FRANK A SEDITA SCHOOL #30

Set in BUFFALO, New York, FRANK A SEDITA SCHOOL #30 is a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus, part of BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. It caters to 614 students across grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so FRANK A SEDITA SCHOOL #30 sits 39% larger than that benchmark.

BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 61 schools in total, collectively educating 29,425 students. FRANK A SEDITA SCHOOL #30 is one of those campuses.

Demographically, FRANK A SEDITA SCHOOL #30 shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 71%. Other groups include 15% Black, 7% Asian, 5% White. By comparison, Erie County as a whole is about 6% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, FRANK A SEDITA SCHOOL #30 has 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting FRANK A SEDITA SCHOOL #30 tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 93% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Erie County's rate of about 51%.

After controlling for student poverty, FRANK A SEDITA SCHOOL #30 is in the bottom 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 40.8%; FRANK A SEDITA SCHOOL #30 posts 14.3%, -26.5 points below that line.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Erie County put median household income runs about $72,839, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Erie County's 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,519 students), FRANK A SEDITA SCHOOL #30 is one campus in the mix.

INTERNATIONAL PREPARATORY SCHOOL (THE) is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around FRANK A SEDITA SCHOOL #30. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts FRANK A SEDITA SCHOOL #30 at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 28.7%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at FRANK A SEDITA SCHOOL #30 has shrank 20%, going from 763 students in 2018 to 614 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 11.6:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 today.

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