# LOVEJOY DISCOVERY SCHOOL #43 *Machine-readable school profile — served at https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/lovejoy-discovery-school-43-buffalo/llm* Full profile (human-readable): https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/lovejoy-discovery-school-43-buffalo --- ## Core identification - **NCES School ID**: `360585000339` - **School name**: LOVEJOY DISCOVERY SCHOOL #43 - **Location**: BUFFALO, NY 14206 - **Address**: 161 BENZINGER ST - **District**: BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (LEAID `3605850`) - **Sector**: Public - **School type**: Regular - **School level**: Primary - **Coordinates**: 42.88940, -78.80560 - **Phone**: (716)816-3260 ## Enrollment (2024) - **Students**: 589 - **Teachers (FTE)**: 49 - **Student-teacher ratio**: 12.0:1 - **Free/reduced lunch**: 94.7% ## State accountability rating - **System**: NY ESSA - **Year**: 2025 - **Overall rating**: Comprehensive Support and Improvement - **Indicators**: - EM ELP: 2 - EM Attendance: 1 - EM Weight Performance: 1 - EM Core Performance: 1 - EM Growth: 3 - overall_status: Comprehensive Support and Improvement ## Academic performance (state assessments) ### 2025 - **Overall (NY ESSA)**: 30.0% proficient - **Overall Status (NY ESSA)**: 30.0% proficient ## Attendance - **2020**: chronic absence 81.5% (471 students) [source: crdc_2020] - **2020**: chronic absence 1.3% (8 students) [source: crdc] - **2017**: chronic absence 6.5% (40 students) [source: crdc] - **2015**: chronic absence 23.1% (143 students) [source: crdc] ## Discipline (latest CRDC year) - **Year**: 2020 - **In-school suspensions**: 0 - **Out-of-school suspensions**: 0 - **Expulsions**: 0 ## Demographics (2023) - **White**: 0.0% - **Hispanic/Latino**: 13.4% - **Black/African American**: 8.3% - **Asian**: 29.0% - **American Indian/Alaska Native**: 35.8% - **Pacific Islander**: 0.0% - **Two or more races**: 13.4% - **Free/reduced lunch eligible**: 92.1% ## Inclusion — IDEA & English Learners (2017) - **Students with IEP (IDEA)**: 28.6% — 177 students - **English Learners**: 1.8% — 11 students ## Disability category breakdown (CRDC) - **Specific Learning Disability**: 56 students - **Speech/Language Impairment**: 51 students - **Other Health Impairment**: 36 students - **Intellectual Disability**: 8 students - **Emotional Disturbance**: 6 students - **Multiple Disabilities**: 1 students - **Visual Impairment**: 1 students ## Finance ### School-level (ESSA 2024-2025) - **Total per-pupil expenditure**: $24,975 - **Federal share**: $4,232 - **State + local share**: $20,743 - **Enrolled for PPE calc**: 616 ### District F-33 (2022) - **District per-pupil revenue**: $44,167,472 - **Federal share**: 26.5% - **State share**: 62.7% - **Local share**: 10.8% - **Instructional spending per pupil**: $14,258,378 ## Neighbourhood (ACS 2019-2023) - **Median household income**: $32,941 - **Poverty rate**: 35.3% - **Bachelor's degree or higher**: 13.7% - **Unemployment**: 14.1% - **Median gross rent**: $764 - **Foreign-born residents**: 5.1% - **Single-parent households**: 41.7% ## Environmental context - **Nearest Superfund (NPL)**: 16.4 miles (HOOKER S AREA) - **Toxic Release Inventory sites within 1 mile**: 4 - **TRI sites within 5 miles**: 103 - **Nearest brownfield**: 0.48 miles (1422 1470 LOVEJOY STREET) ### Water safety - **Public water system**: ECWA DIRECT - **SDWA health violations (10 yr)**: 0 - **Acute violations (10 yr)**: 0 - **Most recent violation**: 2017-04-01 ### Air quality - **PM2.5 annual average**: 6.25738 μg/m³ (EPA std: 9) - **Nearest monitor**: 0.9 miles ## Nearby schools performing better ### chronic absence - **WOODROW WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL** — 0.7 mi away, 0% (this school: 1.29%) - **PS 69 HOUGHTON ACADEMY** — 1.3 mi away, 0% (this school: 1.29%) - **BUFFALO ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL II** — 1.4 mi away, 0% (this school: 1.29%) - **THEODORE ROOSEVELT SCHOOL** — 1.5 mi away, 0.59% (this school: 1.29%) - **PERSISTENCE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL** — 1.7 mi away, 0% (this school: 1.29%) ### ela proficiency - **WOODROW WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL** — 0.7 mi away, 37% (this school: 16%) - **PS 69 HOUGHTON ACADEMY** — 1.3 mi away, 27% (this school: 16%) - **BUILD COMMUNITY SCHOOL** — 1.7 mi away, 18% (this school: 16%) - **SOUTH BUFFALO CHARTER SCHOOL** — 1.8 mi away, 35% (this school: 16%) - **PS 27 HILLERY PARK ACADEMY** — 1.9 mi away, 27% (this school: 16%) ### math proficiency - **WOODROW WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL** — 0.7 mi away, 54% (this school: 13.75%) - **HARVEY AUSTIN SCHOOL #97** — 1.2 mi away, 16.8% (this school: 13.75%) - **PS 69 HOUGHTON ACADEMY** — 1.3 mi away, 29.75% (this school: 13.75%) - **BUILD COMMUNITY SCHOOL** — 1.7 mi away, 20.4% (this school: 13.75%) - **SOUTH BUFFALO CHARTER SCHOOL** — 1.8 mi away, 59% (this school: 13.75%) ## Related data feeds - **Profile (human)**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/lovejoy-discovery-school-43-buffalo - **Performance**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/lovejoy-discovery-school-43-buffalo/performance - **Finance**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/lovejoy-discovery-school-43-buffalo/finance - **Demographics**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/lovejoy-discovery-school-43-buffalo/demographics - **Inclusion**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/lovejoy-discovery-school-43-buffalo/inclusion - **Context (neighbourhood)**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/lovejoy-discovery-school-43-buffalo/context - **Attendance**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/lovejoy-discovery-school-43-buffalo/attendance - **Discipline**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/lovejoy-discovery-school-43-buffalo/discipline - **Outcomes**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/lovejoy-discovery-school-43-buffalo/outcomes - **Workforce**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/lovejoy-discovery-school-43-buffalo/workforce --- *Source: US Dept of Education CCD, EDFacts, CRDC, F-33; US Census ACS; EPA SDWIS, TRI, NPL, AQS; state DOE portals (CA CDE, TX TEA, FL DOE, NY NYSED, IL ISBE, WA OSPI). 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