SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 430 SOUTHSIDE PKWY, in BUFFALO, New York, SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a sprawling elementary-level community that enrolls 772 students (grades pre-K through 8), run under BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrollment runs roughly 74% bigger than the state mean of about 443.

SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 61 schools operated by BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that instructs 29,425 students overall.

On the student-mix side, SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the most-represented group is White (35%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 25% Black, 24% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 7% 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, SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 71 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.8:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 91% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Erie County's rate of about 51%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.5%, the actual is 23.4%, a residual of -18.1 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Erie County shows the typical household earns roughly $72,839 per year, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Erie County's 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,519 students), SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 29.7%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has decreased 29% since 2018, when it stood at 1,094 (now 772). The White share of enrollment declined from 49% to 35% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 11.9:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 today.

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