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Buffalo City School District
A public school district in Buffalo, New York, with 61 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 30,077
- Students enrolled
- 2,865.9
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 6,286.5
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $29,407
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 30,077 in 2024–25
- Ranks 208th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 2nd of 1,040 in New York. Larger than 98% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $29,407 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 93% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.
Spending and revenue
Buffalo City School District spent $31,111 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $15,686 in fiscal year 2005
Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
Source: NCES
About this chart
The figures
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | $31,111 | $929.2 million | 29,866 |
| FY2023 | $29,407 | $885.9 million | 30,124 |
| FY2022 | $24,652 | $759.9 million | 30,823 |
| FY2021 | $21,561 | $677.6 million | 31,428 |
| FY2020 | $20,667 | $688.2 million | 33,299 |
| FY2019 | $21,573 | $728.2 million | 33,756 |
| FY2018 | $21,649 | $735.9 million | 33,992 |
| FY2017 | $21,682 | $743.5 million | 34,293 |
| FY2016 | $20,323 | $677.7 million | 33,345 |
| FY2015 | $19,011 | $669.8 million | 35,234 |
| FY2014 | $18,913 | $659.2 million | 34,854 |
| FY2013 | $18,773 | $615.0 million | 32,762 |
| FY2012 | $18,971 | $620.8 million | 32,723 |
| FY2011 | $17,803 | $597.2 million | 33,543 |
| FY2010 | $17,277 | $596.5 million | 34,526 |
| FY2009 | $17,059 | $589.2 million | 34,538 |
| FY2008 | $18,493 | $659.8 million | 35,677 |
| FY2007 | $17,412 | $636.2 million | 36,540 |
| FY2006 | $16,886 | $619.8 million | 36,706 |
| FY2005 | $15,686 | $607.1 million | 38,704 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $252.5 million | 19.1% |
| State | $912.4 million | 69.0% |
| Local | $158.2 million | 12.0% |
| Total | $1.3 billion |
Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.
The district’s schools
61 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
The district’s entry
- Name as NCES lists it
- BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- Status
- Open
- Type
- Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
- Charter status
- Not a charter district
- Grades
- Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
- NCES district ID
- 3605850
Elsewhere
- Public schools in New York — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
- Every school district in New York — A to Z, each with its page.
- New York on the American Factbook — the state’s entry, across every hub.
Sources
- Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 30, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.
- School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2024
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2005 to 2024.
Compiled automatically from Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 and School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2024 by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built
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