Enrollment
437
Elementary
DISTRICT 491 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360585006633
NORTH PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL #50
780 PARKSIDE AVE, BUFFALO, NY 14216 · (716) 816-3440 · Erie County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL437 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% of New York public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
12.6:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
130 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 | 35 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 57 | 13% |
| Ungraded | 13 | 3% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (57).
Student demographics
56%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
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
55.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -2.0pp since 2023
Math
58.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.0% | 58.0% |
| 2023-24 | 57.0% | 62.0% |
% 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
55.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 NORTH PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL #50
NORTH PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL #50's state test result (55.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORTH PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL #50 this school | 437 | 29.7% | 55.2% |
| CHURCHVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHURCHVILLE | 421 | 32.8% | 53.4% |
| IROQUOIS MIDDLE SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 403 | 28.8% | 62.6% |
| GLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TONAWANDA | 443 | 32.5% | 43.9% |
| KLEM ROAD SOUTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEBSTER | 517 | 31.3% | 57.3% |
| CHESTNUT RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 569 | 27.4% | 45.6% |
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 NORTH PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL #50 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.2% | #953 of 2,335 | #39 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #1,142 of 2,342 ▼ 288 | #46 of 115 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #1,138 of 2,343 ▼ 516 | #45 of 115 ▼ 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 437 | #1,142 of 2,585 | #69 of 123 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #1,472 of 2,338 | #93 of 119 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.2% | #930 of 2,388 | #45 of 119 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.7% | #1,976 of 2,534 | #86 of 122 |
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
437
+263 (+151%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 437 | 34.8 | 12.6:1 | 30% (130) |
| 2023-24 | 356 | 28.5 | 12.5:1 | 28% (99) |
| 2022-23 | 305 | 24.6 | 12.4:1 | 28% (84) |
| 2020-21 | 174 | 13 | 13.4:1 | 25% (43) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NORTH PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL #50.
About NORTH PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL #50
NORTH PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL #50 is a mid-sized elementary school that serves part of BUFFALO, New York. The school has 437 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 6.
NORTH PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL #50 is one school in a 61-school district, BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, which enrolls 29,425 students.
At NORTH PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL #50, 63% of students are White. Other students are 16% Black, 8% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That is lower than the 74% White share among all Erie County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 56%.
Its staff includes 34.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 12.6 students per teacher. That is in line with the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Roughly 30% of students at NORTH PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL #50 can receive free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 51% average for public schools in Erie County, the school's rate is lower.
Among New York public elementary schools, NORTH PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL #50 outscored 50%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, NORTH PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL #50 is 8.9 points below its prediction. Actual: 55.2%. Predicted: 64.0%.
The school's county is Erie County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $72,839, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Erie County's 226 public schools enroll about 122,519 students and include NORTH PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL #50.
Of the public schools around it, NORTH PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL #50 is closest to ACADEMY SCHOOL, about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. NORTH PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL #50's average proficiency of 55.2% compares with 36.9% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Reported enrollment: 174 (2020-21) and 437 (2024-25). These figures may describe different sets of grades.
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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 CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- HUTCHINSON CENTRAL TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,140 students
- CITY HONORS SCHOOLHigh · 1,088 students
- INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLElementary · 933 students
- FREDERICK OLMSTED #156High · 928 students
- MCKINLEY VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 862 students
- SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 801 students
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
- ACADEMY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 70
- PS 811.0 mi · 739
- LEWIS J BENNETT HIGH SCHOOL OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLGY1.0 mi · 469
- MIDDLE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 302
- CHARLES A LINDBERGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 496
- RESEARCH LABORATORY HS-BIOINFORMATIC1.2 mi · 174
Frequently asked questions
About NORTH PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL #50How large is NORTH PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL #50?
NORTH PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL #50 enrolls approximately 437 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does NORTH PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL #50 serve?
NORTH PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL #50 serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at NORTH PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL #50?
The student-to-teacher ratio at NORTH PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL #50 is approximately 12.6:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at NORTH PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL #50?
At NORTH PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL #50, the student body is approximately 63% White, 8% Hispanic, 16% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is NORTH PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL #50 public or private?
NORTH PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL #50 is a public K-12 school, overseen by BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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