CHARTER SCHOOL OF INQUIRY

As a cozy K-5 school in BUFFALO, New York, CHARTER SCHOOL OF INQUIRY works with 276 students from grades K through 6, operated by CHARTER SCHOOL OF INQUIRY. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so CHARTER SCHOOL OF INQUIRY sits 38% leaner than that benchmark.

CHARTER SCHOOL OF INQUIRY is a school of CHARTER SCHOOL OF INQUIRY, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Demographically, CHARTER SCHOOL OF INQUIRY records that 73% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder looks like 11% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 4% multiracial, 3% White. By comparison, Erie County as a whole is about 13% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, CHARTER SCHOOL OF INQUIRY has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 7.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 93% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Erie County's rate of about 51%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CHARTER SCHOOL OF INQUIRY falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 40.8%; this one comes in at 15.8%, -24.9 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, census data for Erie County shows median household income runs about $72,839, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Erie County's 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,519 students), CHARTER SCHOOL OF INQUIRY is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: FREDERICK OLMSTED #156, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CHARTER SCHOOL OF INQUIRY ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 40.7%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting. CHARTER SCHOOL OF INQUIRY operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. CHARTER SCHOOL OF INQUIRY's enrollment has rose 24% since 2018, when it stood at 222 (now 276). The Black share of enrollment declined from 87% to 73% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 7.7:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for CHARTER SCHOOL OF INQUIRY typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.