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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 8

Lovejoy Discovery School #43, Buffalo, NY

CEP schoolLovejoy Discovery School #43 is a public elementary school in Buffalo, part of Buffalo City School District. It enrolled 589 students in 2024-25, with 12.0 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "LOVEJOY DISCOVERY SCHOOL #43".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
589
Teachers (FTE)
49.0
Students per teacher
12.0
Grades
PK to 8

This school's ratio is 1.5 higher than the district figure of 10.5. The New York average across schools is 11.4. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school12.0
District10.5
New York11.4
United States15.3

School details

Address
161 Benzinger St, Buffalo, NY 14206
Phone
(716)816-3260
District
Buffalo City School District
County
Erie County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Large
NCES school ID
360585000339
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
558
Reduced-price lunch
0
Free or reduced-price lunch
55894.7% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Buffalo City School District

Elementary schools elsewhere in Buffalo

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.