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East Community School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
820 Northampton St
Buffalo, NY 14211
Phone
(716) 816-3997
District
BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
ERIE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
302
Classroom Teachers
38

* According to NeighborhoodScout’s research of school performance, East Community School ranks as one of the bottom 100 worst public schools in America.

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New York

1

(10 is best)

Better than 0.3% of all NY schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

1

(10 is best)

East Community School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

80 60 40 20 0
17%
65%
33%
78%
0%
53%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
8
10
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 97 32.1%
Grade 10 91 30.1%
Grade 11 63 20.9%
Grade 12 51 16.9%
Total 302 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 7.9% 18.6% 42.2%
Black 59.0% 44.9% 16.4%
Hispanic 18.6% 21.6% 30.1%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 12.8% 14.3% 10.3%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.7% 0.6% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported 83.5% 53.7%
Free lunch eligible Unreported 83.5% 51.2%
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported 0.0% 2.6%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 276,688 19,677,151
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 6,852.3 415
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.4% 5.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 19.2% 17.7%
20-44 YEARS OLD 38.3% 33.7%
45-64 YEARS OLD 22.7% 26.0%
65 OR OLDER 13.4% 17.0%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 118,897 7,604,523
Single Parent Households With Children 11.8% 7.8%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 86.2% 87.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 30.0% 38.8%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 8.4% 24.9%
$100,000 - $149,999 11.6% 16.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 10.4% 11.5%
$50,000 - $74,999 16.8% 14.1%
$30,000 - $49,999 17.7% 12.4%
$15,000 - $29,999 16.6% 10.4%
$15,000 or less 18.4% 9.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $13,545 $408,042,000 45.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,291 $38,884,000 4.3%
Staff $1,012 $30,474,000 3.4%
General Administration $258 $7,774,000 0.9%
School Administration $1,483 $44,665,000 5.0%
Operation $1,968 $59,270,000 6.6%
Transportation $1,072 $32,298,000 3.6%
Other $857 $25,810,000 2.9%
Total Support $7,940 $239,175,000 26.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $8,440 $254,245,000 28.2%
Total Expenditures $29,925 $901,462,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $18,290 $46,325,753,000 57.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $766 $1,940,420,000 2.4%
Staff $1,213 $3,072,691,000 3.8%
General Administration $408 $1,032,797,000 1.3%
School Administration $1,144 $2,897,632,000 3.6%
Operation $2,258 $5,718,874,000 7.1%
Transportation $1,460 $3,697,044,000 4.6%
Other $779 $1,972,819,000 2.4%
Total Support $8,027 $20,332,277,000 25.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $5,552 $14,062,158,000 17.4%
Total Expenditures $31,869 $80,720,188,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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