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Enrollment
518
Elementary
DISTRICT 491 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360585003481
PFC WILLIAM J GRABIARZ #79
225 LAWN AVE, BUFFALO, NY 14207 · (716) 816-4040 · Erie County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL518 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 9% 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.
- 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
11.1:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
484 students
DISTRICT 88% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 34 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 46 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 34 | 7% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 59 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 72 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 36% smaller than its 8th grade class (72).
Student demographics
71%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
26.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +5.0pp since 2023
Math
25.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +10.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.0% | 25.0% |
| 2023-24 | 21.0% | 15.0% |
% 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
24.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% 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 →
Schools most like PFC WILLIAM J GRABIARZ #79
PFC WILLIAM J GRABIARZ #79's state test result (24.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PFC WILLIAM J GRABIARZ #79 this school | 518 | 93.4% | 24.1% |
| SCHOOL OF SCIENCE &TECHNOLOGY BROOKLYN | 522 | 91.0% | 39.6% |
| PS 315 BROOKLYN | 555 | 89.2% | 41.8% |
| PS 194 RAOUL WALLENBERG BROOKLYN | 482 | 94.0% | 39.5% |
| SCHOOL 5-JOHN WILLIAMS ROCHESTER | 485 | 81.9% | 14.1% |
| NATIVE AMERICAN MAGNET BUFFALO | 367 | 94.0% | 25.7% |
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 PFC WILLIAM J GRABIARZ #79 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.1% | #2,166 of 2,335 | #87 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #2,190 of 2,342 ▲ 91 | #88 of 115 ▲ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #2,189 of 2,343 ▼ 43 | #86 of 115 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 518 | #743 of 2,585 | #44 of 123 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #863 of 2,338 | #58 of 119 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.2% | #165 of 2,388 | #13 of 119 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.4% | #276 of 2,534 | #22 of 122 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.6% | #986 of 1,757 | #34 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
518
-72 (-12%) vs 2020
-36% since 2000-01, when it was 810
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 518 | 46.8 | 11.1:1 | 93% (484) |
| 2023-24 | 545 | 47.5 | 11.5:1 | 92% (499) |
| 2022-23 | 538 | 48.2 | 11.2:1 | 89% (478) |
| 2020-21 | 590 | 51 | 11.6:1 | 84% (496) |
| 2017-18 | 593 | 49 | 12.1:1 | 80% (475) |
| 2015-16 | 572 | 37 | 15.5:1 | 76% (435) |
| 2010-11 | 369 | 38 | 9.7:1 | 96% (354) |
| 2000-01 | 810 | 60 | 13.5:1 | 95% (772) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PFC WILLIAM J GRABIARZ #79.
About PFC WILLIAM J GRABIARZ #79
PFC WILLIAM J GRABIARZ #79 is a medium-sized elementary school that serves part of BUFFALO, New York. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 518 students in pre-K through 8.
BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT has a total of 61 schools and 29,425 students, PFC WILLIAM J GRABIARZ #79 among them.
PFC WILLIAM J GRABIARZ #79's enrollment has no majority group, and Black students are the largest at 44%. Smaller groups are 24% Hispanic, 14% White, 12% Asian, and 6% multiracial. County-wide, 13% of Erie County residents are Black. By the diversity index, PFC WILLIAM J GRABIARZ #79 comes in at 71%.
Teacher staffing is 46.8 full-time equivalents, or about 11.1 students per teacher. Among elementary schools in New York, the typical ratio is 12.8:1. About 93% of students, or 484, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 51% for public schools in Erie County.
The allk12 Grade for PFC WILLIAM J GRABIARZ #79 is D. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 9% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Test results at PFC WILLIAM J GRABIARZ #79 are 16.5 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (24.1% actual, 40.6% predicted).
In the county around the school, Erie County, median household income is about $72,839, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. A total of 226 public schools operate in Erie County, serving about 122,519 students.
WEST HERTEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the public school closest to PFC WILLIAM J GRABIARZ #79, about 0.3 miles away. PFC WILLIAM J GRABIARZ #79 has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 35.5% on proficiency, and PFC WILLIAM J GRABIARZ #79 is below that at 24.1%.
NCES assigns PFC WILLIAM J GRABIARZ #79 the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 518, 12% below the 590 of 2020-21.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for PFC WILLIAM J GRABIARZ #79 covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- WEST HERTEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 771
- ELMWOOD VILLAGE CHARTER SCHOOL HERTEL0.5 mi · 416
- PS 65 ROOSEVELT ECC0.7 mi · 250
- RIVERSIDE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL0.8 mi · 285
- MCKINLEY VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 862
- TAPESTRY CHARTER SCHOOL1.1 mi · 1,120
Frequently asked questions
About PFC WILLIAM J GRABIARZ #79How many students attend PFC WILLIAM J GRABIARZ #79?
PFC WILLIAM J GRABIARZ #79 enrolls approximately 518 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does PFC WILLIAM J GRABIARZ #79 serve?
PFC WILLIAM J GRABIARZ #79 serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PFC WILLIAM J GRABIARZ #79?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PFC WILLIAM J GRABIARZ #79 is approximately 11.1:1 (47 FTE teachers).
How diverse is PFC WILLIAM J GRABIARZ #79?
PFC WILLIAM J GRABIARZ #79 reports a student body of 14% White, 24% Hispanic, 44% Black, 12% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is PFC WILLIAM J GRABIARZ #79 public or private?
PFC WILLIAM J GRABIARZ #79 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.