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Does SOUTH BUFFALO CHARTER SCHOOL have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
912
Elementary
STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH BUFFALO CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 360003604337
SOUTH BUFFALO CHARTER SCHOOL
154 S OGDEN ST, BUFFALO, NY 14210 · (716) 826-7213 · Erie County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL912 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 36% of New York public elementary schools
- CTest 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
13.4:1
68 FTE teachers
STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
601 students
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 103 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 98 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 103 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 100 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 102 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 103 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 103 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 102 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 98 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (103) is 5% larger than its 8th grade class (98).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
40.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +5.0pp since 2023
Math
44.3%
NY avg 57.4% . -3.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 down about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.0% | 44.3% |
| 2023-24 | 35.0% | 47.8% |
% 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
42.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 SOUTH BUFFALO CHARTER SCHOOL
SOUTH BUFFALO CHARTER SCHOOL's state test result (42.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTH BUFFALO CHARTER SCHOOL this school | 912 | 65.9% | 42.1% |
| LONGRIDGE SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 754 | 63.5% | 32.3% |
| PS 312 BERGEN BEACH BROOKLYN | 667 | 63.9% | 58.5% |
| EDWARD SMITH K-8 SCHOOL SYRACUSE | 697 | 64.3% | 32.5% |
| MONTGOMERY C SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HUDSON | 689 | 63.4% | 27.6% |
| EAST MAIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PORT JERVIS | 702 | 67.8% | 42.0% |
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 SOUTH BUFFALO CHARTER SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.1% | #1,517 of 2,335 | #62 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.3% | #1,670 of 2,342 ▼ 258 | #68 of 115 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #1,770 of 2,343 ▼ 262 | #71 of 115 ▼ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 912 | #75 of 2,585 | #3 of 123 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #1,735 of 2,338 | #110 of 119 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.6% | #384 of 2,388 | #25 of 119 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.9% | #1,053 of 2,534 | #47 of 122 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.2% | #604 of 606 | #43 of 43 |
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
912
+22 (+2%) vs 2020
+37% since 2010-11, when it was 667
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 912 | 68 | 13.4:1 | 66% (601) |
| 2023-24 | 905 | 88 | 10.3:1 | 62% (561) |
| 2022-23 | 882 | 76 | 11.6:1 | 74% (650) |
| 2020-21 | 890 | 70 | 12.7:1 | 77% (689) |
| 2017-18 | 910 | 74 | 12.3:1 | 80% (731) |
| 2015-16 | 909 | 63 | 14.4:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2010-11 | 667 | 49 | 13.6:1 | 83% (556) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SOUTH BUFFALO CHARTER SCHOOL.
About SOUTH BUFFALO CHARTER SCHOOL
In BUFFALO, New York, SOUTH BUFFALO CHARTER SCHOOL is a large elementary school. It educates 912 students in kindergarten through 8. The typical figure for elementary schools in New York is about 443 students.
The school serves as its own district in federal records.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at SOUTH BUFFALO CHARTER SCHOOL is White (44%). Other groups make up 31% Black, 20% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. Erie County as a whole is about 74% White, so the school's share is lower. The chance that two students picked at random at SOUTH BUFFALO CHARTER SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 67%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1 at SOUTH BUFFALO CHARTER SCHOOL, with 68 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in New York average about 12.8:1, a similar figure. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 66% of enrollment. It compares with 51% for public schools in Erie County.
allk12 grades SOUTH BUFFALO CHARTER SCHOOL a C+. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for SOUTH BUFFALO CHARTER SCHOOL is 50.8%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 42.1%.
SOUTH BUFFALO CHARTER SCHOOL is located in Erie County, where median household income is about $72,839, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. SOUTH BUFFALO CHARTER SCHOOL is one of 226 public schools in Erie County, which together enroll about 122,519 students.
Nearest public school: PS 27 HILLERY PARK ACADEMY, about 0.3 miles away. The five-mile area around SOUTH BUFFALO CHARTER SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts SOUTH BUFFALO CHARTER SCHOOL at 1st of 8.
SOUTH BUFFALO CHARTER SCHOOL is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large. SOUTH BUFFALO CHARTER SCHOOL is one of the charter schools in New York.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 890 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 912.
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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
- 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
- PS 27 HILLERY PARK ACADEMY0.3 mi · 481
- PS 69 HOUGHTON ACADEMY0.7 mi · 444
- SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 772
- ERIE 1 BOCES1.2 mi · 488
- LORRAINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 638
- SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOL1.3 mi · 801
Frequently asked questions
About SOUTH BUFFALO CHARTER SCHOOLHow large is SOUTH BUFFALO CHARTER SCHOOL?
SOUTH BUFFALO CHARTER SCHOOL enrolls approximately 912 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does SOUTH BUFFALO CHARTER SCHOOL serve?
SOUTH BUFFALO CHARTER SCHOOL serves grades KG-08.
How many teachers does SOUTH BUFFALO CHARTER SCHOOL have?
SOUTH BUFFALO CHARTER SCHOOL employs 68 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
What is the student diversity at SOUTH BUFFALO CHARTER SCHOOL?
Student demographics at SOUTH BUFFALO CHARTER SCHOOL are roughly 44% White, 20% Hispanic, 31% Black, 3% Asian.
What district is SOUTH BUFFALO CHARTER SCHOOL in?
SOUTH BUFFALO CHARTER SCHOOL is part of SOUTH BUFFALO CHARTER SCHOOL.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.