLE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 302 students in grades 09-12.
Is MIDDLE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
MIDDLE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does MIDDLE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL have?
MIDDLE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at MIDDLE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL?
At MIDDLE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 5% White, 13% Hispanic, 72% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is MIDDLE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
MIDDLE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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