Buffalo Ledger

The majority of students in Erie County schools during the 2021-22 school year were white, according to the New York State Education Department.

Of the 108,539 students attending Erie County schools, 61.7% were white. Black students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 15.8% of Erie County students.

In the previous school year, white was also the most common student ethnicity in Erie County, representing 62.2% of the student body.

P.S. 69 Houghton Academy had the most even distribution of races among county schools, with 35.8% Black students, 24.6% white students, 17.1% Asian or Pacific Islander students, 14.9% Hispanic students, and 7.5% multiracial students.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county increased 0.1% when compared to the previous year.

In 2022, New York had roughly one teacher for every 12 students, which is lower than the national average of one teacher for every 16 students. A lower student-to-teacher ratio has been found to help improve students' school performance.

A 2021 report from the NYC Center for Innovation Through Data Intelligence revealed racial and gender groups were seeing better outcomes compared to 2013, though significant disparities remained between different groups, particularly between Black and Hispanic students.

School name	Most prevalent ethnicity	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
A. J. Schmidt Elementary School	White	82.5%	246
Academy School	Black	71.4%	70
Akron Elementary School	White	79.9%	562
Akron High School	White	84.1%	415
Akron Middle School	White	78.6%	280
Alden Intermediate School	White	94.9%	370
Alden Middle School	White	96.8%	347
Alden Primary at Townline	White	92.6%	284
Alden Senior High School	White	94.6%	498
Allendale Elementary School	White	88%	518
Amherst Central High School	White	63.8%	870
Amherst Middle School	White	64.3%	622
Armor Elementary School	White	89.7%	292
Ben Franklin Elementary School	White	60.3%	459
Ben Franklin Middle School	White	69.8%	626
Bennett Park Montessori School	Black	55.1%	657
Big Tree Elementary School	White	88.9%	540
Bilingual Center	Hispanic	90.9%	319
Blasdell Elementary School	White	89.1%	488
Boston Valley Elementary School	White	92.6%	231
Buffalo Academy for the Visual & Performing Arts	Black	50%	566
Buffalo Elementary School of Technology	Black	57.7%	525
Buffalo School of Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management	Black	53.3%	418
Build Community School	Black	68%	344
Burgard High School	Black	57.8%	443
Casey Middle School	White	71.2%	615
Cayuga Heights Elementary School	White	81.5%	864
Charles A. Lindbergh Elementary School	White	76.3%	480
Charlotte Avenue Elementary School	White	89.7%	436
Charlotte Sidway School	White	86.8%	471
Cheektowaga High School	Black	40.5%	706
Cheektowaga Middle School	White	34%	627
City Honors School	White	47.3%	1,080
Clarence Center Elementary School	White	91.1%	372
Clarence Middle School	White	87.2%	972
Clarence Senior High School	White	87.6%	1,285
Cleveland Hill Elementary School	White	42.7%	646
Cleveland Hill High School	White	43%	386
Cleveland Hill Middle School	White	41.4%	297
Clinton Elementary School	White	84.8%	610
Cloverbank Elementary School	White	90.7%	549
Colden Elementary School	White	91.7%	169
Community School #53	Black	69.8%	451
Como Park Elementary School	White	87.7%	382
Country Parkway Elementary School	White	54.7%	545
Court Street Elementary School	White	94.9%	296
D'youville-Porter Campus	Hispanic	77.5%	582
Depew High School	White	81.3%	545
Depew Middle School	White	83.1%	427
Discovery School	White	60.4%	543
Dodge Elementary School	White	70.1%	581
Dr. A. Pantoja Comm School Excllnce -#18	Asian or Pacific Islander	35%	443
Dr. George Blackman Ecc	Black	64.2%	360
Dr. Lydia T. Wright School of Excellence	Black	73.6%	579
East Aurora High School	White	94.3%	528
East Aurora Middle School	White	93.5%	520
East Community School	Black	56.7%	300
East Middle School	White	78.6%	583
Eden Elementary School	White	94%	284
Eden Middle & High School	White	93.8%	673
Eggert Road Elementary School	White	85%	599
Ellicott Road Elementary School	White	94.3%	703
Elma Primary School	White	94.4%	287
Emerson School of Hospitality	Black	58.8%	386
Forest Elementary School	White	78.6%	510
Frank A. Sedita School #30	Hispanic	74.6%	672
Frederick Olmsted #156	Black	31.9%	904
Frontier Middle School	White	87.5%	1,071
Frontier Senior High School	White	88.3%	1,352
G. L. Priess Primary School	White	93.9%	345
Glendale Elementary School	White	61.4%	425
Gowanda Elementary School	White	60.3%	458
Grand Island Senior High School	White	85.5%	868
Griffith Institute High School	White	93.9%	507
Griffith Institute Middle School	White	91.8%	368
Hamburg High School	White	91.6%	989
Hamburg Middle School	White	93.2%	755
Harold O. Brumsted Elementary School	White	95.9%	296
Harriet Ross Tubman Academy	Black	50.9%	513
Harris Hill Elementary School	White	88.1%	464
Harvey Austin School #97	Black	66.4%	518
Heim Elementary School	White	77.4%	651
Heim Middle School	White	74.8%	602
Herbert Hoover Elementary School	White	71.7%	566
Herbert Hoover Middle School	White	69.9%	758
Heritage Heights Elementary School	White	52.5%	406
Herman Badillo Bilingual Academy	Hispanic	87.1%	513
Highgate Heights	Black	73%	382
Highland Elementary School	White	81.5%	356
Hillview Elementary School	White	91.4%	453
Holland High School	White	95.1%	246
Holland Middle School	White	94.8%	231
Holmes Elementary School	White	51.2%	281
Hutchinson Central Technical High School	Black	31.7%	1,175
Huth Road School	White	86.4%	428
International Preparatory School	Black	38.9%	607
International School	Black	37.7%	981
Iroquois Intermediate School	White	94.5%	200
Iroquois Middle School	White	92.7%	450
Iroquois Senior High School	White	92%	663
John A. Sciole Elementary School	White	86.5%	399
John F. Kennedy Middle School	White	66.7%	279
John F. Kennedy Senior High School	White	73.2%	370
John T. Waugh Elementary School	White	54.3%	313
Kaegebein School	White	84.5%	393
Kenmore East Senior High School	White	72.9%	1,127
Kenmore West Senior High School	White	69.1%	1,358
Lackawanna High School	White	64.1%	560
Lackawanna Middle School	White	57.7%	407
Lafayette International School	Black	33.3%	415
Lake Shore Middle School	White	70.4%	503
Lake Shore Senior High School	White	76.6%	671
Lancaster High School	White	89.8%	1,653
Lancaster Middle School	White	89.8%	873
Ledgeview Elementary School	White	86.5%	473
Leonardo Da Vinci High School	Black	38.2%	372
Lewis J. Bennett High School of Innovative Technolgy	Black	61.6%	401
Lorraine Elementary School	White	41.7%	700
Lovejoy Discovery School #43	White	30.2%	577
Maple East Elementary School	White	71.1%	640
Maple West Elementary School	White	77.9%	675
Maplemere Elementary School	White	60.7%	491
Marilla Primary School	White	97.8%	230
Martin Luther King Junior #48	Black	41.4%	401
Martin Road Elementary School	White	61.6%	560
Marva J. Daniel Futures Preparatory School	Black	70.4%	422
Maryvale High School	White	67%	616
Maryvale Intermediate School	White	66.5%	499
Maryvale Middle School	White	68.6%	478
Maryvale Primary School	White	62.4%	596
Math Science Technology Preparatory School at 197	Black	62.5%	435
Mckinley Vocational High School	Black	55.3%	987
Middle Early College High School	Black	72.6%	314
Mill Middle School	White	74.8%	774
Mullen Elementary School	White	80.5%	303
Native American Magnet	Black	43.5%	345
North Collins Elementary School	White	87.1%	309
North Collins Junior-Senior High School	White	90.7%	248
North Park Community School #50	White	64.7%	306
Northwood Elementary School	White	64.9%	502
Orchard Park High School	White	91.8%	1,385
Orchard Park Middle School	White	91.2%	1,059
P.S. 17	Black	62.5%	309
P.S. 27 Hillery Park Academy	Black	35.2%	545
P.S. 42 Occupational Training Center	Black	50%	64
P.S. 59 Dr. Charles Drew Science Magnet	Black	59.7%	620
P.S. 61 Arthur O. Eve School of Distinction	Black	64.3%	266
P.S. 64 Frederick Law Olmsted	White	52.7%	558
P.S. 65 Roosevelt Ecc	Black	33.1%	284
P.S. 69 Houghton Academy	Black	35.8%	455
P.S. 74 Hamlin Park - Claude and Ouida Clapp Academy	Black	74.5%	392
P.S. 81	Black	41.1%	737
P.S. 82	Black	68.6%	274
P.S. 84	Black	35.3%	156
Parkdale Elementary School	White	93.3%	655
Pathways Academy	Black	48.6%	105
Pfc William J. Grabiarz #79	Black	38.3%	538
Pinehurst Elementary School	White	95.4%	583
Randolph Academy Hamburg Campus	White	65.2%	69
Research Laboratory High School-Bioinformatic	Black	59.6%	188
Riverside Academy High School	Black	43.5%	294
Riverview Elementary School	White	79%	366
Sheridan Hill Elementary School	White	82.5%	519
Smallwood Drive School	White	78.5%	657
South Davis Elementary School	White	91.9%	394
South Park High School	Black	34.2%	748
Southside Elementary School	White	40.1%	862
Springville Elementary School	White	94.6%	540
Stanley Makowski Early Childhood Center	Black	61.4%	586
Sweet Home Middle School	White	56.1%	768
Sweet Home Senior High School	White	57.3%	1,072
Theodore Roosevelt School	White	59%	329
Thomas A. Edison Elementary School	White	81.6%	615
Tonawanda Middle/High School	White	82.5%	1,012
Transit Middle School	White	62%	872
Truman Elementary School	White	60.8%	357
Union East Elementary School	White	34%	899
Union Pleasant Avenue Elementary School	White	91.3%	643
Veronica E. Connor Middle School	White	83.2%	679
Wales Primary School	White	93.8%	224
Waterfront Elementary School	Black	43.4%	762
West Elementary School	White	85.1%	652
West Hertel Elementary School	Black	43.9%	750
West Middle School	White	85.6%	780
West Seneca East Senior High School	White	82.1%	811
West Seneca West Senior High School	White	86.8%	1,110
William Street School	White	90.7%	1,293
Williamsville East High School	White	68%	981
Williamsville North High School	White	72.7%	1,321
Williamsville South High School	White	77.4%	857
Willow Ridge Elementary School	White	59.2%	358
Winchester-Potters Elementary School	White	77.6%	455
Windermere Blvd School	White	49.7%	750
Windom Elementary School	White	89.4%	611
Woodrow Wilson Elementary School	White	63.4%	279