RESEARCH LABORATORY HS-BIOINFORMATIC

Set in BUFFALO, New York, RESEARCH LABORATORY HS-BIOINFORMATIC is a tiny four-year high school, part of BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. It works with 174 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 74% smaller than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.

RESEARCH LABORATORY HS-BIOINFORMATIC is one of 61 schools operated by BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that serves 29,425 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, RESEARCH LABORATORY HS-BIOINFORMATIC logs that 64% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder reads as 13% Hispanic, 11% White, 9% Asian, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 13% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 7.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. An estimated 91% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Erie County runs at roughly 51%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), RESEARCH LABORATORY HS-BIOINFORMATIC tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.8%.

Around the school, Erie County reports that median household earnings sit near $72,839, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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), RESEARCH LABORATORY HS-BIOINFORMATIC is one campus in the mix.

PRIMARY HALL PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), RESEARCH LABORATORY HS-BIOINFORMATIC ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 32.4%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

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