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Bilingual Center Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

157 Elk St

Buffalo NY, 14210, Erie County

Phone: 716-816-4783

Ranking:

(3,350 out of 3,424, bottom 2%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 8

School District: Buffalo City School District

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	47		46		42		42		48		42		36
Total Students:	488		480		491		512		521		499		496
Prekindergarten:	36	7.4%	33	6.9%	31	6.3%	33	6.4%	33	6.3%	26	5.2%	31	6.3%
Kindergarten:	54	11.1%	50	10.4%	48	9.8%	42	8.2%	45	8.6%	44	8.8%	62	12.5%
Grade 1:	51	10.5%	53	11.0%	49	10.0%	46	9.0%	53	10.2%	63	12.6%	44	8.9%
Grade 2:	59	12.1%	49	10.2%	52	10.6%	52	10.2%	60	11.5%	45	9.0%	39	7.9%
Grade 3:	47	9.6%	54	11.3%	52	10.6%	57	11.1%	46	8.8%	46	9.2%	54	10.9%
Grade 4:	49	10.0%	49	10.2%	56	11.4%	53	10.4%	57	10.9%	51	10.2%	44	8.9%
Grade 5:	45	9.2%	48	10.0%	54	11.0%	55	10.7%	52	10.0%	42	8.4%	47	9.5%
Grade 6:	45	9.2%	53	11.0%	49	10.0%	51	10.0%	69	13.2%	47	9.4%	50	10.1%
Grade 7:	56	11.5%	55	11.5%	49	10.0%	66	12.9%	55	10.6%	61	12.2%	52	10.5%
Grade 8:	46	9.4%	36	7.5%	51	10.4%	57	11.1%	51	9.8%	52	10.4%	51	10.3%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	22	4.4%	22	4.4%
Student By Gender:
Male:	244	50.0%	243	50.6%	243	49.5%	253	49.4%	253	48.6%	243	48.7%	240	48.4%
Female:	244	50.0%	237	49.4%	248	50.5%	259	50.6%	256	49.1%	247	49.5%	252	50.8%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.4%	3	0.6%	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	9	1.8%	9	1.9%	8	1.6%	10	2.0%	6	1.2%	6	1.2%	6	1.2%
Hispanic:	346	70.9%	322	67.1%	324	66.0%	308	60.2%	335	64.3%	303	60.7%	300	60.5%
Black:	33	6.8%	43	9.0%	44	9.0%	53	10.4%	63	12.1%	60	12.0%	56	11.3%
White:	85	17.4%	95	19.8%	110	22.4%	135	26.4%	113	21.7%	129	25.9%	134	27.0%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	13	2.7%	8	1.7%	3	0.6%	4	0.8%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	NA	NA	367	76.5%	395	80.4%	437	85.4%	395	75.8%	421	84.4%	334	67.3%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	NA	NA	14	2.9%	24	4.9%	23	4.5%	24	4.6%	25	5.0%	17	3.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	10.38		10.43		11.69		12.28		10.85		11.90		13.80

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
NY State Assessments
2006	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	33%	38%	69%
2007	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	18%	36%	67%
2008	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	42%	47%	70%
2009	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	35%	49%	76%
2010	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	17%	28%	55%
2011	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	20%	26%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	22%	28%	56%
2013	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	0%	12%	31.1%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	32%	40%	80%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	30%	43%	85%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	49%	67%	90%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	48%	75%	93%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	26%	28%	59%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	23%	27%	59%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	10%	27%	61%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	13%	13.5%	34.2%
2006	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	50%	38%	69%
2007	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	34%	40%	68%
2008	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	39%	42%	71%
2009	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	55%	55%	77%
2010	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	26%	28%	57%
2011	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	27%	28%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	17%	31%	60%
2013	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	7.1%	10.7%	30.3%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	37%	48%	78%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	29%	45%	81%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	34%	54%	83%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	52%	64%	87%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	13%	31%	64%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	37%	35%	67%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	32%	37%	69%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	6.5%	10.2%	36.3%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	67%	69%	86%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	44%	65%	85%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	55%	64%	86%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	58%	71%	88%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	48%	62%	89%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	66%	68%	88%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	57%	62%	89%
2006	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	40%	34%	67%
2007	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	33%	39%	68%
2008	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	41%	53%	78%
2009	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	38%	56%	83%
2010	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	30%	26%	53%
2011	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	14%	25%	53%
2012	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	11%	27%	58%
2013	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	12.8%	9.8%	30.2%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	32%	27%	68%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	18%	38%	76%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	23%	51%	83%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	35%	62%	88%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	19%	32%	65%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	12%	31%	66%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	21%	28%	66%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	15.9%	9.3%	29.9%
2006	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	63%	57%	82%
2007	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	23%	43%	78%
2008	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	32%	54%	85%
2009	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	37%	59%	86%
2010	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	43%	59%	86%
2006	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	20%	31%	61%
2007	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	43%	35%	63%
2008	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	33%	44%	67%
2009	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	57%	64%	81%
2010	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	22%	32%	54%
2011	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	34%	35%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	20%	31%	55%
2013	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	2.1%	12.3%	29.6%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	10%	28%	60%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	46%	38%	71%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	30%	49%	79%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	35%	57%	83%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	9%	30%	61%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	14%	32%	63%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	12%	33%	66%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	1.9%	10.7%	30.6%
2006	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	28%	27%	57%
2007	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	16%	27%	58%
2008	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	45%	45%	71%
2009	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	44%	62%	80%
2010	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	21%	26%	50%
2011	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	24%	24%	48%
2012	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	15%	26%	53%
2013	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	6.8%	10.5%	31.4%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	34%	22%	56%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	29%	29%	66%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	50%	50%	79%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	55%	64%	88%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	18%	32%	62%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	30%	32%	64%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	30%	30%	65%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	2%	7.4%	27.7%
2006	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	17%	21%	49%
2007	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	36%	34%	58%
2008	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	16%	28%	56%
2009	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	50%	43%	69%
2010	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	30%	27%	51%
2011	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	14%	24%	47%
2012	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	20%	25%	50%
2013	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	20.6%	13.5%	33.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	26%	17%	54%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	32%	26%	59%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	24%	34%	70%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	63%	59%	80%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	27%	26%	55%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	21%	28%	60%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	31%	24%	62%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	5.8%	6.8%	27.4%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	33%	35%	63%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	47%	41%	65%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	33%	41%	71%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	48%	40%	69%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	41%	45%	71%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	30%	39%	69%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	51%	40%	70%
2006	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	14%	27%	54%
2007	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	30%	29%	57%
2008	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	14%	30%	63%
2009	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	17%	29%	63%
2010	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	37%	40%	69%
Regents
2009	Integrated Algebra	End of course	% met std	85%	37%	72%
2010	Integrated Algebra	End of course	% met std	82%	41%	72%
2011	Integrated Algebra	End of course	% met std	36%	45%	73%
2012	Integrated Algebra	End of course	% met std	37%	43%	72%
2008	Living Environment	End of course	% met std	36%	55%	75%
2009	Living Environment	End of course	% met std	93%	58%	80%
2010	Living Environment	End of course	% met std	70%	52%	79%
2011	Living Environment	End of course	% met std	62%	61%	81%
2012	Living Environment	End of course	% met std	100%	55%	78%
2005	Spanish	End of course	% met std	94%	89%	96%
2006	Spanish	End of course	% met std	100%	89%	96%
2007	Spanish	End of course	% met std	83%	88%	97%
2008	Spanish	End of course	% met std	85%	86%	95%
2009	Spanish	End of course	% met std	100%	84%	96%
2010	Spanish	End of course	% met std	100%	84%	95%
2011	Spanish	End of course	% met std	92%	88%	94%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* Bilingual Center Primary School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.