TAPESTRY CHARTER SCHOOL

Set in BUFFALO, New York, TAPESTRY CHARTER SCHOOL is a well-populated all-grades campus, one of the schools within TAPESTRY CHARTER SCHOOL. It enrolls 1,120 students across grades K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 106% above the state mean of about 544.

Operationally, TAPESTRY CHARTER SCHOOL answers to TAPESTRY CHARTER SCHOOL, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

In terms of who attends, TAPESTRY CHARTER SCHOOL records that 54% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 19% White, 15% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 13% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, TAPESTRY CHARTER SCHOOL has 88 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 8.7:1, putting TAPESTRY CHARTER SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Erie County (around 51%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, TAPESTRY CHARTER SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.1%; this one delivers 38.8%.

Around the school, census data for Erie County shows median household earnings sit near $72,839, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. TAPESTRY CHARTER SCHOOL is one of 226 public schools in Erie County (combined enrollment of about 122,519 students).

Nearest neighbor: PS 64 FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around TAPESTRY CHARTER SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts TAPESTRY CHARTER SCHOOL at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 38.6%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting. TAPESTRY CHARTER SCHOOL is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at TAPESTRY CHARTER SCHOOL has grew 25%, going from 893 students in 2018 to 1,120 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 26% to 19%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 10.7:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 today.

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