BUFFALO UNITED CHARTER SCHOOL

BUFFALO UNITED CHARTER SCHOOL, a moderately sized K-5 school in BUFFALO, New York, run under BUFFALO UNITED CHARTER SCHOOL, enrolls 465 students, covering grades K through 8.

BUFFALO UNITED CHARTER SCHOOL sits inside BUFFALO UNITED CHARTER SCHOOL, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

Looking at the student body, BUFFALO UNITED CHARTER SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is Black, at 66% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 17% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% White, 4% Asian. By comparison, Erie County as a whole is about 13% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Roughly 93% of students at BUFFALO UNITED CHARTER SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Erie County runs at roughly 51%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BUFFALO UNITED CHARTER SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.7%, the actual is 27.8%, a residual of -12.9 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Erie County put the typical household earns roughly $72,839 per year, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Erie County's 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,519 students), BUFFALO UNITED CHARTER SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

LEWIS J BENNETT HIGH SCHOOL OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLGY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BUFFALO UNITED CHARTER SCHOOL at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 36.8%.

BUFFALO UNITED CHARTER SCHOOL operates from a high-density location. As a public charter, BUFFALO UNITED CHARTER SCHOOL runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 28%: 646 students in 2018 compared to 465 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share decreased from 91% to 66%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 today.

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