DR GEORGE BLACKMAN ECC

As an intimate elementary campus in BUFFALO, New York, DR GEORGE BLACKMAN ECC serves 333 students from grades pre-K through 4, overseen by BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrollment runs roughly 25% leaner than the state mean of about 443.

BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 61 schools in total, collectively educating 29,425 students. DR GEORGE BLACKMAN ECC is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, DR GEORGE BLACKMAN ECC lists that 57% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest comes out to 17% Asian, 11% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 6% White. By comparison, Erie County as a whole is about 13% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school reports having 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Around 89% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Erie County's rate of about 51%.

With demographic context factored in, DR GEORGE BLACKMAN ECC falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 42.2%; this one comes in at 21.1%, -21.1 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, Erie County reports that median household earnings sit near $72,839, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Erie County's 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,519 students), DR GEORGE BLACKMAN ECC is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is PRIMARY HALL PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), DR GEORGE BLACKMAN ECC ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 33.4%.

DR GEORGE BLACKMAN ECC operates from a high-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 30%: 476 students in 2018 compared to 333 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share ticked up from 6% to 17%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 9.4:1 in 2025.

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