# PS 61 ARTHUR O EVE SCHOOL OF DISTINCTION

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Full profile (human-readable): https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-61-arthur-o-eve-school-of-distinction-buffalo

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## Core identification
- **NCES School ID**: `360585000352`
- **School name**: PS 61 ARTHUR O EVE SCHOOL OF DISTINCTION
- **Location**: BUFFALO, NY 14215
- **Address**: 453 LEROY ST
- **District**: BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (LEAID `3605850`)
- **Sector**: Public
- **School type**: Regular
- **School level**: Primary
- **Coordinates**: 42.93251, -78.82846
- **Phone**: (716)816-3400

## Enrollment (2024)
- **Students**: 315
- **Teachers (FTE)**: 28
- **Student-teacher ratio**: 11.2:1
- **Free/reduced lunch**: 85.7%

## Attendance
- **2020**: chronic absence 86.1% (223 students) [source: crdc_2020]
- **2020**: chronic absence 1.3% (4 students) [source: crdc]
- **2017**: chronic absence 4.2% (13 students) [source: crdc]
- **2015**: chronic absence 96.8% (303 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**: 7.2%
- **Black/African American**: 9.0%
- **Asian**: 74.6%
- **American Indian/Alaska Native**: 2.5%
- **Pacific Islander**: 0.0%
- **Two or more races**: 6.8%
- **Free/reduced lunch eligible**: 84.0%

## Inclusion — IDEA & English Learners (2017)
- **Students with IEP (IDEA)**: 18.2% — 57 students
- **English Learners**: 3.8% — 12 students

## Disability category breakdown (CRDC)
- **Other Health Impairment**: 16 students
- **Speech/Language Impairment**: 13 students
- **Emotional Disturbance**: 11 students
- **Specific Learning Disability**: 6 students

## Programs & enrichment
- Gifted & Talented

## Finance
### 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)
- **Poverty rate**: 42.4%
- **Bachelor's degree or higher**: 12.2%
- **Unemployment**: 5.6%
- **Median gross rent**: $833
- **Foreign-born residents**: 10.6%
- **Single-parent households**: 4.9%

## Environmental context
- **Nearest Superfund (NPL)**: 13.3 miles (HOOKER S AREA)
- **Toxic Release Inventory sites within 1 mile**: 10
- **TRI sites within 5 miles**: 102
- **Nearest brownfield**: 0.58 miles (452 NORTHUMBERLAND)

### 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**: 6.38319 μg/m³ (EPA std: 9)
- **Nearest monitor**: 3.3 miles

## Nearby schools performing better

### chronic absence
- **BURGARD HIGH SCHOOL** — 0.4 mi away, 1.09% (this school: 1.28%)
- **PS 84** — 0.5 mi away, 0% (this school: 1.28%)
- **BUFFALO UNITED CHARTER SCHOOL** — 0.6 mi away, 0.95% (this school: 1.28%)
- **DR LYDIA T WRIGHT SCH OF EXCELLENCE** — 0.7 mi away, 1.05% (this school: 1.28%)
- **RESEARCH LABORATORY HS-BIOINFORMATIC** — 0.7 mi away, 1.1% (this school: 1.28%)

## Related data feeds
- **Profile (human)**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-61-arthur-o-eve-school-of-distinction-buffalo
- **Performance**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-61-arthur-o-eve-school-of-distinction-buffalo/performance
- **Finance**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-61-arthur-o-eve-school-of-distinction-buffalo/finance
- **Demographics**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-61-arthur-o-eve-school-of-distinction-buffalo/demographics
- **Inclusion**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-61-arthur-o-eve-school-of-distinction-buffalo/inclusion
- **Context (neighbourhood)**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-61-arthur-o-eve-school-of-distinction-buffalo/context
- **Attendance**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-61-arthur-o-eve-school-of-distinction-buffalo/attendance
- **Discipline**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-61-arthur-o-eve-school-of-distinction-buffalo/discipline
- **Outcomes**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-61-arthur-o-eve-school-of-distinction-buffalo/outcomes
- **Workforce**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-61-arthur-o-eve-school-of-distinction-buffalo/workforce

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*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). Aggregated by WhatSchool.ai.*

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