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

120 public elementary schools in Erie County, New York appear in this ranking of the public elementary schools with the most Black students, 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 53 across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked
120
Erie County, New York
Top Black students
618
Median Black students
53
MOST BLACK (COUNT) · ERIE COUNTY, NEW YORK
#SchoolCityDistrictStudents% BlackBlack students
1REACH ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLBUFFALO, NYREACH ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL80576.8%618
2DR LYDIA T WRIGHT SCH OF EXCELLENCEBUFFALO, NYBUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT56069.3%388
3PERSISTENCE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLBUFFALO, NYPERSISTENCE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL43486.9%377
4KING CENTER CHARTER SCHOOLBUFFALO, NYKING CENTER CHARTER SCHOOL41983.5%350
5INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLBUFFALO, NYBUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT93337.4%349
6WEST HERTEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBUFFALO, NYBUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT77145.1%348
7STANLEY MAKOWSKI EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTERBUFFALO, NYBUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT56660.8%344
8BUFFALO UNITED CHARTER SCHOOLBUFFALO, NYBUFFALO UNITED CHARTER SCHOOL46566.0%307
9COMMUNITY SCHOOL #53BUFFALO, NYBUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT46465.7%305
10BUFFALO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGYBUFFALO, NYBUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT55155.2%304
11PS 81BUFFALO, NYBUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT73941.1%304
12BENNETT PARK MONTESSORI SCHOOLBUFFALO, NYBUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT61249.4%302
13SOUTH BUFFALO CHARTER SCHOOLBUFFALO, NYSOUTH BUFFALO CHARTER SCHOOL91231.3%285
14UNION EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCHEEKTOWAGA, NYCHEEKTOWAGA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT96328.6%275
15PS 74 HAMLIN PARK - CLAUDE AND OUIDA CLAPP ACADEMYBUFFALO, NYBUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT39667.2%266
16HIGHGATE HEIGHTSBUFFALO, NYBUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT40765.4%266
17ENTERPRISE CHARTER SCHOOLBUFFALO, NYENTERPRISE CHARTER SCHOOL40263.9%257
18HARVEY AUSTIN SCHOOL #97BUFFALO, NYBUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT48752.4%255
19MARVA J DANIEL FUTURES PREPARATORY SCHOOLBUFFALO, NYBUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT36968.6%253
20HARRIET ROSS TUBMAN ACADEMYBUFFALO, NYBUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT55043.8%241
21PFC WILLIAM J GRABIARZ #79BUFFALO, NYBUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT51844.0%228
22BUILD COMMUNITY SCHOOLBUFFALO, NYBUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT37160.6%225
23WESTMINSTER COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOLBUFFALO, NYWESTMINSTER COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL34265.2%223
24MARTIN LUTHER KING JR #48BUFFALO, NYBUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT41351.6%213
25ELMWOOD VILLAGE CHARTER SCHOOL HERTELBUFFALO, NYELMWOOD VILLAGE CHARTER SCHOOL HERTEL41650.0%208
26CHARTER SCHOOL OF INQUIRYBUFFALO, NYCHARTER SCHOOL OF INQUIRY27673.2%202
27CLEVELAND HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCHEEKTOWAGA, NYCLEVELAND HILL UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT66130.4%201
28SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBUFFALO, NYBUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT77225.3%195
29DR GEORGE BLACKMAN ECCBUFFALO, NYBUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT33357.1%190
30PS 17BUFFALO, NYBUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT28465.8%187
31RONALD PEOPLES SCHOOL OF SCHOLARS (THE)BUFFALO, NYBUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT26969.1%186
32PRIMARY HALL PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOLBUFFALO, NYPRIMARY HALL PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL22082.3%181
33WINDERMERE BLVD SCHOOLAMHERST, NYAMHERST CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT73824.3%179
34LOVEJOY DISCOVERY SCHOOL #43BUFFALO, NYBUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT58930.2%178
35PS 61 ARTHUR O EVE SCHOOL OF DISTINCTIONBUFFALO, NYBUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT31554.3%171
36NATIVE AMERICAN MAGNETBUFFALO, NYBUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT36745.5%167
37PS 27 HILLERY PARK ACADEMYBUFFALO, NYBUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT48134.3%165
38DR A PANTOJA COMM SCH EXCLLNCE -#18BUFFALO, NYBUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT47532.6%155
39LORRAINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBUFFALO, NYBUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT63823.7%151
40ELMWOOD VILLAGE CHARTER SCHOOL DAYS PARKBUFFALO, NYELMWOOD VILLAGE CHARTER SCHOOL DAYS PARK42933.8%145
41PS 69 HOUGHTON ACADEMYBUFFALO, NYBUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT44432.4%144
42WEST BUFFALO CHARTER SCHOOLBUFFALO, NYWEST BUFFALO CHARTER SCHOOL49824.5%122
43PS 64 FREDERICK LAW OLMSTEDBUFFALO, NYBUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT58319.6%114
44PS 65 ROOSEVELT ECCBUFFALO, NYBUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT25045.2%113
45GLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTONAWANDA, NYSWEET HOME CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT44323.7%105
46PS 90BUFFALO, NYBUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT17955.3%99
47FRANK A SEDITA SCHOOL #30BUFFALO, NYBUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT61415.3%94
48WILLOW RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLAMHERST, NYSWEET HOME CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT42720.6%88
49HERITAGE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLAMHERST, NYSWEET HOME CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT45218.6%84
50DISCOVERY SCHOOLBUFFALO, NYBUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT54115.2%82
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