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Buffalo, New York - 1 schools
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Buffalo Commons Charter School operates 1 public schools serving 62 students, placing it among the smallest districts in New York. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Erie County.
. Demographically, the student body averages 61.9% African American, 24.8% White, 5.3% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Buffalo Commons Charter School accounts for 100.0% of all Buffalo Commons Charter School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Buffalo Commons Charter School a distant remainder — means Buffalo Commons Charter School-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Buffalo Commons Charter School has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 74.2% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Comparisons are relative to Buffalo Commons Charter School's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Buffalo Commons Charter School?
Buffalo Commons Charter School has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 62 students.
What is the demographic composition of Buffalo Commons Charter School?
Buffalo Commons Charter School students are 61.9% African American, 24.8% White, 5.3% Hispanic or Latino, 4.4% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.