Buffalo City School District Schools

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The ten highest SchoolGrades in the district. Grades reward actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact.

1. A City Honors School (Other school, greatly exceeds expectations)
2. A Ps 64 Frederick Law Olmsted (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
3. B- North Park Community School 50 (Elementary school, meets expectations)
4. C+ Frederick Olmsted 156 (Other school, greatly exceeds expectations)
5. C Hutchinson Central Technical High School (High school, doesn't meet expectations)
6. C- Leonardo Da Vinci High School (High school, underperforms expectations)
7. C- Ps 61 Arthur O Eve School Of Distinction (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
8. C- Ps 65 Roosevelt Ecc (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
9. D+ Buffalo Academy For The Visual And Performing Arts (Other school, exceeds expectations)
10. D+ Lorraine Elementary School (Elementary school, meets expectations)

All schools, A to Z (59)

• F Academy School, Buffalo
• F Bennett Park Montessori School, Buffalo
• F Bilingual Center, Buffalo
• D+ Buffalo Academy For The Visual And Performing Arts, Buffalo
• F Buffalo Elementary School Of Technology, Buffalo
• F Buffalo School Of Culinary Arts And Hospitality Management, Buffalo
• F Build Community School, Buffalo
• D- Burgard High School, Buffalo
• A City Honors School, Buffalo
• F Community School 53, Buffalo
• D Discovery School, Buffalo
• F Dr A Pantoja Comm Sch Excllnce 18, Buffalo
• F Dr George Blackman Ecc, Buffalo
• F Dr Lydia T Wright Sch Of Excellence, Buffalo
• F Dyouville Porter Campus, Buffalo
• F East Community School, Buffalo
• D- Emerson School Of Hospitality, Buffalo
• F Frank A Sedita School 30, Buffalo
• C+ Frederick Olmsted 156, Buffalo
• F Harriet Ross Tubman Academy, Buffalo
• F Harvey Austin School 97, Buffalo
• F Herman Badillo Bilingual Academy, Buffalo
• F Highgate Heights, Buffalo
• C Hutchinson Central Technical High School, Buffalo
• F International Preparatory School The, Buffalo
• F International School, Buffalo
• F Lafayette International School, Buffalo
• C- Leonardo Da Vinci High School, Buffalo
• D- Lewis J Bennett High School Of Innovative Technolgy, Buffalo
• D+ Lorraine Elementary School, Buffalo
• F Lovejoy Discovery School 43, Buffalo
• F Martin Luther King JR 48, Buffalo
• F Marva J Daniel Futures Preparatory School, Buffalo
• D- Math Science Technology Preparatory School At 197, Buffalo
• F Mckinley Vocational High School, Buffalo
• D- Middle Early College High School, Buffalo
• F Native American Magnet, Buffalo
• B- North Park Community School 50, Buffalo
• F Pathways Academy, Buffalo
• F Pfc William J Grabiarz 79, Buffalo
• F Ps 17, Buffalo
• F Ps 27 Hillery Park Academy, Buffalo
• Ps 42 Occupational Training Center, Buffalo
• F Ps 59 Dr Charles Drew Science Magnet, Buffalo
• C- Ps 61 Arthur O Eve School Of Distinction, Buffalo
• A Ps 64 Frederick Law Olmsted, Buffalo
• C- Ps 65 Roosevelt Ecc, Buffalo
• D Ps 69 Houghton Academy, Buffalo
• F Ps 74 Hamlin Park Claude And Ouida Clapp Academy, Buffalo
• D- Ps 81, Buffalo
• F Ps 82, Buffalo
• Ps 84, Buffalo
• D Research Laboratory HS Bioinformatic, Buffalo
• F Riverside Academy High School, Buffalo
• F South Park High School, Buffalo
• F Southside Elementary School, Buffalo
• D- Stanley Makowski Early Childhood Center, Buffalo
• F Waterfront Elementary School, Buffalo
• F West Hertel Elementary School, Buffalo

Cities and towns served (1)

• Buffalo (59)

• State: Best schools in New York
• County: Erie County
• Type: regular local school district
• Setting: large city (NCES locale of the district office)
• Enrollment: 29,866 students with 2,872 full-time-equivalent teachers and 6,399 total staff FTE (NCES CCD, 2023-24)
• NCES district ID: 3605850
• Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model: each school's actual proficiency against the level projected for its student context. How SchoolGrade works

• Cheektowaga-Sloan Union Free School District (4 schools, 4 mi)
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• Cheektowaga Central School District (3 schools, 5 mi)
• Lackawanna City School District (4 schools, 5 mi)
• Amherst Central School District (4 schools, 6 mi)
• Kenmore-Tonawanda Union Free School District (9 schools, 6 mi)
• Cheektowaga-Maryvale Union Free School District (4 schools, 6 mi)
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