PFC WILLIAM J GRABIARZ #79

PFC WILLIAM J GRABIARZ #79, a mid-tier elementary campus in BUFFALO, New York, overseen by BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, educates 518 students, covering grades pre-K through 8.

Across the 61 schools in BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (29,425 students total), PFC WILLIAM J GRABIARZ #79 accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, PFC WILLIAM J GRABIARZ #79 lists that the largest single group is Black at 44%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 24% Hispanic, 14% White, 12% Asian, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Erie County as a whole is about 13% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, PFC WILLIAM J GRABIARZ #79 has 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting PFC WILLIAM J GRABIARZ #79 tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 93% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Erie County runs at roughly 51%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, PFC WILLIAM J GRABIARZ #79 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.6%, the actual is 24.1%, a residual of -16.5 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Erie County indicate the typical household earns roughly $72,839 per year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. PFC WILLIAM J GRABIARZ #79 is one of 226 public schools in Erie County (combined enrollment of about 122,519 students).

WEST HERTEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, PFC WILLIAM J GRABIARZ #79 comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 35.5%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PFC WILLIAM J GRABIARZ #79 has edged down 13%, going from 593 students in 2018 to 518 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment ticked up from 37% to 44% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the PFC WILLIAM J GRABIARZ #79 community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.