📍 157 Elk St, Buffalo, Erie County, 14210
Bilingual Center is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Buffalo, Erie County. The school has 319 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Buffalo City School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 46.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 6.8:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Bilingual Center enrolls 319 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 46.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 6.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 91% Hispanic or Latino, 6.3% White and 1.6% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 290 | 91% |
| White | 20 | 6.3% |
| Black or African American | 5 | 1.6% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
293 of the school's 319 students (92%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 293 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Bilingual Center is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NY At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 63, state house district 142.
Bilingual Center is one of 60 schools in BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, based in BUFFALO, New York. The district serves 30,077 students district-wide and employs 2,964 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 319 students, Bilingual Center is smaller than the district average of about 501 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large