PS 61 ARTHUR O EVE SCHOOL OF DISTINCTION

Set in BUFFALO, New York, PS 61 ARTHUR O EVE SCHOOL OF DISTINCTION is a close-knit elementary campus, one of the schools within BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. It instructs 315 students across grades pre-K through 4. That puts it 29% smaller than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 61 schools in total, collectively educating 29,425 students. PS 61 ARTHUR O EVE SCHOOL OF DISTINCTION is one of those campuses.

Demographically, PS 61 ARTHUR O EVE SCHOOL OF DISTINCTION logs that the most-represented group is Black (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 21% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 7% White. By comparison, Erie County as a whole is about 13% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting PS 61 ARTHUR O EVE SCHOOL OF DISTINCTION tighter than the state norm the norm. About 86% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, 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 somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, PS 61 ARTHUR O EVE SCHOOL OF DISTINCTION tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.9%.

In the surrounding community, Erie County reports that the typical household earns roughly $72,839 per year, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Erie County's 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,519 students), PS 61 ARTHUR O EVE SCHOOL OF DISTINCTION is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: BURGARD HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PS 61 ARTHUR O EVE SCHOOL OF DISTINCTION comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 30.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Five-year trend. PS 61 ARTHUR O EVE SCHOOL OF DISTINCTION's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 321 (now 315). Over the same period, the Black share edged down from 74% to 54%.

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