SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOL

SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOL, a moderately sized high school in BUFFALO, New York, one of the schools within BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, serves 801 students, covering grades 9 through 12.

Within BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 61 schools and 29,425 students, SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is Black at 33%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 27% Hispanic, 26% White, 7% multiracial, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 13% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOL has 76 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 92% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Erie County runs at roughly 51%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.0%, the actual is 31.7%, a residual of -9.3 points.

Around the school, Erie County reports that median household income runs about $72,839, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Erie County's 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,519 students), SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 28.7%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Looking at the recent track record. SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has edged down 3% since 2018, when it stood at 828 (now 801). White enrollment moved from 40% to 26% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 in 2025.

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