PS 42 OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING CENTER

Set in BUFFALO, New York, PS 42 OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING CENTER is a micro-enrollment senior high, overseen by BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. It teaches 69 students across grade UG. Enrollment runs roughly 90% below the state mean of about 668.

Across the 61 schools in BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (29,425 students total), PS 42 OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING CENTER accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, PS 42 OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING CENTER shows that the largest single group is Black at 35%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 26% Hispanic, 20% White, 16% Asian, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 13% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, PS 42 OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING CENTER lists 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 7.3:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 93% of students at PS 42 OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING CENTER qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Erie County's rate of about 51%.

Around the school, Erie County reports that the typical household earns roughly $72,839 per year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Erie County runs 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,519 students), of which PS 42 OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING CENTER is one.

BUFFALO SCHOOL OF CULINARY ARTS AND HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 42 OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING CENTER.

PS 42 OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING CENTER operates from a city-core location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 42 OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING CENTER has ticked down 4%, going from 72 students in 2018 to 69 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 51% to 35% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 4.2:1 in 2018 to 7.3:1 in 2025.

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