South Buffalo Charter School operates 1 public schools serving 882 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.
a 304:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 50.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 44.0% White, 31.3% African American, 20.3% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is South Buffalo Charter School, enrolling 912 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
South Buffalo Charter School accounts for 100.0% of all South Buffalo Charter School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of South Buffalo Charter School a distant remainder — means South Buffalo Charter School-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: elementary. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
South Buffalo Charter School reports 65.2% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
South Buffalo Charter School student-counselor ratio is 304:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Variation between sub-units within South Buffalo Charter School is typically wider than the South Buffalo Charter School-aggregate figure suggests.
South Buffalo Charter School chronic absenteeism rate is 50.2% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
How many schools are in South Buffalo Charter School?
South Buffalo Charter School has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 882 students.
What is the demographic composition of South Buffalo Charter School?
South Buffalo Charter School students are 44.0% White, 31.3% African American, 20.3% Hispanic or Latino, 2.9% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.