Enrollment
276
Elementary
STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARTER SCHOOL OF INQUIRY·NCES 360113506543
CHARTER SCHOOL OF INQUIRY
404 EDISON ST, BUFFALO, NY 14222 · (716) 833-3250 · Erie County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL276 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 2% 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
7.7:1
36 FTE teachers
STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
257 students
STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 26 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 39 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 46 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (26) is 43% smaller than its 6th grade class (46).
Student demographics
44%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
19.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
18.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 19 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.0% | 18.0% |
| 2023-24 | 15.0% | 18.0% |
% 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
15.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-24.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 41% 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 CHARTER SCHOOL OF INQUIRY
CHARTER SCHOOL OF INQUIRY's state test result (15.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHARTER SCHOOL OF INQUIRY this school | 276 | 93.1% | 15.8% |
| PS 17 BUFFALO | 284 | 93.0% | 17.1% |
| PS 136 ROY WILKINS SAINT ALBANS | 336 | 93.8% | 45.3% |
| RONALD PEOPLES SCHOOL OF SCHOLARS (THE) BUFFALO | 269 | 96.7% | 17.2% |
| PS 135 SHELDON A BROOKNER BROOKLYN | 307 | 93.8% | 46.2% |
| PS 375 JACKIE ROBINSON SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 239 | 90.8% | 47.4% |
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 CHARTER SCHOOL OF INQUIRY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.8% | #2,288 of 2,335 | #102 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.0% | #2,272 of 2,342 ▼ 27 | #98 of 115 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #2,289 of 2,343 ▼ 34 | #98 of 115 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 276 | #2,124 of 2,585 | #110 of 123 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 7.7:1 | #47 of 2,338 | #1 of 119 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.2% | #1,461 of 2,388 | #61 of 119 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.1% | #292 of 2,534 | #25 of 122 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +24.3% | #106 of 606 | #6 of 43 |
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
276
-10 (-3%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
7.7:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 276 | 35.8 | 7.7:1 | 93% (257) |
| 2023-24 | 287 | 34.8 | 8.3:1 | 94% (271) |
| 2022-23 | 268 | 32.3 | 8.3:1 | 96% (257) |
| 2020-21 | 286 | 23 | 12.4:1 | 93% (265) |
| 2017-18 | 222 | 14 | 15.9:1 | 93% (206) |
| 2015-16 | 100 | 9 | 11.1:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CHARTER SCHOOL OF INQUIRY.
About CHARTER SCHOOL OF INQUIRY
CHARTER SCHOOL OF INQUIRY is the name of a small elementary school in BUFFALO, New York. The school serves kindergarten through 6. Enrollment is 276 students. Elementary schools in New York have about 443 students on average; enrollment here is 38% lower.
CHARTER SCHOOL OF INQUIRY is its own local education agency in federal data.
More than half of the students at CHARTER SCHOOL OF INQUIRY are Black (73%). Beyond that, enrollment is 11% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 4% multiracial, and 3% White. In Erie County overall, about 13% of residents are Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, CHARTER SCHOOL OF INQUIRY scores 44%.
A staff of 35.8 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 7.7:1. Compared with the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York, this school's ratio is lower. By family income, 93% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 51% average for public schools in Erie County, the school's rate is higher.
Among New York public elementary schools, CHARTER SCHOOL OF INQUIRY outscored 2%, which works out to an F on the allk12 Grade.
Compared with New York schools that have similar shares of low-income students, CHARTER SCHOOL OF INQUIRY scores 24.9 points lower than predicted. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 15.8%; the prediction is 40.8%.
The school's county is Erie County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $72,839 a year, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Erie County number 226, with about 122,519 students.
CHARTER SCHOOL OF INQUIRY's nearest public school is FREDERICK OLMSTED #156 (about 0.4 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. On state test proficiency, CHARTER SCHOOL OF INQUIRY ranks 8th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
NCES assigns CHARTER SCHOOL OF INQUIRY the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. It is a charter school, open to the public and funded by taxpayers.
Enrollment decreased by 3% across 4 years, from 286 in 2020-21 to 276 in 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 12.4:1 to 7.7:1 over the same years.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at CHARTER SCHOOL OF INQUIRY. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
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Nearby schools
- FREDERICK OLMSTED #1560.4 mi · 928
- RONALD PEOPLES SCHOOL OF SCHOLARS (THE)0.4 mi · 269
- WESTMINSTER COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL0.6 mi · 342
- HIGHGATE HEIGHTS1.0 mi · 407
- KING CENTER CHARTER SCHOOL1.1 mi · 419
- CLEVELAND HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 661
Frequently asked questions
About CHARTER SCHOOL OF INQUIRYWhat is the total enrollment at CHARTER SCHOOL OF INQUIRY?
CHARTER SCHOOL OF INQUIRY enrolls approximately 276 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does CHARTER SCHOOL OF INQUIRY serve?
CHARTER SCHOOL OF INQUIRY serves grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at CHARTER SCHOOL OF INQUIRY?
Approximately 7.7:1 students per teacher at CHARTER SCHOOL OF INQUIRY.
What is the student diversity at CHARTER SCHOOL OF INQUIRY?
Student demographics at CHARTER SCHOOL OF INQUIRY are roughly 3% White, 11% Hispanic, 73% Black, 10% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is CHARTER SCHOOL OF INQUIRY public or private?
CHARTER SCHOOL OF INQUIRY is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by CHARTER SCHOOL OF INQUIRY.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.