Total enrollment
29,425
-1,221 (-4%) vs SY 2020-21
62 schools in BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
New York · 29,425 students · 1 city
Of the 62 public K-12 schools run by BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, combined student count is roughly 29,425, with 37 elementary, 1 middle, and 22 high.
4-year change in BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
61
+1 (+2%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In New York | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.6% | #431 of 437 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 29,425 | #13 of 576 | #229 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 61 | #7 of 576 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #178 of 565 | #541 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 86.7% | #11 of 573 | #872 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.3% | #17 of 425 | #137 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
State test results across the district's 55 scored schools run from CITY HONORS SCHOOL at 75.0% proficient to DR LYDIA T WRIGHT SCH OF EXCELLENCE at 9.4%, a gap of 65.6 points. That is the 17th widest gap among 258 New York districts with four or more scored schools.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
About BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT administers 62 public schools across New York, collectively hosting roughly 29,425 students.
For a sense of the school types, BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT is built around 37 elementary, 1 middle, 22 high schools, and 2 combined or other.
Five-year track record. Combined enrollment now sits at 29,425 students, shrank 4% from the 30,646 reported in SY 2020-21. The school count climbed from 60 to 61 across the same 4-year window.
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