Enrollment
402
Elementary
STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ENTERPRISE CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 360007305551
ENTERPRISE CHARTER SCHOOL
275 OAK ST, BUFFALO, NY 14203 · (716) 855-2114 · Erie County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL402 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 7% 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.
- C-Beats 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
18.4:1
22 FTE teachers
STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
397 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 | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 31 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 49 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 42 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 38 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 37% larger than its 8th grade class (38).
Student demographics
52%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
28.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +15.0pp since 2023
Math
29.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +19.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 19 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.0% | 29.0% |
| 2023-24 | 13.0% | 10.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
20.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
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 ENTERPRISE CHARTER SCHOOL
ENTERPRISE CHARTER SCHOOL's state test result (20.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENTERPRISE CHARTER SCHOOL this school | 402 | 98.8% | 20.3% |
| PS 184 NEWPORT BROOKLYN | 395 | 97.2% | 18.5% |
| COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 394 | 95.2% | 67.2% |
| PS 156 WAVERLY BROOKLYN | 421 | 94.8% | 39.9% |
| PS 183 DR RICHARD R GREEN ROCKAWAY BEACH | 414 | 94.9% | 28.8% |
| HYDE LEADERSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL - BROOKLYN BROOKLYN | 401 | 93.0% | 39.8% |
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 ENTERPRISE CHARTER SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.3% | #2,232 of 2,335 | #91 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #2,107 of 2,342 ▲ 205 | #86 of 115 ▲ 25 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #2,150 of 2,343 ▲ 128 | #83 of 115 ▲ 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 402 | #1,345 of 2,585 | #83 of 123 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.4:1 | #2,270 of 2,338 | #119 of 119 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.4% | #1,127 of 2,388 | #50 of 119 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.8% | #20 of 2,534 | #1 of 122 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.2% | #1,749 of 1,757 | #68 of 68 |
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
402
0 (0%) vs 2020
-1% since 2010-11, when it was 405
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 402 | 21.8 | 18.4:1 | 99% (397) |
| 2023-24 | 394 | 27.5 | 14.3:1 | 99% (390) |
| 2022-23 | 362 | 29.9 | 12.1:1 | 91% (331) |
| 2020-21 | 402 | 31 | 13.0:1 | 94% (376) |
| 2017-18 | 403 | 44.1 | 9.2:1 | 99% (397) |
| 2015-16 | 404 | 32 | 12.6:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 405 | 30 | 13.5:1 | 87% (353) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ENTERPRISE CHARTER SCHOOL.
About ENTERPRISE CHARTER SCHOOL
ENTERPRISE CHARTER SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school with its address in BUFFALO, New York. The school counts 402 students across kindergarten through 8.
In federal data, the district for ENTERPRISE CHARTER SCHOOL is the school itself.
By race and ethnicity, ENTERPRISE CHARTER SCHOOL is 64% Black. After that, the student body is 25% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial, and 3% White. Census figures show Erie County is about 13% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at ENTERPRISE CHARTER SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 52%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 18.4:1, with 21.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1, lower than at this school. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 99% of enrollment. Public schools in Erie County average 51%.
allk12 grades ENTERPRISE CHARTER SCHOOL a D. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Compared with New York schools that have similar shares of low-income students, ENTERPRISE CHARTER SCHOOL's results are 18.4 points below predicted: 20.3% against 38.7%.
Erie County has about 950,622 residents, and median household income is about $72,839, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Erie County number 226 and enroll about 122,519.
Nearest public school: REACH ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL, about 0.3 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, ENTERPRISE CHARTER SCHOOL is 5th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. ENTERPRISE CHARTER SCHOOL is run as a public charter school.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 402 to 402. By 2024-25, the school had 18.4 students per teacher, compared with 13.0 in 2020-21.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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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- HUTCHINSON CENTRAL TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,140 students
- TAPESTRY CHARTER SCHOOLCombined · 1,120 students
- CITY HONORS SCHOOLHigh · 1,088 students
- INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLElementary · 933 students
Nearby schools
- REACH ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL0.3 mi · 805
- EMERSON SCHOOL OF HOSPITALITY0.4 mi · 399
- BUFFALO SCHOOL OF CULINARY ARTS AND HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT0.4 mi · 436
- PS 42 OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING CENTER0.4 mi · 69
- BENNETT PARK MONTESSORI SCHOOL0.5 mi · 612
- BUFFALO COMMONS CHARTER SCHOOL0.5 mi · 114
Frequently asked questions
About ENTERPRISE CHARTER SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at ENTERPRISE CHARTER SCHOOL?
ENTERPRISE CHARTER SCHOOL enrolls approximately 402 students in grades KG-08.
Is ENTERPRISE CHARTER SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
ENTERPRISE CHARTER SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ENTERPRISE CHARTER SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ENTERPRISE CHARTER SCHOOL is approximately 18.4:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at ENTERPRISE CHARTER SCHOOL?
Student demographics at ENTERPRISE CHARTER SCHOOL are roughly 3% White, 25% Hispanic, 64% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees ENTERPRISE CHARTER SCHOOL?
ENTERPRISE CHARTER SCHOOL is overseen by ENTERPRISE CHARTER SCHOOL in Erie County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.