Enrollment
367
Elementary
DISTRICT 491 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360585000324
NATIVE AMERICAN MAGNET
97 W DELAVAN AVE, BUFFALO, NY 14213 · (716) 816-3180 · Erie County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL367 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 13% of New York public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
10.4:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
345 students
DISTRICT 88% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 27 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 33 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 38 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 35 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 30 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 32 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 43 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 37 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (33) is 11% smaller than its 8th grade class (37).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
23.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
31.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.0% | 31.0% |
| 2023-24 | 24.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
25.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 NATIVE AMERICAN MAGNET
NATIVE AMERICAN MAGNET's state test result (25.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| NATIVE AMERICAN MAGNET this school | 367 | 94.0% | 25.7% |
| DR GEORGE BLACKMAN ECC BUFFALO | 333 | 89.2% | 21.1% |
| PS 134 HOLLIS HOLLIS | 325 | 86.5% | 34.8% |
| ROOTS ACADEMY AT WEST HILL ALBANY | 283 | 86.6% | 17.2% |
| MARTIN LUTHER KING JR #48 BUFFALO | 413 | 96.1% | 11.9% |
| PFC WILLIAM J GRABIARZ #79 BUFFALO | 518 | 93.4% | 24.1% |
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 NATIVE AMERICAN MAGNET ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.7% | #2,137 of 2,335 | #84 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #2,078 of 2,342 ▼ 38 | #82 of 115 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #2,244 of 2,343 ▼ 192 | #91 of 115 ▼ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 367 | #1,566 of 2,585 | #90 of 123 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.4:1 | #598 of 2,338 | #41 of 119 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.9% | #145 of 2,388 | #11 of 119 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.0% | #250 of 2,534 | #20 of 122 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.8% | #442 of 1,757 | #15 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
367
-9 (-2%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 595
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 9.9:1
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 | 367 | 35.1 | 10.4:1 | 94% (345) |
| 2023-24 | 357 | 36.5 | 9.8:1 | 92% (330) |
| 2022-23 | 345 | 34.6 | 10.0:1 | 91% (314) |
| 2020-21 | 376 | 38 | 9.9:1 | 89% (335) |
| 2017-18 | 488 | 39 | 12.5:1 | 84% (412) |
| 2015-16 | 485 | 41 | 11.8:1 | 84% (407) |
| 2010-11 | 438 | 41 | 10.7:1 | 97% (427) |
| 2000-01 | 575 | 37 | 15.5:1 | 93% (535) |
| 1990-91 | 595 | 38 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NATIVE AMERICAN MAGNET.
About NATIVE AMERICAN MAGNET
NATIVE AMERICAN MAGNET is an elementary school with a street address in BUFFALO, New York. Federal data show 367 students enrolled in pre-K through 8 in 2024-25.
BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT counts 29,425 students in its 61 schools, and NATIVE AMERICAN MAGNET is one of them.
The biggest share of students at NATIVE AMERICAN MAGNET, 46%, is Black. The remaining shares are 19% Hispanic, 16% Asian, 8% White, and 6% multiracial. Census estimates put the Black share of Erie County's population at about 13%. The diversity index for NATIVE AMERICAN MAGNET is 72%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 35.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 10.4:1. The gap from the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is 2.4 students per teacher. On the income side, 94% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 51% average for public schools in Erie County is 43 points lower.
NATIVE AMERICAN MAGNET earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 13% of New York public elementary schools.
NATIVE AMERICAN MAGNET's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 25.7% is 14.7 points below the 40.4% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
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 about 9% of people live in poverty. Counting NATIVE AMERICAN MAGNET, Erie County has 226 public schools.
Measured in a straight line, WEST BUFFALO CHARTER SCHOOL is about 0.2 miles from NATIVE AMERICAN MAGNET. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, NATIVE AMERICAN MAGNET ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
NATIVE AMERICAN MAGNET is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 376 to 367.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at NATIVE AMERICAN MAGNET. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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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- TAPESTRY CHARTER SCHOOLCombined · 1,120 students
- CITY HONORS SCHOOLHigh · 1,088 students
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- WEST BUFFALO CHARTER SCHOOL0.2 mi · 498
- INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL0.5 mi · 933
- LAFAYETTE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL0.6 mi · 475
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- FRANK A SEDITA SCHOOL #300.9 mi · 614
- INTERNATIONAL PREPARATORY SCHOOL (THE)1.3 mi · 640
Frequently asked questions
About NATIVE AMERICAN MAGNETWhat is the total enrollment at NATIVE AMERICAN MAGNET?
NATIVE AMERICAN MAGNET enrolls approximately 367 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does NATIVE AMERICAN MAGNET serve?
NATIVE AMERICAN MAGNET serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at NATIVE AMERICAN MAGNET?
The student-to-teacher ratio at NATIVE AMERICAN MAGNET is approximately 10.4:1 (35 FTE teachers).
How diverse is NATIVE AMERICAN MAGNET?
NATIVE AMERICAN MAGNET reports a student body of 8% White, 19% Hispanic, 46% Black, 16% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is NATIVE AMERICAN MAGNET public or private?
NATIVE AMERICAN MAGNET is a public K-12 school, overseen by BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.