INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL is a large primary school in BUFFALO, New York, overseen by BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school works with 933 students in grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 111% bigger than typical.

BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 61 schools with combined enrollment of 29,425 students; INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL is among them.

On demographics, INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL reports that the most-represented group is Black (37%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 35% Asian, 16% White, 9% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 13% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL reports 87 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.7:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 96% of students at INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Erie County's rate of about 51%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 39.8%; this one comes in at 17.1%, -22.8 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Erie County put the typical household earns roughly $72,839 per year, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Erie County's 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,519 students), INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: LAFAYETTE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 26.9%.

INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL operates from an inner-city location.

Trend over the last 7 years. INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked down 18% since 2018, when it stood at 1,137 (now 933). Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, members of the INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.