Enrollment
434
Elementary
STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PERSISTENCE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 360117206648
PERSISTENCE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL
378 URBAN ST, BUFFALO, NY 14211 · (716) 235-1520 · Erie County
GRADES KG–07ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL434 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 55% of New York public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
30 FTE teachers
STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
291 students
STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 46 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 53 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 53 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 13% smaller than its 7th grade class (53).
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
57.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +22.0pp since 2023
Math
71.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +17.0pp 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 71 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 22 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 17 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.0% | 71.0% |
| 2023-24 | 35.0% | 54.0% |
% 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
50.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% 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 PERSISTENCE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL
PERSISTENCE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL's state test result (50.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PERSISTENCE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL this school | 434 | 67.1% | 50.6% |
| ROCHDALE EARLY ADVANTAGE CHARTER SCHOOL JAMAICA | 433 | 65.4% | 54.8% |
| BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING BRONX | 532 | 76.9% | 59.0% |
| PS/MS 147 RONALD MCNAIR CAMBRIA HEIGHTS | 427 | 73.8% | 30.2% |
| PS 176 CAMBRIA HEIGHTS CAMBRIA HEIGHTS | 561 | 76.3% | 71.3% |
| PS 21 CRISPUS ATTUCKS BROOKLYN | 430 | 79.8% | 64.2% |
Matched among New York elementary 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 PERSISTENCE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.6% | #1,143 of 2,335 | #46 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #661 of 2,342 ▲ 465 | #23 of 115 ▲ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,070 of 2,343 ▲ 442 | #38 of 115 ▲ 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 434 | #1,166 of 2,585 | #71 of 123 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #1,948 of 2,338 | #115 of 119 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.8% | #2,022 of 2,388 | #92 of 119 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.1% | #1,031 of 2,534 | #45 of 122 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
434
+208 (+92%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 434 | 30 | 14.5:1 | 67% (291) |
| 2023-24 | 386 | 28 | 13.8:1 | 84% (325) |
| 2022-23 | 324 | 24 | 13.5:1 | 90% (290) |
| 2020-21 | 226 | 17 | 13.3:1 | 94% (212) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PERSISTENCE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL.
About PERSISTENCE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL
PERSISTENCE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school in New York, located in BUFFALO. It enrolls 434 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 7.
PERSISTENCE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL operates as its own local education agency.
Black students account for 87% of the school's enrollment. After that, the student body is 7% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Among all residents of Erie County, the Black share is about 13%. A diversity index of 24% means there is a 24% chance two randomly chosen students at PERSISTENCE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL are from different groups.
PERSISTENCE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL reported 30 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 14.5:1. Elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1, 1.6 fewer students per teacher than here. There are 291 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 67% of enrollment. The rate at public schools in Erie County averages 51%, lower than here.
On the allk12 Grade, PERSISTENCE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL lands at B, ahead of 55% of New York public elementary schools.
Test results at PERSISTENCE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL are within a point of what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (50.6% actual, 50.3% predicted).
Erie County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $72,839 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. PERSISTENCE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL shares Erie County with 225 other public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, BUILD COMMUNITY SCHOOL, is about 0.1 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, PERSISTENCE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL ranks 1st of 6 on average proficiency.
Federal data place PERSISTENCE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. The school is classified as a charter school in federal data.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, reported enrollment went from 226 to 434. Such a large difference may reflect a change in the grades served. By 2024-25, the school had 14.5 students per teacher, compared with 13.3 in 2020-21.
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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
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- ERIE COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY0.7 mi · 13
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Frequently asked questions
About PERSISTENCE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLHow large is PERSISTENCE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL?
PERSISTENCE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL enrolls approximately 434 students in grades KG-07.
What grades does PERSISTENCE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL serve?
PERSISTENCE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL serves grades KG-07.
How many teachers does PERSISTENCE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL have?
PERSISTENCE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
What is the student diversity at PERSISTENCE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL?
Student demographics at PERSISTENCE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL are roughly 2% White, 7% Hispanic, 87% Black, 4% Two or more.
Is PERSISTENCE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL public or private?
PERSISTENCE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by PERSISTENCE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL.
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