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Enrollment
551
Elementary
DISTRICT 491 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360585000295
BUFFALO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY
414 S DIVISION ST, BUFFALO, NY 14204 · (716) 816-3767 · Erie County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL551 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 3% of New York public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
529 students
DISTRICT 88% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 36 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 47 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 63 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 72 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 60 | 11% |
| Ungraded | 9 | 2% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 22% smaller than its 8th grade class (60).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
22.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
18.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 22.0% | 18.0% |
| 2023-24 | 16.0% | 15.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
17.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-22.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 40% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like BUFFALO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY
BUFFALO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY's state test result (17.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUFFALO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY this school | 551 | 96.0% | 17.3% |
| STANLEY MAKOWSKI EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER BUFFALO | 566 | 94.7% | 25.5% |
| HARVEY AUSTIN SCHOOL #97 BUFFALO | 487 | 95.3% | 13.9% |
| MARTIN LUTHER KING JR #48 BUFFALO | 413 | 96.1% | 11.9% |
| HIGHGATE HEIGHTS BUFFALO | 407 | 92.9% | 13.9% |
| BUILD COMMUNITY SCHOOL BUFFALO | 371 | 96.5% | 19.9% |
Matched among New York elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where BUFFALO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.3% | #2,275 of 2,335 | #97 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.0% | #2,273 of 2,342 ▲ 9 | #99 of 115 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #2,262 of 2,343 ▼ 19 | #92 of 115 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 551 | #630 of 2,585 | #38 of 123 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #775 of 2,338 | #54 of 119 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.1% | #602 of 2,388 | #33 of 119 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.0% | #151 of 2,534 | #10 of 122 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.9% | #1,283 of 1,757 | #47 of 68 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
551
-14 (-2%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 1,034
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 13.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 551 | 50.7 | 10.9:1 | 96% (529) |
| 2023-24 | 522 | 51 | 10.3:1 | 93% (485) |
| 2022-23 | 525 | 53.6 | 9.8:1 | 94% (494) |
| 2020-21 | 565 | 42 | 13.4:1 | 92% (517) |
| 2017-18 | 598 | 47 | 12.7:1 | 84% (505) |
| 2015-16 | 578 | 34 | 17.0:1 | 77% (444) |
| 2010-11 | 589 | 56 | 10.5:1 | 85% (499) |
| 2000-01 | 696 | 57 | 12.2:1 | 89% (618) |
| 1990-91 | 1,034 | 67 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BUFFALO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY.
About BUFFALO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY
A mid-sized elementary school in BUFFALO, New York, BUFFALO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY is part of BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. It had 551 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 8. Elementary schools in New York average about 443 students, which makes this school 24% larger than average.
BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT has 29,425 students in 61 schools, and BUFFALO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY is one of those schools.
The largest group at BUFFALO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY is Black students, at 55%. Next come 24% Asian, 9% White, 9% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 13% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, BUFFALO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY scores 62%.
BUFFALO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY reported 50.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 10.9:1. The school's 10.9:1 compares with an average of 12.8:1 for elementary schools in New York. Roughly 96% of students at BUFFALO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 51% average for public schools in Erie County is 45 points.
BUFFALO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY earns an F on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 3% of New York public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations places BUFFALO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY in the bottom 10% of New York schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 22.4 points below it (17.3% actual, 39.7% predicted).
In Erie County, home to about 950,622 people, the median household earns about $72,839 a year, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. BUFFALO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY shares Erie County with 225 other public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, BENNETT PARK MONTESSORI SCHOOL, is about 0.2 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 21.0%; BUFFALO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY's is 17.3%, ranking 5th of 8.
Locale data from NCES put BUFFALO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
BUFFALO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY had 565 students in 2020-21 and 551 in 2024-25, nearly the same. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 13.4:1 to 10.9:1.
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Erie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
950,622
Census ACS
Median income
$72,839
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
226
122,519 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- HUTCHINSON CENTRAL TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,140 students
- CITY HONORS SCHOOLHigh · 1,088 students
- INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLElementary · 933 students
- FREDERICK OLMSTED #156High · 928 students
- MCKINLEY VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 862 students
- SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 801 students
Other schools in BUFFALO
- CHARTER SCHOOL FOR APPLIED TECHNOLOGIESCombined · 2,260 students
- KENMORE WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,235 students
- HUTCHINSON CENTRAL TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,140 students
- TAPESTRY CHARTER SCHOOLCombined · 1,120 students
- CITY HONORS SCHOOLHigh · 1,088 students
- INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLElementary · 933 students
Nearby schools
- BENNETT PARK MONTESSORI SCHOOL0.2 mi · 612
- BUFFALO CREEK ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL0.6 mi · 176
- ENTERPRISE CHARTER SCHOOL0.7 mi · 402
- REACH ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL0.7 mi · 805
- HARRIET ROSS TUBMAN ACADEMY0.9 mi · 550
- PS 42 OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING CENTER1.0 mi · 69
Frequently asked questions
About BUFFALO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGYWhat is the total enrollment at BUFFALO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY?
BUFFALO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY enrolls approximately 551 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does BUFFALO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY serve?
BUFFALO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BUFFALO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BUFFALO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY is approximately 10.9:1 (51 FTE teachers).
How diverse is BUFFALO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY?
BUFFALO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY reports a student body of 9% White, 9% Hispanic, 55% Black, 24% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is BUFFALO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY public or private?
BUFFALO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY is a public K-12 school, overseen by BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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