It was named after Lewis J. Bennett, who donated the land for the school and for All High Stadium.

Bennett High School formerly was a magnet school with three college prep programs: the Academy of International Law (similar to pre-law), Business and Computers (similar to information systems), and Education and the Arts.

It is named after Lewis J. Bennett, who donated the land for the school and for All High Stadium.

In 2014, the alumni association and the Buffalo Board of Education worked cooperatively to bring a dramatic change to the curriculum at Bennett.

At the same time a new program was put into place, the Lewis J. Bennett High School of Innovative Technology.