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Pfc William J Grabiarz #79

Public Grades PK, KG-8
2092nd
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools
Better than 14% of New York elementary schools
Summary

Pfc William J Grabiarz #79 is an elementary school serving grades PK-8 in the Buffalo City School District, with 545 students. Despite its large size, the school has consistently ranked in the bottom 10-15% of Pfc William J Grabiarz #79 has struggled to meet state standards, with significantly lower proficiency rates on New York assessments compared to district and statewide averages.

The school faces challenges in serving its diverse student population, ranking in the bottom 25-30% of New York schools for African American, Hispanic, and English Language Learner students. Additionally, the school has an extremely high rate of free and reduced-price lunch recipients, over 90% in recent years, indicating a high-poverty student population. Despite the school's high per-pupil spending of $26,484 in 2023-2024, it has shown little to no improvement in test scores and rankings over the past 10 years.

Interestingly, North Park Community School #50 and Ps 64 Frederick Law Olmsted, two other Buffalo public schools, rank in the top 20-25% of New York elementary schools, outperforming Pfc William J Grabiarz #79. Even schools in the neighboring Kenmore-Tonawanda Union Free School District outperform this school, suggesting that targeted interventions and additional support services may be needed to help Pfc William J Grabiarz #79 improve its academic outcomes.

518
Students ?
11.0
Student/teacher ratio ?
$32,338
Per pupil spending ?
93.4%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 225 Lawn Ave
       Buffalo, NY  14207

(716) 816-4040

District: Buffalo City School District

Racial breakdown:

African American:
44.0%
Hispanic:
24.1%
White:
13.5%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Rebounding — 4th percentile in 2023 → 14th in 2025
Strengths
Ranking is rebounding — up to 14th (2025) from a 4th-percentile low (2023)
Small classes — about 11 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the New York average (25% vs 53% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (14th percentile)
!Science scores 31 pts below the New York average
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school25%
District avg26%
New York avg53%
Elementary school
2,092nd of 2,445
New York public elementary schools ?
Bottom 14%▼ down 48 pts since 2015
From top 37% (2015) to bottom 14% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
1,397th of 1,500
New York public middle schools ?
Bottom 7%▼ down 33 pts since 2015
From bottom 40% (2015) to bottom 7% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
9th 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
202519.62092 of 244514.4%★☆☆☆☆
202411.62303 of 24455.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20239.42341 of 24394.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202210.62297 of 24345.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20216.82111 of 22014.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201920.51980 of 241317.9%★☆☆☆☆
201818.82074 of 239513.4%★☆☆☆☆
201748.51207 of 238649.4%★★☆☆☆
201656.7995 of 236657.9%★★★☆☆
201560.7873 of 235262.9%★★★☆☆
201451.41145 of 234551.2%★★★☆☆
201346.21219 of 232547.6%★★☆☆☆
201211.62128 of 23208.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20116.92195 of 22864.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20107.02177 of 22633.8%☆☆☆☆☆
200916.02040 of 22579.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20082.12200 of 22271.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20071.82204 of 22190.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20062.02190 of 22060.7%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202533.9625 of 92832.7%★★☆☆☆
202424.0758 of 92718.2%★☆☆☆☆
202313.9798 of 8576.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202215.8868 of 9367.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201926.6687 of 89122.9%★☆☆☆☆
201830.2705 of 94825.6%★☆☆☆☆

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20259.2647 of 6967.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20243.5655 of 6621.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202311.1554 of 6058.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201910.1518 of 5485.5%☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202532.5805 of 111727.9%★☆☆☆☆
202437.3658 of 106638.3%★★☆☆☆
202333.7693 of 100130.8%★★☆☆☆
202232.7708 of 102731.1%★★☆☆☆
201925.0769 of 86010.6%★☆☆☆☆
201823.1852 of 9389.2%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202514.72189 of 24099.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202411.82290 of 24135.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20239.12317 of 24033.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202215.42176 of 24019.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201921.81959 of 235716.9%★☆☆☆☆
201820.82000 of 233814.5%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202521.81339 of 156914.7%★☆☆☆☆
202421.11336 of 153112.7%★☆☆☆☆
202317.91282 of 142910.3%★☆☆☆☆
202222.01303 of 150313.3%★☆☆☆☆
201931.4918 of 131530.2%★★☆☆☆
201823.11179 of 139215.3%★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202433.5521 of 76632.0%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202523.31741 of 209817.0%★☆☆☆☆
202311.71968 of 20413.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202212.72010 of 20994.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201924.41646 of 203219.0%★☆☆☆☆
201820.51815 of 204511.2%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202527.21846 of 240723.3%★☆☆☆☆
202414.72206 of 24118.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202312.02261 of 24005.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20229.42308 of 24003.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201921.11945 of 235817.5%★☆☆☆☆
201820.91998 of 234014.6%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202532.11446 of 213432.2%★★☆☆☆
202434.11377 of 211034.7%★★☆☆☆
202324.11686 of 201616.4%★☆☆☆☆
202227.91634 of 203119.5%★☆☆☆☆
201937.61043 of 185943.9%★★☆☆☆
201835.51277 of 194134.2%★★☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202534.3955 of 140231.9%★★☆☆☆
20249.31322 of 13925.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202311.81236 of 13377.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202217.21240 of 139911.4%★☆☆☆☆
201927.11055 of 133821.2%★☆☆☆☆
201823.11192 of 140815.3%★☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202512.81397 of 15006.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20246.51473 of 15042.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20237.31462 of 15002.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20229.71425 of 14793.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201916.11289 of 143910.4%★☆☆☆☆
201819.21228 of 143814.6%★☆☆☆☆
201744.9793 of 145545.5%★★☆☆☆
201635.8936 of 142934.5%★★☆☆☆
201539.8846 of 140739.9%★★☆☆☆
201429.41009 of 140128.0%★☆☆☆☆
201320.71104 of 137319.6%★☆☆☆☆
201211.81185 of 133711.4%★☆☆☆☆
201112.61138 of 129512.1%★☆☆☆☆
20109.01140 of 12438.3%☆☆☆☆☆
200916.21058 of 122413.6%★☆☆☆☆
20082.91155 of 11852.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20074.81073 of 11234.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20065.81042 of 10954.8%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202515.6617 of 6768.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202411.9679 of 7053.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202313.4658 of 6965.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202217.0641 of 7069.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201921.5564 of 65313.6%★☆☆☆☆
201829.1506 of 66323.7%★☆☆☆☆

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20230.7388 of 3880.0%☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202524.5589 of 6468.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202440.7333 of 61545.9%★★☆☆☆
202335.8383 of 59135.2%★★☆☆☆
202230.1468 of 58119.4%★☆☆☆☆
201933.7333 of 47329.6%★☆☆☆☆
201828.0455 of 5039.5%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20259.01393 of 14574.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20248.51416 of 14653.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20239.31410 of 14633.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202216.21315 of 14549.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201918.01212 of 137011.5%★☆☆☆☆
201821.71155 of 135314.6%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202527.9765 of 96520.7%★☆☆☆☆
202413.5904 of 9535.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202313.7893 of 9435.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20229.5896 of 9142.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201922.5698 of 82615.5%★☆☆☆☆
201821.3710 of 81012.3%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20255.41272 of 12830.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20248.01277 of 12961.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20238.21270 of 12881.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202213.71240 of 13065.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201920.71093 of 124111.9%★☆☆☆☆
201822.31080 of 124513.3%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202517.81311 of 14559.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20246.71444 of 14641.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20238.31431 of 14642.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20228.71423 of 14552.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201919.01185 of 136613.3%★☆☆☆☆
201819.91184 of 135212.4%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202522.21147 of 129811.6%★☆☆☆☆
202423.01159 of 130311.1%★☆☆☆☆
202321.21202 of 13078.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202226.81084 of 128315.5%★☆☆☆☆
201935.5722 of 113936.6%★★☆☆☆
201837.8728 of 117037.8%★★☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202517.7695 of 77510.3%★☆☆☆☆
20248.0756 of 7782.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20239.4746 of 7723.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202220.4645 of 74813.8%★☆☆☆☆
201923.7586 of 71618.2%★☆☆☆☆
201825.1623 of 76318.3%★☆☆☆☆
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
African American (2025)33rd percentile+18 vs school
Special Education (2025)32nd percentile+18 vs school
Homeless (2024)32nd percentile+26 vs school
White (2025)32nd percentile+17 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)28th percentile+13 vs school
Male (2025)23rd percentile+9 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)17th percentile+3 vs school
Hispanic (2025)15th percentile~ school
Female (2025)9th percentile-5 vs school
Asian (2025)7th percentile-7 vs school
Middle school
Hispanic (2025)21st percentile+14 vs school
Special Education (2025)12th percentile+5 vs school
White (2025)10th percentile+3 vs school
Male (2025)10th percentile+3 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)9th percentile~ school
African American (2025)9th percentile~ school
Female (2025)4th percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)1st percentile-6 vs school
Asian (2023)<1st percentile-3 vs school
By subject vs New York (2024-2025) ?
Life Science Biology53%-6 vs state
English Language Arts26%-27 vs state
Math25%-30 vs state
Science14%-31 vs state

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In the 2024-25 school year, 518 students attended Pfc William J Grabiarz #79.

Students at Pfc William J Grabiarz #79 are 44% African American, 24% Hispanic, 14% White, 12% Asian, 6% Two or more races.

Pfc William J Grabiarz #79 ranks in the bottom 14.4% of New York elementary schools.


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