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Lovejoy Discovery School #43

Public Grades PK, KG-8
2364th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools
Better than 3% of New York elementary schools
Summary

Lovejoy Discovery School #43 is an elementary school serving grades PK-8 in the Buffalo City School District, with 619 students. Despite its larger size, the school has consistently ranked among the lowest-performing elementary schools in New York state over the past decade, with a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Lovejoy Discovery School #43 significantly underperforms the Buffalo City School District and New York state averages on state assessments across all grade levels and subjects. For example, in 2024-2025, only 13.95% of 3rd graders were proficient in ELA, compared to 31.99% in the district and 54.15% statewide. The school's performance is especially low for certain student subgroups, ranking in the bottom 5% of New York elementary schools for African American, Hispanic, and Special Education students in 2024-2025. Despite spending significantly more per student ($24,975 in 2023-2024) than the district and state averages, the school's academic outcomes have not improved.

The nearby schools in the Buffalo City School District, such as Build Community School, PS 27 Hillery Park Academy, and Harvey Austin School #97, also struggle with low academic performance, ranking in the bottom 10-15% of New York elementary schools. In contrast, the charter schools in the area, such as Persistence Preparatory Academy and South Buffalo Charter School, generally outperform Lovejoy Discovery School #43 and the district as a whole on state assessments, suggesting that alternative approaches to education may be more effective for this population.

589
Students ?
11.9
Student/teacher ratio ?
$30,049
Per pupil spending ?
94.7%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 161 Benzinger St
       Buffalo, NY  14206-1498

(716) 816-3260

District: Buffalo City School District

Racial breakdown:

African American:
30.2%
White:
26.3%
Asian:
19.5%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 16th percentile in 2014 → 3rd in 2025
Strengths
✓Small classes — about 12 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the New York average (19% vs 53% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (3rd percentile)
!Ranking has slipped — down 13 percentile points since 2014
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school19%
District avg26%
New York avg53%
Elementary school
2,364th of 2,445
New York public elementary schools ?
Bottom 3%▼ down 15 pts since 2015
From bottom 18% (2015) to bottom 3% (2025)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
1,428th of 1,500
New York public middle schools ?
Bottom 5%▼ down 24 pts since 2015
From bottom 29% (2015) to bottom 5% (2025)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
19th 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
20256.92364 of 24453.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20247.22380 of 24452.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20236.82377 of 24392.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202211.92269 of 24346.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20197.02351 of 24132.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201816.42112 of 239511.8%★☆☆☆☆
201714.72149 of 23869.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201620.81974 of 236616.6%★☆☆☆☆
201520.91917 of 235218.5%★☆☆☆☆
201419.41969 of 234516.0%★☆☆☆☆
201324.81860 of 232520.0%★☆☆☆☆
201217.02016 of 232013.1%★☆☆☆☆
201118.61952 of 228614.6%★☆☆☆☆
201013.12070 of 22638.5%☆☆☆☆☆
200923.81920 of 225714.9%★☆☆☆☆
200814.42011 of 22279.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20072.52194 of 22191.1%☆☆☆☆☆
200612.22023 of 22068.3%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20256.0927 of 9280.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20249.6912 of 9271.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20238.2849 of 8570.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202210.5921 of 9361.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201910.1880 of 8911.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201813.6911 of 9483.9%☆☆☆☆☆

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20255.0664 of 6964.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20248.2623 of 6625.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202310.9556 of 6058.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202224.7553 of 67117.6%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202532.6797 of 111728.6%★☆☆☆☆
202429.1864 of 106618.9%★☆☆☆☆
202329.6786 of 100121.5%★☆☆☆☆
202235.0662 of 102735.5%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202512.82236 of 24097.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202412.22285 of 24135.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202311.42264 of 24035.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202213.82217 of 24017.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20199.52268 of 23573.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201822.51963 of 233816.0%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202515.31445 of 15697.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202413.71456 of 15314.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202311.31374 of 14293.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202213.01427 of 15035.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201917.21206 of 13158.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201835.1949 of 139231.8%★★☆☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202511.4782 of 7921.3%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20257.92061 of 20981.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202214.11990 of 20995.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201910.11994 of 20321.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201825.91678 of 204517.9%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20255.22368 of 24071.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20245.22391 of 24110.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20235.92360 of 24001.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202214.22198 of 24008.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20196.62324 of 23581.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201812.72180 of 23406.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202516.7244 of 28715.0%★☆☆☆☆
202417.8241 of 27913.6%★☆☆☆☆
202311.5217 of 2232.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202216.3257 of 28911.1%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202519.31945 of 21348.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202419.91960 of 21107.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202320.21859 of 20167.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202228.91593 of 203121.6%★☆☆☆☆
201923.41642 of 185911.7%★☆☆☆☆
201831.01443 of 194125.7%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20257.01348 of 14023.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20245.61356 of 13922.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20234.61304 of 13372.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20226.11365 of 13992.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20194.91315 of 13381.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201816.61273 of 14089.6%☆☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20259.91428 of 15004.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20246.01479 of 15041.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20236.81468 of 15002.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20229.31431 of 14793.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20199.51376 of 14394.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201815.01305 of 14389.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201720.61229 of 145515.5%★☆☆☆☆
201613.31315 of 14298.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201530.61002 of 140728.8%★☆☆☆☆
201422.61104 of 140121.2%★☆☆☆☆
201329.3987 of 137328.1%★☆☆☆☆
201213.41167 of 133712.7%★☆☆☆☆
201123.11022 of 129521.1%★☆☆☆☆
201016.21042 of 124316.2%★☆☆☆☆
200912.11104 of 12249.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20088.31096 of 11857.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20078.71031 of 11238.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20065.71043 of 10954.7%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20256.5672 of 6760.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20248.1699 of 7050.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20239.6683 of 6961.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202210.2704 of 7060.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201915.5618 of 6535.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201820.6586 of 66311.6%★☆☆☆☆

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20258.7383 of 4065.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202422.4340 of 39614.1%★☆☆☆☆
202312.4350 of 3889.8%★☆☆☆☆
202219.2331 of 38113.1%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202540.9347 of 64646.3%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202516.61311 of 145710.0%★☆☆☆☆
20247.51427 of 14652.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20238.01421 of 14632.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20227.61425 of 14542.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201911.11302 of 13705.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201815.81235 of 13538.7%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202514.7898 of 9656.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202410.3924 of 9533.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202311.7914 of 9433.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202215.4851 of 9146.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201911.1797 of 8263.5%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20247.01280 of 12961.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202211.41266 of 13063.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201910.41228 of 12411.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20257.91411 of 14553.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20246.51446 of 14641.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20237.51438 of 14641.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202212.41379 of 14555.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20198.71344 of 13661.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201816.71229 of 13529.1%☆☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202516.0211 of 23510.2%★☆☆☆☆
202413.2204 of 2207.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20236.4207 of 2080.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202217.4161 of 19015.3%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202517.11253 of 12983.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202417.31264 of 13033.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202321.71193 of 13078.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202234.6866 of 128332.5%★★☆☆☆
201928.8911 of 113920.0%★☆☆☆☆
201860.1288 of 117075.4%★★★★☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20258.0749 of 7753.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20242.8774 of 7780.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20234.6761 of 7721.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20225.5736 of 7481.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201910.1686 of 7164.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201817.9690 of 7639.6%☆☆☆☆☆
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
English Language Learner (2025)29th percentile+25 vs school
Multi-racial (2025)15th percentile+12 vs school
Special Education (2025)9th percentile+6 vs school
Hispanic (2025)8th percentile+5 vs school
Female (2025)7th percentile+4 vs school
Asian (2025)5th percentile~ school
White (2025)4th percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)2nd percentile~ school
Male (2025)2nd percentile~ school
Homeless (2025)1st percentile~ school
African American (2025)<1st percentile-3 vs school
Middle school
English Language Learner (2025)46th percentile+41 vs school
Multi-racial (2025)10th percentile+5 vs school
Female (2025)10th percentile+5 vs school
Hispanic (2025)7th percentile~ school
Asian (2025)6th percentile~ school
Special Education (2025)3rd percentile~ school
White (2025)3rd percentile~ school
Male (2025)3rd percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2024)1st percentile~ school
African American (2025)1st percentile-4 vs school
By subject vs New York (2024-2025) ?
Life Science Biology33%-25 vs state
English Language Arts21%-32 vs state
Math19%-36 vs state
Science9%-35 vs state

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In the 2024-25 school year, 589 students attended Lovejoy Discovery School #43.

Students at Lovejoy Discovery School #43 are 30% African American, 26% White, 20% Asian, 14% Hispanic, 10% Two or more races.

Lovejoy Discovery School #43 ranks in the bottom 3.3% of New York elementary schools.


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