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Seventy Ninth Street School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Niagara Falls, Niagara County. The school has 404 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Niagara Falls City School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in a suburban setting. The school employs 25.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.7:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 12% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Seventy Ninth Street School enrolls 404 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 25.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 65% White, 15% Two or more races and 11% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 261 | 65% |
| Two or more races | 60 | 15% |
| Black or African American | 46 | 11% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 24 | 5.9% |
| Asian | 8 | 2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 5 | 1.2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
232 of the school's 404 students (57%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 218 qualify for free lunch and 14 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Seventy Ninth Street School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, 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 62, state house district 145.
Seventy Ninth Street School is one of 11 schools in NIAGARA FALLS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, based in NIAGARA FALLS, New York. The district serves 6,916 students district-wide and employs 450 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 404 students, Seventy Ninth Street School is smaller than the district average of about 629 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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