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Enrollment
617
High
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360585000297
BUFFALO ACADEMY FOR THE VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS
450 MASTEN AVE, BUFFALO, NY 14209 · (716) 816-4220 · Erie County
GRADES 05–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL617 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 14% of New York public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public high schools
Student : Teacher
8.8:1
70 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.5:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
427 students
DISTRICT 88% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 49 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 57 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 57 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 57 | 9% |
| Grade 9 | 111 | 18% |
| Grade 10 | 103 | 17% |
| Grade 11 | 82 | 13% |
| Grade 12 | 101 | 16% |
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
56.9%
NY avg 58.3% . +3.9pp since 2023
Math
43.5%
NY avg 57.4% . -3.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.9% | 43.5% |
| 2023-24 | 53.0% | 46.8% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like BUFFALO ACADEMY FOR THE VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS
BUFFALO ACADEMY FOR THE VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS's state test result (40.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUFFALO ACADEMY FOR THE VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS this school | 617 | 69.2% | 40.9% |
| BROOKLYN HIGH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS BROOKLYN | 890 | 66.6% | 59.3% |
| INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AT SYRACUSE CENTRAL SYRACUSE | 598 | 73.1% | 46.5% |
| MOUNT VERNON STEAM ACADEMY MOUNT VERNON | 747 | 70.1% | 54.8% |
| SCHOOL OF THE ARTS ROCHESTER | 1,065 | 68.4% | 42.6% |
| CITY POLYTECHNIC HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 454 | 76.9% | 46.7% |
Matched among New York high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where BUFFALO ACADEMY FOR THE VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.9% | #920 of 1,135 | #39 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.5% | #693 of 1,109 ▼ 12 | #33 of 51 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.9% | #838 of 1,135 ▲ 104 | #40 of 51 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 617 | #427 of 1,216 | #29 of 56 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.8:1 | #122 of 1,058 | #5 of 50 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.0% | #110 of 1,070 | #10 of 50 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.2% | #532 of 1,167 | #19 of 53 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.8% | #237 of 743 | #8 of 35 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
617
-49 (-7%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 746
Student : Teacher
8.8:1
was 10.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 617 | 70 | 8.8:1 | 69% (427) |
| 2023-24 | 575 | 69.8 | 8.2:1 | 67% (388) |
| 2022-23 | 566 | 73.7 | 7.7:1 | 66% (371) |
| 2020-21 | 666 | 65 | 10.3:1 | 60% (401) |
| 2017-18 | 742 | 65.6 | 11.3:1 | 57% (422) |
| 2015-16 | 753 | 66 | 11.4:1 | 52% (394) |
| 2010-11 | 837 | 61 | 13.7:1 | 68% (569) |
| 2000-01 | 818 | 59 | 13.9:1 | 43% (354) |
| 1990-91 | 746 | 66 | 11.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BUFFALO ACADEMY FOR THE VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS.
About BUFFALO ACADEMY FOR THE VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS
BUFFALO ACADEMY FOR THE VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS is a medium-sized high school in New York, located in BUFFALO. The school counts 617 students across grades 5 through 12.
BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT operates 61 schools. Combined enrollment is 29,425 students.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at BUFFALO ACADEMY FOR THE VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS is Black (46%). Smaller groups are 21% White, 20% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 2% Asian. For comparison, the population of Erie County is roughly 13% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at BUFFALO ACADEMY FOR THE VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 69%.
BUFFALO ACADEMY FOR THE VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS's 70 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 8.8:1. For comparison, high schools in New York average 11.0:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 69%. That rate is above the 51% average among public schools in Erie County.
BUFFALO ACADEMY FOR THE VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS is graded D by allk12, scoring above 14% of New York public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, BUFFALO ACADEMY FOR THE VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS would be expected to post about 49.5%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 40.9%.
Erie County has these Census figures: median household income is about $72,839, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. BUFFALO ACADEMY FOR THE VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS is among the 226 public schools in Erie County.
The closest other public school is LEONARDO DA VINCI HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.3 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 40.9% is above the 36.7% average for nearby schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 617 was 7% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 666. Students per teacher fell from 10.3 in 2020-21 to 8.8 in 2024-25.
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Erie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
950,622
Census ACS
Median income
$72,839
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
226
122,519 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- HUTCHINSON CENTRAL TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,140 students
- CITY HONORS SCHOOLHigh · 1,088 students
- INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLElementary · 933 students
- FREDERICK OLMSTED #156High · 928 students
- MCKINLEY VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 862 students
- SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 801 students
Other schools in BUFFALO
- CHARTER SCHOOL FOR APPLIED TECHNOLOGIESCombined · 2,260 students
- KENMORE WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,235 students
- HUTCHINSON CENTRAL TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,140 students
- TAPESTRY CHARTER SCHOOLCombined · 1,120 students
- CITY HONORS SCHOOLHigh · 1,088 students
- INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLElementary · 933 students
Nearby schools
- LEONARDO DA VINCI HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 363
- HEALTH SCIENCES CHARTER SCHOOL0.4 mi · 452
- PS 170.5 mi · 284
- COMMUNITY SCHOOL #530.6 mi · 464
- PS 74 HAMLIN PARK - CLAUDE AND OUIDA CLAPP ACADEMY0.7 mi · 396
- STANLEY MAKOWSKI EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER0.8 mi · 566
Frequently asked questions
About BUFFALO ACADEMY FOR THE VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTSHow many students attend BUFFALO ACADEMY FOR THE VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS?
BUFFALO ACADEMY FOR THE VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS enrolls approximately 617 students in grades 05-12.
What age range does BUFFALO ACADEMY FOR THE VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS serve?
BUFFALO ACADEMY FOR THE VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS serves students from grade 05 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BUFFALO ACADEMY FOR THE VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BUFFALO ACADEMY FOR THE VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS is approximately 8.8:1 (70 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at BUFFALO ACADEMY FOR THE VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS?
Student demographics at BUFFALO ACADEMY FOR THE VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS are roughly 21% White, 20% Hispanic, 46% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is BUFFALO ACADEMY FOR THE VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS public or private?
BUFFALO ACADEMY FOR THE VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS is a public K-12 school, overseen by BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.