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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the BUFFALO UNITED CHARTER SCHOOL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
465
Elementary
STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BUFFALO UNITED CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 360007105538
BUFFALO UNITED CHARTER SCHOOL
325 MANHATTAN AVE, BUFFALO, NY 14214 · (716) 835-9862 · Erie County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL465 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 15% of New York public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
11.1:1
42 FTE teachers
STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
434 students
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 31 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 48 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 8 | 48 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (31) is 35% smaller than its 8th grade class (48).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
34.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
29.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.0% | 29.0% |
| 2023-24 | 26.0% | 23.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
27.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
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 UNITED CHARTER SCHOOL
BUFFALO UNITED CHARTER SCHOOL's state test result (27.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUFFALO UNITED CHARTER SCHOOL this school | 465 | 93.3% | 27.8% |
| PS 40 GEORGE W CARVER BROOKLYN | 465 | 89.5% | 65.9% |
| HARLEM VILLAGE ACADEMY WEST CHARTER SCHOOL NEW YORK | 446 | 89.0% | 88.3% |
| PS 156 WAVERLY BROOKLYN | 421 | 94.8% | 39.9% |
| COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 394 | 95.2% | 67.2% |
| PS 361 EAST FLATBUSH EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 374 | 89.8% | 40.3% |
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 UNITED CHARTER SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.8% | #2,087 of 2,335 | #81 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #2,106 of 2,342 ▲ 51 | #85 of 115 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #2,011 of 2,343 ▼ 70 | #78 of 115 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 465 | #990 of 2,585 | #60 of 123 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #868 of 2,338 | #61 of 119 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.5% | #1,126 of 2,388 | #49 of 119 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.3% | #281 of 2,534 | #23 of 122 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.0% | #336 of 1,757 | #9 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
465
-174 (-27%) vs 2020
-24% since 2010-11, when it was 614
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 18.8:1
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 | 465 | 42 | 11.1:1 | 93% (434) |
| 2023-24 | 524 | 40 | 13.1:1 | 93% (486) |
| 2022-23 | 659 | 35 | 18.8:1 | 95% (629) |
| 2020-21 | 639 | 34 | 18.8:1 | 95% (606) |
| 2017-18 | 646 | 37 | 17.5:1 | 93% (600) |
| 2015-16 | 718 | 36 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 614 | 37 | 16.6:1 | 92% (563) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BUFFALO UNITED CHARTER SCHOOL.
About BUFFALO UNITED CHARTER SCHOOL
BUFFALO UNITED CHARTER SCHOOL is the name of a mid-sized elementary school in BUFFALO, New York. It has an enrollment of 465 students in kindergarten through 8.
BUFFALO UNITED CHARTER SCHOOL is not part of a larger district; federal data list it as its own local education agency.
Of every 100 students at BUFFALO UNITED CHARTER SCHOOL, about 66 are Black. It is also 17% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% White, and 4% Asian. Erie County's residents are about 13% Black, 54 points below the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 52%.
The school's 42 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.1:1. Elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1, 1.8 more students per teacher than here. Income data for the school show 93% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 51% average among public schools in Erie County.
BUFFALO UNITED CHARTER SCHOOL holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 15% of New York public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, BUFFALO UNITED CHARTER SCHOOL is 12.9 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 27.8% actual, 40.7% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New York.
The county, Erie County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $72,839, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The county has 226 public schools and about 122,519 students.
BUFFALO UNITED CHARTER SCHOOL's nearest public school is LEWIS J BENNETT HIGH SCHOOL OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLGY (about 0.3 miles). Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, BUFFALO UNITED CHARTER SCHOOL ranks 7th on average proficiency.
BUFFALO UNITED CHARTER SCHOOL has an NCES locale of City: Large. BUFFALO UNITED CHARTER SCHOOL is run as a public charter school.
The school's enrollment decreased 27% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Students per teacher dropped from 18.8 in 2020-21 to 11.1 in 2024-25.
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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
- 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
- LEWIS J BENNETT HIGH SCHOOL OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLGY0.3 mi · 469
- MIDDLE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 302
- PS 61 ARTHUR O EVE SCHOOL OF DISTINCTION0.6 mi · 315
- RESEARCH LABORATORY HS-BIOINFORMATIC0.8 mi · 174
- WESTMINSTER COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL0.8 mi · 342
- PRIMARY HALL PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL0.9 mi · 220
Frequently asked questions
About BUFFALO UNITED CHARTER SCHOOLHow many students attend BUFFALO UNITED CHARTER SCHOOL?
BUFFALO UNITED CHARTER SCHOOL enrolls approximately 465 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does BUFFALO UNITED CHARTER SCHOOL serve?
BUFFALO UNITED CHARTER SCHOOL serves grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at BUFFALO UNITED CHARTER SCHOOL?
Approximately 11.1:1 students per teacher at BUFFALO UNITED CHARTER SCHOOL.
How diverse is BUFFALO UNITED CHARTER SCHOOL?
BUFFALO UNITED CHARTER SCHOOL reports a student body of 4% White, 17% Hispanic, 66% Black, 4% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is BUFFALO UNITED CHARTER SCHOOL public or private?
BUFFALO UNITED CHARTER SCHOOL is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by BUFFALO UNITED CHARTER SCHOOL.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.