NATIVE AMERICAN MAGNET

NATIVE AMERICAN MAGNET is a small elementary campus in BUFFALO, New York, part of BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school instructs 367 students in grades pre-K through 8.

Across the 61 schools in BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (29,425 students total), NATIVE AMERICAN MAGNET accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, NATIVE AMERICAN MAGNET logs that the largest single group is Black at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 19% Hispanic, 16% Asian, 8% White, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Erie County as a whole is about 13% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting NATIVE AMERICAN MAGNET tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 94% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Erie County runs at roughly 51%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, NATIVE AMERICAN MAGNET tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 25.7%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Erie County put the typical household earns roughly $72,839 per year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Erie County's 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,519 students), NATIVE AMERICAN MAGNET is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: WEST BUFFALO CHARTER SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NATIVE AMERICAN MAGNET ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 23.1%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NATIVE AMERICAN MAGNET has edged down 25%, going from 488 students in 2018 to 367 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 39% to 46% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 in 2025.

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