Summary:
King Center Charter School is the sole school in the King Center Charter School District, serving grades K-8 in Buffalo, New York. With a total enrollment of 401 students, the school consistently ranks in the bottom 20% of New York elementary schools, indicating it is one of the lower-performing schools in the state.
Academically, King Center Charter School struggles, with proficiency rates on New York State Assessments significantly below the statewide averages in English Language Arts, Math, and Science across all grade levels. For example, in 2024-2025, the school's 3rd grade ELA proficiency rate was 41.3% compared to the state average of 54.15%. Additionally, the school has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger, further highlighting its poor performance.
Despite the school's academic challenges, it has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 9.1 to 1 and spends $16,643 per student. However, these factors do not seem to be translating into better outcomes for the students, 92.27% of whom were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2023-2024 school year, indicating a high-poverty student population. Overall, the data suggests King Center Charter School is failing to adequately serve the educational needs of its community and may require significant improvements to its instructional quality, curriculum, and student support services.
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