SOUTH BUFFALO CHARTER SCHOOL

SOUTH BUFFALO CHARTER SCHOOL is a K-5 school of heavily attended scale in BUFFALO, New York, operated by SOUTH BUFFALO CHARTER SCHOOL, caters to 912 students in grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 106% above the state mean of about 443.

SOUTH BUFFALO CHARTER SCHOOL sits inside SOUTH BUFFALO CHARTER SCHOOL, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On the student-mix side, SOUTH BUFFALO CHARTER SCHOOL logs that the most-represented group is White (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 31% Black, 20% Hispanic, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 74% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, SOUTH BUFFALO CHARTER SCHOOL has 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 66% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Erie County's rate of about 51%.

After controlling for student poverty, SOUTH BUFFALO CHARTER SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.1%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Erie County) shows that median household income runs about $72,839, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Erie County runs 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,519 students), of which SOUTH BUFFALO CHARTER SCHOOL is one.

PS 27 HILLERY PARK ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, SOUTH BUFFALO CHARTER SCHOOL comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 33.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area. SOUTH BUFFALO CHARTER SCHOOL operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 910 students in 2018 compared to 912 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment climbed from 26% to 31% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 today.

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