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Seventy Ninth Street School

PublicElementaryGrades PK–6

551 79th St, Niagara Falls, NY 14304 · (716) 278-7900 · Part of Niagara Falls City School District

Niagara Falls’ School Grade D better than 10% of New York school districts

Directions
Students
415
Students per teacher
15:1
Free or reduced lunch
64%
Setting
Suburb
Grades
PK–6
The gist

What stands out about Seventy Ninth Street School

  • Its own letter, D: reading and math results near the bottom of New York’s public schools
  • Math proficiency 44 pts below the state
  • Reading / language arts 26 pts below the state
  • Next stop for Niagara Falls kids: 2 middle schools

On the path

Where Niagara Falls kids come from and go next. The whole path →

PK–6Seventy Ninth Street SchoolYou are here
7–82 middle schoolsDepends on your address

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency12%
State average 56.1%
Reading / language arts37%
State average 62.6%

Its own letter, D, places these results among New York’s 4,095 public schools with results. Source: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21).

Location

Directions ↗

551 79th St, Niagara Falls

Students

Enrollment by grade
Pre-K60
Kindergarten44
Grade 148
Grade 251
Grade 349
Grade 452
Grade 553
Grade 658
Enrollment over time
391’20
390’21
404’22
417’23
415’24

Up 6.1% since 2020–21.

Who goes here
White 63%Two or more races 14%Black 12%Hispanic 9%Asian 2%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%

As reported to NCES, share of students with a reported race or ethnicity.

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Seventy Ninth Street School from Niagara Falls families.

Other schools in Niagara Falls City School District

The district →
Cataract Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Niagara Falls
D−
496 students15:1
Bloneva Bond Primary School
Elementary · Grades PK–3 · Niagara Falls
D−
476 students16:1
Hyde Park School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Niagara Falls
D−
476 students16:1
Geraldine J Mann School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Niagara Falls
C−
400 students15:1
Maple Avenue School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Niagara Falls
D
388 students19:1
Henry J Kalfas Magnet School
Elementary · Grades PK–3 · Niagara Falls
D−
304 students14:1

School facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), 2024–2025 school year. Test scores: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21). A school’s letter is our own summary of its reading and math results against New York’s other public schools; Niagara Falls’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.