📍 600 Highgate Ave, Buffalo, Erie County, 14215
Highgate Heights is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Buffalo, Erie County. The school has 382 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 30.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.6:1. 25% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Highgate Heights enrolls 382 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 30.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 73% Black or African American, 18% Asian and 4.5% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 279 | 73% |
| Asian | 70 | 18% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 17 | 4.5% |
| Two or more races | 9 | 2.4% |
| White | 6 | 1.6% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
349 of the school's 382 students (91%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 349 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.
Highgate Heights 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 141.
Highgate Heights 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 382 students, Highgate Heights 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