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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 14220


At a glance
4
Schools
2,372
Students
2
Districts
Top rankedLorraine Elementary School1568th of 2,445 New York elementary schools
Biggest riser
Lorraine Elementary School up 81 spots statewide this year
Summary:

The 14220 zip code area of Buffalo, New York is home to 4 schools, including 2 elementary schools and 2 high schools, all part of the Buffalo City School District. This district is ranked 830 out of 874 school districts in New York and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating significant challenges across the district.

Among the standout schools in the area is Lorraine Elementary School, which outperforms the district and state averages in several academic areas, including English Language Arts and Math proficiency rates for grades 3-8. However, the school serves a high-need student population, with 82.36% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. Another notable school is Discovery School, which performs better than the district average in several academic areas, particularly in Math proficiency rates for grades 3-7, and has a lower free/reduced lunch rate of 51.19%.

The high schools in the area, South Park High School and Western New York Maritime Charter School, both have a 4-year graduation rate of 84.3% and a dropout rate of 4.5%. However, the schools generally underperform the state averages in Regents/Common Core and NY State Assessments, with Western New York Maritime Charter School having particularly low proficiency rates, often below 20% in both English Language Arts and Math.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the WNYC and the New York State Department of Health and the NY State Education Department.

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