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Dr Lydia T Wright School Of Excellence

Public Grades PK, KG-8
2405th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools
Better than 2% of New York elementary schools
Summary

Dr Lydia T Wright School Of Excellence is an elementary school serving grades PK-8 in the Buffalo City School District, with 569 students. Despite its large size, the school has consistently ranked among the lowest-performing elementary schools in New York state over the past decade, consistently ranking in the bottom 10% of schools statewide.

Academically, Dr Lydia T Wright School Of Excellence significantly underperforms the Buffalo City School District and New York state averages across all grade levels and subject areas on state assessments. For example, in 2024-2025, only 5.13% of 3rd graders were proficient in ELA compared to 31.99% for the district and 54.15% for the state. The school serves a high-need population, with 93.15% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in 2023-2024, higher than the district average of 84.03% at nearby PS 61 Arthur O Eve School Of Distinction. Despite the high-need student population, Dr Lydia T Wright School Of Excellence spends $24,108 per student, which is higher than the $25,416 spent per student at the higher-performing PS 61 Arthur O Eve School Of Distinction.

Interestingly, the school's underperformance extends across all student subgroups, and its performance has remained stagnant or declined over the past decade. While other nearby schools in the Buffalo City School District, such as PS 61 Arthur O Eve School Of Distinction and PS 74 Hamlin Park - Claude And Ouida Clapp Academy, also struggle academically, they generally outperform Dr Lydia T Wright School Of Excellence on state assessments. Additionally, two nearby charter schools, Persistence Preparatory Academy Charter School and Buffalo United Charter School, outperform Dr Lydia T Wright School Of Excellence and the Buffalo City School District on state assessments, suggesting that alternative school models may be more effective in serving the needs of the community.

560
Students ?
11.0
Student/teacher ratio ?
$30,517
Per pupil spending ?
95.9%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 106 Appenheimer St
       Buffalo, NY  14214-2997

(716) 816-4110

District: Buffalo City School District

Racial breakdown:

African American:
69.3%
Asian:
12.0%
Hispanic:
7.7%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Holding steady — 2nd percentile in 2015 → 2nd in 2025
Strengths
Small classes — about 11 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the New York average (10% vs 53% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (2nd percentile)
!Math scores 47 pts below the New York average
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school10%
District avg26%
New York avg53%
Elementary school
2,405th of 2,445
New York public elementary schools ?
Bottom 2%▬ steady since 2015
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SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
1,471st of 1,500
New York public middle schools ?
Bottom 2%▲ up 1 pts since 2015
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SchoolDigger rating ?
27th of 35Elementary Schools in the Buffalo City School District
830th of 874Buffalo City School District among New York districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Elementary school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20254.92405 of 24451.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20245.72416 of 24451.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20235.82392 of 24391.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20226.22396 of 24341.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20211.92190 of 22010.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20197.12348 of 24132.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20187.52317 of 23953.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20177.32316 of 23862.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20168.32274 of 23663.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20157.02310 of 23521.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20148.02279 of 23452.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20138.42265 of 23252.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20124.42258 of 23202.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20118.02174 of 22864.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20109.12136 of 22635.6%☆☆☆☆☆
200911.12122 of 22576.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20088.82107 of 22275.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20076.62127 of 22194.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20069.32088 of 22065.3%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202514.1864 of 9286.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202414.5878 of 9275.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202315.3779 of 8579.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202216.0863 of 9367.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20217.9420 of 4271.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201919.6783 of 89112.1%★☆☆☆☆
201822.2804 of 94815.2%★☆☆☆☆

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20252.7681 of 6962.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20245.9639 of 6623.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20238.3568 of 6056.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20224.2658 of 6711.9%☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202514.81101 of 11171.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202427.5907 of 106614.9%★☆☆☆☆
202333.1709 of 100129.2%★☆☆☆☆
202222.1947 of 10277.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20255.02375 of 24091.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20246.72380 of 24131.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20236.42360 of 24031.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20226.92359 of 24011.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20212.01946 of 19550.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20197.72301 of 23572.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20186.82295 of 23381.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20255.21557 of 15690.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20224.71502 of 15030.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201910.31274 of 13153.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20187.71376 of 13921.1%☆☆☆☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202525.2662 of 79216.4%★☆☆☆☆
202425.7622 of 76618.8%★☆☆☆☆
20199.1563 of 5701.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201825.7632 of 73013.4%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20238.92001 of 20412.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20226.32082 of 20990.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201910.41987 of 20322.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20189.32001 of 20452.2%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20256.92343 of 24072.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20247.42358 of 24112.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20238.22329 of 24003.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20227.82342 of 24002.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20212.61950 of 19610.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20198.62288 of 23583.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201810.32236 of 23404.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202526.01703 of 213420.2%★☆☆☆☆
202419.61972 of 21106.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202319.21892 of 20166.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202219.01958 of 20313.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201932.11259 of 185932.3%★★☆☆☆
201825.31687 of 194113.1%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20250.11402 of 14020.0%☆☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20255.01471 of 15001.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20243.41496 of 15040.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20234.41488 of 15000.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20228.51441 of 14792.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20213.81233 of 12420.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20198.11397 of 14392.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20189.31384 of 14383.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201711.31380 of 14555.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20169.71381 of 14293.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20158.21389 of 14071.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201412.71300 of 14017.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201312.51265 of 13737.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20129.61216 of 13379.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20118.61213 of 12956.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20106.81180 of 12435.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20098.81135 of 12247.3%☆☆☆☆☆
200810.21071 of 11859.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20078.71028 of 11238.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20069.6999 of 10958.8%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202513.0637 of 6765.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20249.4691 of 7052.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202310.4677 of 6962.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202217.7635 of 70610.1%★☆☆☆☆
201921.2566 of 65313.3%★☆☆☆☆
201823.5560 of 66315.5%★☆☆☆☆

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20255.1394 of 4063.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20241.2395 of 3960.3%☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202531.9484 of 64625.1%★☆☆☆☆
202432.6464 of 61524.6%★☆☆☆☆
202330.0470 of 59120.5%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20254.11441 of 14571.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20242.91462 of 14650.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20233.11460 of 14630.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20229.21411 of 14543.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20196.41348 of 13701.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20188.11319 of 13532.5%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202216.8836 of 9148.5%☆☆☆☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202529.6475 of 60321.2%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20246.41283 of 12961.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20235.91282 of 12880.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202210.81274 of 13062.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201910.71225 of 12411.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201811.01216 of 12452.3%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20257.31418 of 14552.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20245.41457 of 14640.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20237.01441 of 14641.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20229.11414 of 14552.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201912.21302 of 13664.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201812.61291 of 13524.5%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202519.21217 of 12986.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202415.71280 of 13031.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202318.01267 of 13073.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202231.8959 of 128325.3%★☆☆☆☆
201921.81085 of 11394.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201825.71048 of 117010.4%★☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Elementary school
Special Education (2025)20th percentile+19 vs school
Homeless (2025)16th percentile+15 vs school
African American (2025)7th percentile+5 vs school
Male (2025)3rd percentile~ school
Asian (2025)2nd percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2023)2nd percentile~ school
English Language Learner (2025)1st percentile~ school
Female (2025)1st percentile~ school
Hispanic (2025)1st percentile~ school
White (2025)<1st percentile~ school
Middle school
English Language Learner (2025)25th percentile+23 vs school
Homeless (2025)21st percentile+19 vs school
Hispanic (2022)9th percentile+6 vs school
Special Education (2025)6th percentile+4 vs school
African American (2025)6th percentile+4 vs school
Asian (2025)3rd percentile~ school
Male (2025)3rd percentile~ school
Female (2025)1st percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2024)1st percentile~ school
By subject vs New York (2024-2025) ?
English Language Arts13%-40 vs state
Life Science Biology12%-46 vs state
Math9%-47 vs state
Science8%-37 vs state

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Students at Dr Lydia T Wright School Of Excellence are 69% African American, 12% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 6% White, 4% Two or more races.

Dr Lydia T Wright School Of Excellence ranks in the bottom 1.6% of New York elementary schools.

In the 2024-25 school year, 560 students attended Dr Lydia T Wright School Of Excellence.


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