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What's one thing SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
801
High
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360585000378
SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOL
150 SOUTHSIDE PKWY, BUFFALO, NY 14220 · (716) 816-4828 · Erie County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL801 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 6% of New York public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
76 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.5:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
740 students
DISTRICT 88% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 253 | 32% |
| Grade 10 | 194 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 165 | 21% |
| Grade 12 | 173 | 22% |
| Ungraded | 16 | 2% |
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
43.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -11.0pp since 2023
Math
18.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 11 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.0% | 18.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 22.0% |
% 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
31.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 PARK HIGH SCHOOL
SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (31.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOL this school | 801 | 92.4% | 31.7% |
| WILLIAM E GRADY CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 646 | 88.4% | 43.0% |
| MCKINLEY VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL BUFFALO | 862 | 93.0% | 21.3% |
| PUBLIC SERVICE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT FOWLER SYRACUSE | 1,126 | 89.1% | 23.0% |
| MANHATTAN COMPREHENSIVE NIGHT AND DAY HIGH SCHOOL NEW YORK | 620 | 94.2% | 67.0% |
| JAMES MONROE UPPER SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 809 | 88.1% | 19.2% |
Matched among New York high 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 PARK HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.7% | #1,069 of 1,135 | #45 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.0% | #1,032 of 1,109 ▼ 50 | #46 of 51 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #1,036 of 1,135 ▼ 106 | #46 of 51 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 801 | #318 of 1,216 | #19 of 56 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #442 of 1,058 | #26 of 50 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.8% | #25 of 1,070 | #3 of 50 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.4% | #151 of 1,167 | #9 of 53 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.3% | #650 of 743 | #31 of 35 |
Ranked against other public high 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
801
-5 (-1%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 957
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 801 | 75.5 | 10.6:1 | 92% (740) |
| 2023-24 | 726 | 78.7 | 9.2:1 | 90% (651) |
| 2022-23 | 748 | 80.5 | 9.3:1 | 87% (649) |
| 2020-21 | 806 | 72 | 11.2:1 | 80% (643) |
| 2017-18 | 828 | 70 | 11.8:1 | 74% (615) |
| 2015-16 | 827 | 68 | 12.2:1 | 66% (544) |
| 2010-11 | 817 | 68 | 12.0:1 | 73% (598) |
| 2000-01 | 1,040 | 71 | 14.7:1 | 86% (892) |
| 1990-91 | 957 | 67 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOL.
About SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOL
SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOL, located in BUFFALO, New York, is a mid-sized high school. Federal data show 801 students enrolled in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25.
SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOL is run by BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, whose 61 schools enroll 29,425 students.
Of every 100 students at SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOL, about 33 are Black, the largest group. Smaller groups are 27% Hispanic, 26% White, 7% multiracial, and 5% Asian. For comparison, the population of Erie County is roughly 13% Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 74%.
The school's 75.5 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.6:1. The ratio is within a point of the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. At SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOL, 92% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. On average, public schools in Erie County report 51%.
On the allk12 Grade, SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOL lands at D, ahead of 6% of New York public high schools.
SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (31.7%) and its predicted rate (41.0%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New York schools.
The county, Erie County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $72,839 a year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOL, Erie County has 226 public schools.
Of the public schools around it, SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOL is closest to SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.6 miles away. SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOL ranks 4th of 9 nearby schools, at 31.7% versus a 28.7% average.
For locale, NCES codes SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOL as City: Large.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (806) to 2024-25 (801).
This page is set up for the SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOL community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- HUTCHINSON CENTRAL TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,140 students
- CITY HONORS SCHOOLHigh · 1,088 students
- INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLElementary · 933 students
- FREDERICK OLMSTED #156High · 928 students
- MCKINLEY VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 862 students
- SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 772 students
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
Other South Park High schools
One other US public school is named South Park High. SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- South Park High SchoolFAIRPLAY, CO · 121 students
Nearby schools
- SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 772
- LORRAINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 638
- PS 27 HILLERY PARK ACADEMY1.0 mi · 481
- WESTERN NEW YORK MARITIME CHARTER SCHOOL1.0 mi · 392
- DISCOVERY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 541
- SOUTH BUFFALO CHARTER SCHOOL1.3 mi · 912
Frequently asked questions
About SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOL?
SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 801 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOL serve?
SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 10.6:1 students per teacher at SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOL.
How diverse is SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOL?
SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 26% White, 27% Hispanic, 33% Black, 5% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.