ACADEMY SCHOOL

ACADEMY SCHOOL, an one-room-style 9-12 campus in BUFFALO, New York, part of BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, instructs 70 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 90% leaner than the state mean of about 668.

Within BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 61 schools and 29,425 students, ACADEMY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, ACADEMY SCHOOL lists that Black students make up the majority at 71%. Beyond that, the school logs 14% Hispanic, 11% White, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 13% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 2.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. About 97% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Erie County runs at roughly 51%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Erie County shows median household income runs about $72,839, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Erie County's 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,519 students), ACADEMY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: NORTH PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL #50, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ACADEMY SCHOOL has decreased 40%, going from 117 students in 2018 to 70 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 4.5:1 in 2018 to 2.6:1 in 2025.

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