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International School

Public Grades PK, KG-8
2407th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools
Better than 2% of New York elementary schools
Summary

The International School is an elementary school (grades PK-8) located in Buffalo, NY, within the Buffalo City School District. With 987 students, the school has consistently ranked among the lowest-performing schools in New York state over the past decade, earning a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

The International School struggles academically, with proficiency rates well below the Buffalo City School District and New York state averages in English Language Arts (ELA) and Math. For example, in 2024-2025, only 9.64% of 3rd graders at the International School were proficient in ELA, compared to 31.99% in the district and 54.15% statewide. The school's performance is particularly weak in Math, with proficiency rates ranging from 7.37% to 25.71% across the grade levels, compared to 23.35% to 33.59% in the district and 46.74% to 59.7% statewide. The International School also struggles to serve its diverse student population effectively, ranking in the bottom 10-20% of New York elementary schools for most student subgroups.

Despite the International School's high per-student spending of $24,705 in 2023-2024 and a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 11.5, the academic outcomes remain poor. Nearby schools within the same district, such as PS 64 Frederick Law Olmsted and Herman Badillo Bilingual Academy, have higher proficiency rates and better overall rankings. Additionally, nearby charter schools, such as Elmwood Village Charter School Hertel and Elmwood Village Charter School Days Park, outperform the International School and the district on academic measures.

933
Students ?
10.7
Student/teacher ratio ?
$30,185
Per pupil spending ?
95.6%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 141 Hoyt St
       Buffalo, NY  14213-1622

(716) 816-3300

District: Buffalo City School District

Racial breakdown:

African American:
37.4%
Asian:
34.7%
White:
15.6%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Holding steady — 5th percentile in 2015 → 2nd in 2025
Strengths
Small classes — about 11 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the New York average (17% vs 53% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (2nd percentile)
!Math scores 38 pts below the New York average
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school17%
District avg25%
New York avg53%
Elementary school
2,407th of 2,445
New York public elementary schools ?
Bottom 2%▼ down 4 pts since 2015
From bottom 5% (2015) to bottom 2% (2025)
See the entire ranking list of New York Elementary Schools →
SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
1,407th of 1,500
New York public middle schools ?
Bottom 6%▼ down 2 pts since 2016
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SchoolDigger rating ?
28th 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
20254.82407 of 24451.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20247.62374 of 24452.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202312.52257 of 24397.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202210.42309 of 24345.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20212.32181 of 22010.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20199.82292 of 24135.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20186.82332 of 23952.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20178.92283 of 23864.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201611.92197 of 23667.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201510.52225 of 23525.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20149.72242 of 23454.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201316.42067 of 232511.1%★☆☆☆☆
20127.62210 of 23204.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20118.52166 of 22865.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20103.82232 of 22631.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20090.52247 of 22570.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20081.02216 of 22270.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20073.12184 of 22191.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20065.32151 of 22062.5%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202513.5872 of 9286.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202415.6864 of 9276.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202318.4745 of 85713.1%★☆☆☆☆
202217.2846 of 9369.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20216.6423 of 4270.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201916.1832 of 8916.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201814.2905 of 9484.5%☆☆☆☆☆

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20251.6686 of 6961.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20243.2657 of 6620.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20236.9572 of 6055.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20224.6652 of 6712.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20211.4425 of 4301.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20193.3540 of 5481.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20181.7596 of 6010.8%☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202521.41028 of 11178.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202425.0951 of 106610.8%★☆☆☆☆
202323.5911 of 10019.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202226.1874 of 102714.9%★☆☆☆☆
201932.7612 of 86028.8%★☆☆☆☆
201829.3745 of 93820.6%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20256.12355 of 24092.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20249.12332 of 24133.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202315.22178 of 24039.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202214.02213 of 24017.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20211.71949 of 19550.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201910.52248 of 23574.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20186.42304 of 23381.5%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20251.71569 of 15690.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20245.81525 of 15310.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202210.11464 of 15032.6%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20254.12088 of 20980.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202311.81963 of 20413.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202213.71998 of 20994.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201917.11869 of 20328.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201810.61989 of 20452.7%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20255.12371 of 24071.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20248.42341 of 24112.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202312.12259 of 24005.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20229.52307 of 24003.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20212.41954 of 19610.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201911.42222 of 23585.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20189.22257 of 23403.5%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202519.01954 of 21348.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202429.11574 of 211025.4%★☆☆☆☆
202326.21616 of 201619.8%★☆☆☆☆
202221.71873 of 20317.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201934.81157 of 185937.8%★★☆☆☆
201833.01370 of 194129.4%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20251.31396 of 14020.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20244.91361 of 13922.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20233.41319 of 13371.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20226.21363 of 13992.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20194.51319 of 13381.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20181.91397 of 14080.8%☆☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202511.91407 of 15006.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202413.41403 of 15046.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202313.81388 of 15007.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202212.81384 of 14796.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20219.31205 of 12423.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201910.81363 of 14395.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201810.51369 of 14384.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201716.91289 of 145511.4%★☆☆☆☆
201614.11306 of 14298.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201112.51140 of 129512.0%★☆☆☆☆
20109.11137 of 12438.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20093.41194 of 12242.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20084.21145 of 11853.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20075.41067 of 11235.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20069.7998 of 10958.9%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202517.6600 of 67611.2%★☆☆☆☆
202414.5663 of 7056.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202315.5636 of 6968.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202216.2652 of 7067.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201913.9630 of 6533.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201817.1618 of 6636.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20258.4385 of 4065.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20247.4379 of 3964.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20238.5364 of 3886.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20226.1370 of 3812.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20211.6234 of 2360.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20193.8362 of 3691.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20183.0368 of 3741.6%☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202531.4488 of 64624.5%★☆☆☆☆
202427.9530 of 61513.8%★☆☆☆☆
202325.4546 of 5917.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202231.5444 of 58123.6%★☆☆☆☆
201932.0354 of 47325.2%★☆☆☆☆
201830.8401 of 50320.3%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202516.41314 of 14579.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202418.51306 of 146510.9%★☆☆☆☆
202318.41293 of 146311.6%★☆☆☆☆
202215.41322 of 14549.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201910.81304 of 13704.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201810.41303 of 13533.7%☆☆☆☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202436.3391 of 59434.2%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202217.01201 of 13068.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201914.31187 of 12414.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201813.81199 of 12453.7%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202510.51392 of 14554.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202411.81389 of 14645.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202311.31393 of 14644.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202212.11382 of 14555.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20218.51039 of 10713.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201913.01283 of 13666.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201812.01301 of 13523.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202520.81181 of 12989.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202420.01223 of 13036.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202315.51293 of 13071.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202223.51170 of 12838.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201939.5624 of 113945.2%★★☆☆☆
201826.91023 of 117012.6%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20252.2769 of 7750.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202410.5739 of 7785.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20232.9768 of 7720.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20224.5739 of 7481.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20192.7716 of 7160.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20183.8762 of 7630.1%☆☆☆☆☆
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)8th percentile+7 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)8th percentile+6 vs school
African American (2025)6th percentile+4 vs school
Female (2025)2nd percentile~ school
Male (2025)1st percentile~ school
Asian (2025)1st percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)<1st percentile~ school
White (2025)<1st percentile~ school
Hispanic (2025)<1st percentile~ school
Middle school
Homeless (2024)34th percentile+27 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)24th percentile+18 vs school
African American (2025)11th percentile+5 vs school
Female (2025)10th percentile+4 vs school
Special Education (2025)9th percentile+3 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2022)8th percentile~ school
Asian (2025)5th percentile~ school
Male (2025)4th percentile~ school
White (2025)1st percentile-5 vs school
By subject vs New York (2024-2025) ?
English Language Arts18%-35 vs state
Math17%-38 vs state
Science17%-28 vs state

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International School ranks in the bottom 1.6% of New York elementary schools.

In the 2024-25 school year, 933 students attended International School.

Students at International School are 37% African American, 35% Asian, 16% White, 9% Hispanic, 3% Two or more races.


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