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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at KING CENTER CHARTER SCHOOL this year?
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Enrollment
419
Elementary
STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KING CENTER CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 360003504336
KING CENTER CHARTER SCHOOL
156 NEWBURGH AVE, BUFFALO, NY 14211 · (716) 891-7912 · Erie County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL419 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
39 FTE teachers
STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
383 students
STATE 58%
Community
1
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 | 48 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 47 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 46 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 43 | 10% |
Student demographics
29%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
36.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +13.0pp since 2023
Math
37.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.0% | 37.0% |
| 2023-24 | 23.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
31.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 →
Where KING CENTER CHARTER SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #1,983 of 2,335 | #78 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #1,928 of 2,342 | #75 of 115 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #1,941 of 2,343 | #75 of 115 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 419 | #1,260 of 2,585 | #77 of 123 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #708 of 2,338 | #50 of 119 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.3% | #1,890 of 2,388 | #80 of 119 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.1% | #1,403 of 1,757 | #51 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.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
419
-27 (-6%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 10.5:1
% White
1%
was 0%
% Hispanic
5%
was 1%
% Black
84%
was 88%
% Asian
8%
was 7%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 419 | 39 | 10.7:1 | 91% (383) |
| 2023-24 | 401 | 44 | 9.1:1 | 92% (370) |
| 2022-23 | 412 | 26.9 | 15.3:1 | 95% (393) |
| 2017-18 | 446 | 42.6 | 10.5:1 | 99% (440) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for KING CENTER CHARTER SCHOOL.
About KING CENTER CHARTER SCHOOL
KING CENTER CHARTER SCHOOL is a public mid-sized elementary school in BUFFALO, New York. The school teaches kindergarten through 8 and enrolls 419 students.
KING CENTER CHARTER SCHOOL operates as its own local education agency.
The share of Black students at KING CENTER CHARTER SCHOOL is 84%. The remaining shares are 8% Asian, 5% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. Erie County as a whole is about 13% Black, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, KING CENTER CHARTER SCHOOL scores 29%.
The school's 39 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.7:1. Elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1, 2.1 more students per teacher than here. Income data for the school show 91% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Erie County average 51%.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 41.4% at KING CENTER CHARTER SCHOOL; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 31.0%.
Looking at the county, Erie County, the median household earns about $72,839 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Erie County has 226 public schools with about 122,519 students, including KING CENTER CHARTER SCHOOL.
RONALD PEOPLES SCHOOL OF SCHOLARS (THE) sits about 0.7 miles from KING CENTER CHARTER SCHOOL. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 31.9%, higher than KING CENTER CHARTER SCHOOL's 31.0%.
KING CENTER CHARTER SCHOOL has an NCES locale of City: Large. Federal records list KING CENTER CHARTER SCHOOL as a charter school.
A 6% decline took enrollment from 446 in 2017-18 to 419 in 2024-25. Over that span, the Black share moved 4 points, to 84%.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in BUFFALO
- CHARTER SCHOOL FOR APPLIED TECHNOLOGIESCombined · 2,260 students
- KENMORE WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,235 students
- 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
- RONALD PEOPLES SCHOOL OF SCHOLARS (THE)0.7 mi · 269
- BUFFALO ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL II0.7 mi · 704
- FREDERICK OLMSTED #1560.9 mi · 928
- PERSISTENCE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL1.0 mi · 434
- CHARTER SCHOOL OF INQUIRY1.1 mi · 276
- BUILD COMMUNITY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 371
Frequently asked questions
About KING CENTER CHARTER SCHOOLHow many students attend KING CENTER CHARTER SCHOOL?
KING CENTER CHARTER SCHOOL enrolls approximately 419 students in grades KG-08.
Is KING CENTER CHARTER SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
KING CENTER CHARTER SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does KING CENTER CHARTER SCHOOL have?
KING CENTER CHARTER SCHOOL employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.7:1.
What is the student diversity at KING CENTER CHARTER SCHOOL?
Student demographics at KING CENTER CHARTER SCHOOL are roughly 1% White, 5% Hispanic, 84% Black, 8% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is KING CENTER CHARTER SCHOOL in?
KING CENTER CHARTER SCHOOL is part of KING CENTER CHARTER SCHOOL.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.