Buffalo Public Schools, New York, elections

Buffalo Public Schools
District details
	School board members: 9
	Next election: November 4, 2025
	Students: 30,124 (2022-2023)
	Schools: 61 (2022-2023)
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Buffalo Public Schools is a school district in New York (Erie County). During the 2023 school year, 30,124 students attended one of the district's 61 schools.

This page provides information regarding school board members, election rules, finances, academics, policies, and more details about the district.

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Buffalo Board of Education At-large

General election

General election for Buffalo Board of Education At-large (3 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for Buffalo Board of Education At-large on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Lawrence Scott (Nonpartisan)	20.0	28,901
✔	Submit photo	Janita Everhart (Nonpartisan)	19.9	28,697
✔		Adrianna Zullich (Nonpartisan)	19.1	27,581
		Terrance L. Heard (Nonpartisan)	17.0	24,561
	Submit photo	Raziya Hill (Nonpartisan)	11.9	17,225
	Submit photo	Edward Speidel (Nonpartisan)	11.2	16,205
		Other/Write-in votes	0.8	1,173

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 144,343
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Buffalo Board of Education At-large

General election

General election for Buffalo Board of Education At-large (3 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for Buffalo Board of Education At-large on May 7, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Ann Rivera (Nonpartisan)	20.6	5,248
✔		Terrance L. Heard (Nonpartisan)	18.6	4,718
✔	Submit photo	Lawrence Scott (Nonpartisan)	16.5	4,206
	Submit photo	Jack Kavanaugh (Nonpartisan)	12.3	3,137
	Submit photo	Jeffrey Conrad (Nonpartisan)	9.4	2,381
	Submit photo	Carolette Meadows (Nonpartisan)	9.0	2,279
	Submit photo	Timothy Hartigan (Nonpartisan)	7.9	1,997
		Desmond Nalls (Nonpartisan)	5.7	1,460

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 25,426
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Buffalo Board of Education At-large

General election

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Incumbent William Harris Jr. and incumbent Jocelyn Rhynard won election in the general election for Buffalo Board of Education At-large on November 7, 2017.

		Candidate
✔	Submit photo	William Harris Jr. (Nonpartisan)
✔	Submit photo	Jocelyn Rhynard (Nonpartisan)

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Buffalo Board of Education At-large

General election

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Incumbent Larry Quinn, incumbent Barbara Seals Nevergold, and incumbent Patricia B. Pierce won election in the general election for Buffalo Board of Education At-large on May 6, 2014.

		Candidate
✔		Larry Quinn (D)
✔		Barbara Seals Nevergold (Nonpartisan)
✔		Patricia B. Pierce (Nonpartisan)

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About the district

School board

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List of school board members
Name	Seat	Year assumed office	Year term ends
Janita Everhart	At-large	2025	2030
Adrianna Zullich	At-large	2025	2030
Lawrence Scott	At-large	2019	2030
Theresa Drillings-Schuta	Park District	2023	2026
Cindi McEachon	North District	2023	2026
Kathy Evans-Brown	East District	2019	2026
Jennifer Mecozzi	West District	2016	2026
Paulette Woods	Central District	2016	2026
Sharon Belton-Cottman	Ferry District	2010	2026

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Buffalo Public Schools
Office Name	Current Officeholder	Party	% School District Covered	% Other District Covered
New York State Assembly District 149	Jonathan Rivera	Democratic Party	41%	9%
New York State Assembly District 141	Crystal Peoples-Stokes	Democratic Party	32%	100%
New York State Assembly District 142	Patrick Burke	Democratic Party	18%	17%
New York State Assembly District 140	William Conrad	Democratic Party	6%	9%
New York State Assembly District 143	Patrick Chludzinski	Republican Party	3%	4%

The table was limited to the lower chamber because it provides the most granularity. State house districts tend to be more numerous and therefore smaller than state senate or U.S. House districts. This provides an impression of the partisan affiliations in the area.

Budget

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.^[1]

Revenue
Expenditures

Revenue, 2020-2021
SOURCE	AMOUNT	AMOUNT PER STUDENT	PERCENT
Federal:	$107,302,000	$3,414	10%
Local:	$170,104,000	$5,412	16%
State:	$799,010,000	$25,424	74%
Total:	$1,076,416,000	$34,250

Expenditures, 2020-2021
TYPE	AMOUNT	AMOUNT PER STUDENT	PERCENT
Total Expenditures:	$901,462,000	$28,683
Total Current Expenditures:	$677,623,000	$21,561
Instructional Expenditures:	$408,042,000	$12,983	45%
Student and Staff Support:	$69,358,000	$2,206	8%
Administration:	$78,249,000	$2,489	9%
Operations, Food Service, Other:	$121,974,000	$3,881	14%
Total Capital Outlay:	$19,144,000	$609
Construction:	$8,045,000	$255
Total Non El-Sec Education & Other:	$5,635,000	$179
Interest on Debt:	$23,044,000	$733

Academic performance

Each year, state and local education agencies use tests and other standards to assess student proficiency. Although the data below was published by the U.S. Department of Education, proficiency measurements are established by the states. As a result, proficiency levels are not comparable between different states and year-over-year proficiency levels within a district may not be comparable because states may change their proficiency measurements. To protect student privacy, percentages are reported as ranges for groups of 300 students or fewer. If five or fewer students were included in a data set, the data will display as "PS."^[2]

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2020-2021	41	45	38	31	70-79	30-34	56
2018-2019	30	42	23	21	45-49	34	47
2017-2018	30	39	24	20	35-39	35	50
2016-2017	28	34	22	20	25-29	32	46
2015-2016	27	33	21	20	25-29	31	45
2014-2015	26	31	20	18	25-29	31	44
2013-2014	15	20	9	10	15-19	20	31
2012-2013	19	22	15	14	15-19	15-19	32
2011-2012	37	40	30	32	40-44	45-49	56
2010-2011	37	36	30	32	40-44	45-49	57

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2020-2021	40	41	34	30	60-79	40-44	56
2018-2019	33	46	27	25	45-49	37	49
2017-2018	32	41	27	24	40-44	35	48
2016-2017	28	32	23	20	35-39	30	46
2015-2016	27	30	22	20	20-24	31	44
2014-2015	22	25	18	16	20-24	20	38
2013-2014	17	17	12	13	10-14	18	31
2012-2013	21	21	17	16	20-24	20-24	35
2011-2012	35	30	30	30	40-44	35-39	54
2010-2011	34	28	28	30	35-39	45-49	52

The following table shows the graduation rate of district students each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2019-2020	65	65-69	62	57	>=80	80-89	74
2018-2019	66	75-79	64	53	40-59	50-59	78
2017-2018	65	60-64	65	53	40-59	60-69	75
2016-2017	64	60-64	64	54	60-79	60-69	71
2015-2016	63	50-54	63	51	40-59	40-59	74
2014-2015	57	40-44	55	48	50-59	40-59	73
2013-2014	56	45-49	56	46	30-39	21-39	70
2012-2013	49	40-44	47	37	30-39	40-59	64
2011-2012	56	50-54	54	45	50-59	PS	65
2010-2011	50	50-59	47	41	40-49	PS	61

Students

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.^[3]

Enrollment
Demographics

Year	Enrollment	Year-to-year change (%)
2022-2023	30,124	-2.3
2021-2022	30,823	-2.0
2020-2021	31,428	-6.0
2019-2020	33,299	-1.4
2018-2019	33,756	-0.7
2017-2018	33,992	-0.9
2016-2017	34,293	2.8
2015-2016	33,345	-5.7
2014-2015	35,234	1.1
2013-2014	34,854	6.0
2012-2013	32,762	0.1
2011-2012	32,723	-2.5
2010-2011	33,543	-2.9
2009-2010	34,526	0.0
2008-2009	34,538	-3.3
2007-2008	35,677	-2.4
2006-2007	36,540	-0.5
2005-2006	36,706	-5.4
2004-2005	38,704	-6.2
2003-2004	41,089	-5.8
2002-2003	43,474	-3.2
2001-2002	44,849	-1.9
2000-2001	45,721	-1.4
1999-2000	46,370	0.0

Racial Demographics, 2022-2023
RACE	Buffalo Public Schools (%)	New York K-12 STUDENTS (%)
American Indian/Alaska Native	0.5	0.7
Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander	13.5	10.0
Black	42.6	15.8
Hispanic	20.5	29.2
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	0.1	0.2
Two or More Races	5.1	3.6
White	17.7	40.4

Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Staff

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.^[4]

As of the 2022-2023 school year, Buffalo Public Schools had 2,964.67 full-time classroom teachers. The student-teacher ratio was 10.16.

Teachers, 2022-2023 school year
TYPE	NUMBER OF TEACHERS
Prekindergarten:	107.66
Kindergarten:	158.08
Elementary:	1,337.79
Secondary:	1,297.69
Total:	2,964.67

Buffalo Public Schools employed 27.00 district administrators and 0.00 school administrators as of the 2022-2023 school year.

Administrators, 2022-2023 school year
TYPE	NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATORS
District Administrators:	27.00
District Administrative Support:	155.00
School Administrators:	0.00
School Administrative Support:	0.00

Other staff, 2022-2023 school year
TYPE	NUMBER OF OTHER STAFF
Instructional Aides:	1,306.00
Instruc. Coordinators & Supervisors:	1,156.09
Total Guidance Counselors:	82.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	40.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	0.00
Librarians/Media Specialists:	0.00
Library/Media Support:	0.00
Student Support Services:	167.83
Other Support Services:	316.00

Schools

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.^[5]

Buffalo Public Schools operates 61 schools. They are listed below in alphabetical order.

List of schools
SCHOOL NAME	NUMBER OF STUDENTS	GRADES
Academy School	70	7-12
Bennett Park Montessori School	652	PK-8
Bilingual Center	319	PK-8
Buffalo Academy For The Visual & Performing Arts	566	5-12
Buffalo Elementary School Of Technology	525	PK-8
Buffalo School Of Culinary Arts And Hospitality Management	417	9-12
Build Community School	344	PK-8
Burgard High School	444	9-12
City Honors School	1,080	5-12
Community School #53	452	PK-8
Discovery School	543	PK-8
Dr A Pantoja Comm Sch Excllnce -#18	443	PK-8
Dr George Blackman Ecc	360	PK-4
Dr Lydia T Wright Sch Of Excellence	580	PK-8
D'Youville-Porter Campus	582	PK-8
East Community School	302	9-12
Emerson School Of Hospitality	386	9-12
Erie County Detention Facility	19	9-12
Erie County Holding Center	0
Frank A Sedita School #30	672	PK-8
Frederick Olmsted #156	904	5-12
Harriet Ross Tubman Academy	513	PK-8
Harvey Austin School #97	516	PK-8
Herman Badillo Bilingual Academy	513	PK-8
Highgate Heights	382	PK-8
Hutchinson Central Technical High School	1,175	9-12
International Preparatory School (The)	607	9-12
International School	981	PK-8
Lafayette International School	415	9-12
Leonardo Da Vinci High School	372	9-12
Lewis J Bennett High School Of Innovative Technolgy	401	9-12
Lorraine Elementary School	699	PK-8
Lovejoy Discovery School #43	577	PK-8
Martin Luther King Jr #48	401	PK-6
Marva J Daniel Futures Preparatory School	422	PK-8
Math Science Technology Preparatory School At 197	435	7-12
Mckinley Vocational High School	986	9-12
Middle Early College High School	314	9-12
Native American Magnet	345	PK-8
North Park Community School #50	305	PK-4
Pathways Academy	105	9-12
Pfc William J Grabiarz #79	538	PK-8
Ps 17	309	PK-4
Ps 27 Hillery Park Academy	544	PK-8
Ps 42 Occupational Training Center	64	UG-UG
Ps 59 Dr Charles Drew Science Magnet	620	PK-8
Ps 61 Arthur O Eve School Of Distinction	264	PK-4
Ps 64 Frederick Law Olmsted	558	PK-4
Ps 65 Roosevelt Ecc	284	PK-4
Ps 69 Houghton Academy	455	PK-8
Ps 74 Hamlin Park - Claude And Ouida Clapp Academy	392	PK-8
Ps 81	737	PK-8
Ps 82	274	PK-4
Ps 84	155	KG-12
Research Laboratory Hs-Bioinformatic	188	9-12
Riverside Academy High School	294	9-12
South Park High School	748	9-12
Southside Elementary School	862	PK-8
Stanley Makowski Early Childhood Center	586	PK-4
Waterfront Elementary School	761	PK-8
West Hertel Elementary School	750	PK-8

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Footnotes

[1] National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed June 17, 2024

[2] U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC: EDFacts, "State Assessments in Reading/Language Arts and Mathematics- School Year 2018-19 EDFacts Data Documentation," accessed February 25, 2021

[3] National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed June 17, 2024

[4] National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed June 17, 2024

[5] National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed June 17, 2024

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Buffalo Public Schools, New York, elections

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