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Buffalo Public Schools

Contact info is sourced from our partners at MDR Education, and DonorsChoose updates our site ahead of each school year.

About this district

Buffalo Public Schools is a public school district in New York. They serve 31,203 students across 68 schools, and its teachers have had 4,591 projects funded on DonorsChoose.

  • 68
    Schools
  • 31,203
    Students
  • 2,816
    Teachers

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Buffalo Public Schools Demographics

92%
of students receive free or reduced price lunch Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
Source: the National Center for Education Statistics
77%
of students are Black, Latino, Native American, or Asian Data about school demographics comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. The numbers in this chart may not add up to 100% because of limitations in the available data.

Schools in districts that mainly serve students of color receive substantially less state and local support than similar districts that serve primarily White students. Learn more about this gap, why it exists, and how you can help close it.

Buffalo Public Schools Funding Data from the NCES School District Finance Survey

Buffalo Public Schools had a total revenue of $1.0 billion in the 2016-17 school year. 12.2% came from local sources, 78.4% from state sources, and 9.4% from federal sources.

Buffalo Public Schools had a per-pupil revenue of $33,241 per pupil in the 2016-17 school year. 12.2% came from local sources, 78.4% from state sources, and 9.4% from federal sources.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics

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Buffalo Public Schools Support on DonorsChoose Last updated Dec 21, 2024

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Buffalo Public Schools

$1.7 million
raised using DonorsChoose
4,591
projects funded
995
teachers funded
10,853
donors
528
projects for basic supplies
542
projects for technology
495
projects for books
353
projects for art supplies

Buffalo Public Schools has received support from 6,659 individuals from New York and 4,194 individuals out-of-state.

Buffalo Public Schools Schools

PS131 Academy School at 44 & Ltep PS 355 Buffalo School of Culinary Arts & Hospitality Management Enterprise Charter School PS 198 International Preparatory School - Clevelnd PS 196 Math Science Technical Preparatory School PS 50 North Park Community School PS 131 Academy School at 86 PS 17 Early Childhood Center PS 18 Pantoja School Excellance PS 192 Buffalo Academy for Visual & Performing Arts PS 19 Native American Magnet School PS 195 City Honors School PS 197 Math Science Technology Preparatory School PS 363 Lewis J Bennett School of Innovation Technology PS 207 Lafayette International High School PS 206 South Park High School PS 208 Riverside Academy PS 212 Leonardo DaVinci High School PS 27 Hillery Park Elementary School PS 3 D'Youville Porter Campus PS 30 Frank A Sedita Academy PS 301 Burgard High School PS 302 Emerson School of Hospitality PS 304 Hutchinson Technical High School PS 305 McKinley High School PS 309 East Community High School PS 31 Harriet Ross Tubman School PS 32 Bennett Park Montessori School PS 33 Bilingual Center PS 366 Research Laboratory High School for Bioinformatics & Life Sciences PS 355 - School of Culinary Arts and Hospitality PS 357 Pathways Academy East PS 37 Futures Academy PS 48 at 39 Martin Luther King Jr Multicultural Institute PS 415 Middle Early College High School PS 42 Occ Training Center PS 43 Lovejoy Discovery School PS 45 International School PS 53 Community School PS 54 Dr George Blackman ECC PS 156 Frederick Law Olmsted PS 59 Dr Charles R Drew Science Magnet School PS 6 Buffalo Elementary School of Technical PS 61 Arthur Eve - Distinction PS 64 Frederick Law Olmsted PS 65 Roosevelt ECC PS 67 Discovery School PS 69 Houghton Academy PS 72 Lorraine Elementary School PS 74 Hamlin Park School PS 76 Herman Badillo Bil Academy PS 79 Pfc William Grabiarz School PS 80 Highgate Heights Elementary School PS 81 School PS 82 The Ronald Peoples School of Scholars PS 84 Erie County Health Center PS 89 Dr L T Wright School PS 90 Early Childhood Center PS 92 Build Community School PS 93 Southside Elementary School PS 94 W Hertel Academy PS 95 Waterfront Elementary School PS 97 Harvey Austin School PS 99 Stanley Makowski ECC Stanley G. Falk School The Buffalo Academy of Science Charter School 1 Virtual Pathways Program - Buffalo Public Schools Westminster Community Charter School
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