BUFFALO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY

BUFFALO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY is one of the mid-tier elementary schools in BUFFALO, New York, part of BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 551 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so BUFFALO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY sits 24% bigger than that benchmark.

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

Demographically, BUFFALO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY lists that 55% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 24% Asian, 9% White, 9% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 13%.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 96% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Erie County (around 51%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BUFFALO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 39.7%; this one comes in at 17.3%, -22.4 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Erie County put the typical household earns roughly $72,839 per year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Erie County runs 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,519 students), of which BUFFALO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY is one.

Nearest neighbor: BENNETT PARK MONTESSORI SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, BUFFALO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 21.0%.

BUFFALO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY operates from a city-core location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BUFFALO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY has shrank 8%, going from 598 students in 2018 to 551 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 16% to 9% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.