Hopevale Inc., a social services agency, maintained a residential and day institution for students in grades 7-12 who had difficulty in mainstream educational environments.
[2] Sisters of Our Lady of Charity created a women's orphan and care facility in Buffalo, New York in 1855.
The New York State Legislature created a "Special Act Public School District" to provide educational services.
The school continued to take only girls as boarders, but its day services at Hamburg were co-gender.
In 2011 Hopevale UFSD was dissolved on the orders of Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo.