RONALD PEOPLES SCHOOL OF SCHOLARS (THE)

Set in BUFFALO, New York, RONALD PEOPLES SCHOOL OF SCHOLARS (THE) is a cozy elementary campus, operated by BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. It enrolls 269 students across grades pre-K through 4. That puts it 39% below 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. RONALD PEOPLES SCHOOL OF SCHOLARS (THE) is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, RONALD PEOPLES SCHOOL OF SCHOLARS (THE) reports that the largest single group is Black, at 69% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 16% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 13% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Around 97% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Erie County (around 51%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, RONALD PEOPLES SCHOOL OF SCHOLARS (THE) sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 39.5%; actual is 17.2%, a gap of -22.3 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Erie County put median household earnings sit near $72,839, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Erie County runs 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,519 students), of which RONALD PEOPLES SCHOOL OF SCHOLARS (THE) is one.

Nearest neighbor: FREDERICK OLMSTED #156, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, RONALD PEOPLES SCHOOL OF SCHOLARS (THE) comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 34.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at RONALD PEOPLES SCHOOL OF SCHOLARS (THE) has contracted 26%, going from 364 students in 2018 to 269 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 1% to 16% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 in 2025.

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