School district · New York
Buffalo City School District
Buffalo City School District in New York: 61 public schools with 29,425 students and 10.3 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $37,290 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 61
- Students
- 29,425
- Students per teacher
- 10.3
- NY 11.3 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $37,290
- NY $34.3K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 2,866
- Counselors (FTE)
- 109
- Students per counselor
- 271
- NY 281 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 82.0
- Librarians (FTE): 0.0
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on New York's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
New York: 53%28%proficient
+2.9 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 96% of school districts in New York
Median 48% · 707 school districts compared
11,072 students tested, grades 3–8 · NYSTP; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
New York: 55%25%proficient
+1.5 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 97% of school districts in New York
Median 53% · 707 school districts compared
11,122 students tested, grades 3–8 · NYSTP; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
- Federal
- 15% · $191.6M
- State
- 73% · $960.7M
- Local
- 12% · $162.4M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $24,268
- Support services
- $11,689
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $26.2M
- Long-term debt
- $366M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bennett Park Montessori SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 612 | 9.7 | 18% | 13% |
Bilingual CenterFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 358 | 8.0 | 12% | 11% |
Buffalo Elementary School of TechnologyFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 551 | 10.9 | 22% | 18% |
Build Community SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 371 | 8.7 | 21% | 21% |
Community School #53Free meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 464 | 9.5 | 13% | 14% |
D'youville-Porter CampusFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 521 | 8.6 | 12% | 7.2% |
Discovery SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 541 | 11.8 | 39% | 42% |
Dr A Pantoja Comm Sch Excllnce -#18Free meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 475 | 10.2 | 24% | 13% |
Dr George Blackman EccFree meals for all | Pre-K–4 | 333 | 9.4 | 24% | 22% |
Dr Lydia T Wright Sch of ExcellenceFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 560 | 11.0 | 13% | 8.5% |
Frank A Sedita School #30Free meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 614 | 10.1 | 18% | 14% |
Harriet Ross Tubman AcademyFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 550 | 11.3 | 14% | 9.6% |
Harvey Austin School #97Free meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 487 | 8.7 | 16% | 19% |
Herman Badillo Bilingual AcademyFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 514 | 10.0 | 12% | 7.8% |
Highgate HeightsFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 407 | 11.5 | 12% | 16% |
International SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 933 | 10.7 | 18% | 17% |
Lorraine Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 638 | 10.4 | 42% | 45% |
Lovejoy Discovery School #43Free meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 589 | 11.9 | 21% | 19% |
Martin Luther King Jr #48Free meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 413 | 10.6 | 17% | 11% |
Marva J Daniel Futures Preparatory SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 369 | 8.9 | 21% | 15% |
Native American MagnetFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 367 | 10.4 | 23% | 31% |
North Park Community School #50Free meals for all | Pre-K–6 | 437 | 12.6 | 55% | 58% |
PS 17Free meals for all | Pre-K–4 | 284 | 9.1 | 18% | 24% |
PS 27 Hillery Park AcademyFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 481 | 8.6 | 24% | 23% |
PS 61 Arthur O Eve School of DistinctionFree meals for all | Pre-K–4 | 315 | 11.2 | 51% | 35% |
PS 64 Frederick Law OlmstedFree meals for all | Pre-K–4 | 583 | 12.6 | 71% | 79% |
PS 65 Roosevelt EccFree meals for all | Pre-K–4 | 250 | 10.3 | 44% | 43% |
PS 69 Houghton AcademyFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 444 | 10.9 | 41% | 32% |
PS 74 Hamlin Park - Claude and Ouida Clapp AcademyFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 396 | 9.3 | 14% | 17% |
PS 81Free meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 739 | 13.0 | 32% | 31% |
| Pre-K–2 | 179 | 8.5 | — | — | |
Pfc William J Grabiarz #79Free meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 518 | 11.1 | 26% | 25% |
Ronald Peoples School of Scholars (the)Free meals for all | Pre-K–4 | 269 | 10.7 | 9.4% | 19% |
Southside Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 772 | 10.8 | 21% | 24% |
Stanley Makowski Early Childhood CenterFree meals for all | Pre-K–4 | 566 | 10.8 | 28% | 30% |
West Hertel Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 771 | 12.2 | 24% | 22% |
PS 59 Dr Charles Drew Science MagnetFree meals for all | 3–8 | 293 | 8.4 | 16% | 16% |
Academy SchoolAlternativeFree meals for all | 9–12 | 70 | 2.6 | — | — |
Buffalo Academy for the Visual & Performing ArtsFree meals for all | 5–12 | 617 | 8.8 | 49% | 40% |
Buffalo School of Culinary Arts and Hospitality ManagementCareer and technicalFree meals for all | 9–12 | 436 | 9.9 | — | — |
Burgard High SchoolCareer and technicalFree meals for all | 9–12 | 502 | 10.5 | — | — |
City Honors SchoolFree meals for all | 5–12 | 1,088 | 14.0 | 80% | 76% |
East Community SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 386 | 10.5 | — | — |
Emerson School of HospitalityFree meals for all | 9–12 | 399 | 8.9 | — | — |
Erie County Detention FacilityAlternative | 9–12 | 13 | — | — | — |
Frederick Olmsted #156Free meals for all | 5–12 | 928 | 11.8 | 62% | 58% |
Hutchinson Central Technical High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,140 | 12.5 | — | — |
International Preparatory School (the)Free meals for all | 9–12 | 640 | 9.5 | — | — |
Lafayette International SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 475 | 7.7 | — | — |
Leonardo Da Vinci High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 363 | 10.5 | — | — |
Lewis J Bennett High School of Innovative TechnolgyFree meals for all | 9–12 | 469 | 9.3 | — | — |
Math Science Technology Preparatory School at 197Free meals for all | 9–12 | 438 | 10.0 | — | — |
Mckinley Vocational High SchoolCareer and technicalFree meals for all | 9–12 | 862 | 9.4 | — | — |
| 9–12 | 302 | 11.1 | — | — | |
Pathways AcademyAlternative | 9–12 | 110 | 8.5 | — | — |
Research Laboratory HS-BioinformaticFree meals for all | 9–12 | 174 | 7.5 | — | — |
Riverside Academy High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 285 | 7.8 | — | — |
South Park High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 801 | 10.6 | — | — |
PS 42 Occupational Training CenterSpecial education | Ungraded | 69 | 7.3 | — | — |
PS 84Special education | K–12 | 151 | 6.6 | — | — |
Waterfront Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–9 | 743 | 12.1 | 26% | 21% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Address
- 712 City Hall, Buffalo, NY 14202
- Phone
- (716)816-3575
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.