Total enrollment
29,425
-3,675 (-11%) vs SY 2017-18
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.
7-year change in BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25School count
61
+1 (+2%) vs SY 2017-18
% White
17%
was 20%
% Hispanic
21%
was 20%
% Black
41%
was 46%
% Asian
16%
was 9%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
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 11% from the 33,100 reported in SY 2017-18. The school count climbed from 60 to 61 across the same 7-year window. On the demographic side, Asian enrollment moved from 9% to 16% over the same window.
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