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allk12 · Rankings · Most Black (count) · New York · Erie County

The public schools with the most Black students in Erie County, New York

Across Erie County, New York, 212 public schools are ranked here, ranked by the total number of Black or African American students enrolled. REACH ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL leads the list at 618, against a median of 52 across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked
212
Erie County, New York
Top Black students
618
Median Black students
52
MOST BLACK (COUNT) · ERIE COUNTY, NEW YORK
#SchoolCityDistrictStudents% BlackBlack students
1REACH ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLBUFFALO, NYREACH ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL80576.8%618
2MCKINLEY VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOLBUFFALO, NYBUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT86252.4%452
3HEALTH SCIENCES CHARTER SCHOOLBUFFALO, NYHEALTH SCIENCES CHARTER SCHOOL45289.8%406
4DR LYDIA T WRIGHT SCH OF EXCELLENCEBUFFALO, NYBUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT56069.3%388
5HUTCHINSON CENTRAL TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLBUFFALO, NYBUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT1,14033.3%380
6PERSISTENCE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLBUFFALO, NYPERSISTENCE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL43486.9%377
7KING CENTER CHARTER SCHOOLBUFFALO, NYKING CENTER CHARTER SCHOOL41983.5%350
8INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLBUFFALO, NYBUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT93337.4%349
9WEST HERTEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBUFFALO, NYBUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT77145.1%348
10STANLEY MAKOWSKI EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTERBUFFALO, NYBUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT56660.8%344
11WATERFRONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBUFFALO, NYBUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT74343.6%324
12BUFFALO UNITED CHARTER SCHOOLBUFFALO, NYBUFFALO UNITED CHARTER SCHOOL46566.0%307
13COMMUNITY SCHOOL #53BUFFALO, NYBUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT46465.7%305
14BUFFALO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGYBUFFALO, NYBUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT55155.2%304
15PS 81BUFFALO, NYBUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT73941.1%304
16BENNETT PARK MONTESSORI SCHOOLBUFFALO, NYBUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT61249.4%302
17LEWIS J BENNETT HIGH SCHOOL OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLGYBUFFALO, NYBUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT46962.3%292
18SOUTH BUFFALO CHARTER SCHOOLBUFFALO, NYSOUTH BUFFALO CHARTER SCHOOL91231.3%285
19BUFFALO ACADEMY FOR THE VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTSBUFFALO, NYBUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT61746.2%285
20UNION EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCHEEKTOWAGA, NYCHEEKTOWAGA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT96328.6%275
21PS 74 HAMLIN PARK - CLAUDE AND OUIDA CLAPP ACADEMYBUFFALO, NYBUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT39667.2%266
22HIGHGATE HEIGHTSBUFFALO, NYBUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT40765.4%266
23SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOLBUFFALO, NYBUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT80133.2%266
24FREDERICK OLMSTED #156BUFFALO, NYBUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT92828.3%263
25SWEET HOME SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLAMHERST, NYSWEET HOME CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT1,10523.8%263
26ENTERPRISE CHARTER SCHOOLBUFFALO, NYENTERPRISE CHARTER SCHOOL40263.9%257
27BURGARD HIGH SCHOOLBUFFALO, NYBUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT50251.0%256
28HARVEY AUSTIN SCHOOL #97BUFFALO, NYBUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT48752.4%255
29MARVA J DANIEL FUTURES PREPARATORY SCHOOLBUFFALO, NYBUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT36968.6%253
30INTERNATIONAL PREPARATORY SCHOOL (THE)BUFFALO, NYBUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT64039.1%250
31MATH SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY PREPARATORY SCHOOL AT 197BUFFALO, NYBUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT43855.7%244
32CHEEKTOWAGA HIGH SCHOOLCHEEKTOWAGA, NYCHEEKTOWAGA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT68235.5%242
33HARRIET ROSS TUBMAN ACADEMYBUFFALO, NYBUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT55043.8%241
34PFC WILLIAM J GRABIARZ #79BUFFALO, NYBUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT51844.0%228
35BUFFALO SCHOOL OF CULINARY ARTS AND HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENTBUFFALO, NYBUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT43651.6%225
36BUILD COMMUNITY SCHOOLBUFFALO, NYBUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT37160.6%225
37WESTMINSTER COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOLBUFFALO, NYWESTMINSTER COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL34265.2%223
38CHEEKTOWAGA MIDDLE SCHOOLCHEEKTOWAGA, NYCHEEKTOWAGA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT67732.9%223
39EMERSON SCHOOL OF HOSPITALITYBUFFALO, NYBUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT39954.6%218
40MIDDLE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOLBUFFALO, NYBUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT30272.2%218
41MARTIN LUTHER KING JR #48BUFFALO, NYBUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT41351.6%213
42ELMWOOD VILLAGE CHARTER SCHOOL HERTELBUFFALO, NYELMWOOD VILLAGE CHARTER SCHOOL HERTEL41650.0%208
43CHARTER SCHOOL OF INQUIRYBUFFALO, NYCHARTER SCHOOL OF INQUIRY27673.2%202
44CLEVELAND HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCHEEKTOWAGA, NYCLEVELAND HILL UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT66130.4%201
45SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBUFFALO, NYBUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT77225.3%195
46EAST COMMUNITY SCHOOLBUFFALO, NYBUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT38649.7%192
47DR GEORGE BLACKMAN ECCBUFFALO, NYBUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT33357.1%190
48PS 17BUFFALO, NYBUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT28465.8%187
49RONALD PEOPLES SCHOOL OF SCHOLARS (THE)BUFFALO, NYBUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT26969.1%186
50PRIMARY HALL PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOLBUFFALO, NYPRIMARY HALL PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL22082.3%181
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