Enrollment
220
Elementary
STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRIMARY HALL PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 360122606731
PRIMARY HALL PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL
2408 MAIN ST, BUFFALO, NY 14214 · (716) 597-4373 · Erie County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL220 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 0% of New York public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
14.7:1
15 FTE teachers
STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
124 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 17 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 34 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 24% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 24% |
| Grade 4 | 25 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is 36% larger than its 4th grade class (25).
Student demographics
31%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
17.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
15.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 17.0% | 15.0% |
| 2023-24 | 9.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
14.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-39.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 54% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 PRIMARY HALL PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL
PRIMARY HALL PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL's state test result (14.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY HALL PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL this school | 220 | 56.4% | 14.5% |
| PS 360 SAINT ALBANS | 261 | 57.9% | 62.4% |
| PS 38 ROSEDALE ROSEDALE | 223 | 66.4% | 63.5% |
| DESTINE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL SCHENECTADY | 213 | 70.4% | 44.5% |
| MOUNT VERNON HONOR ACADEMY MOUNT VERNON | 301 | 53.8% | 53.7% |
| CECIL H PARKER SCHOOL MOUNT VERNON | 293 | 64.2% | 27.5% |
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 PRIMARY HALL PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.5% | #2,298 of 2,335 | #104 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.0% | #2,298 of 2,342 ▼ 92 | #104 of 115 ▼ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.0% | #2,301 of 2,343 ▲ 20 | #103 of 115 ▲ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 220 | #2,321 of 2,585 | #117 of 123 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #1,988 of 2,338 | #116 of 119 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.9% | #1,862 of 2,388 | #78 of 119 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.4% | #1,232 of 2,534 | #53 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.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 220 | 15 | 14.7:1 | 56% (124) |
| 2023-24 | 171 | 11 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 145 | 10 | 14.5:1 | 79% (114) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PRIMARY HALL PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL.
About PRIMARY HALL PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL
Families in BUFFALO, New York, are served by PRIMARY HALL PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL, a low-enrollment elementary school. It educates 220 students in pre-K through 4. The school's enrollment is 50% smaller than the 443 average for elementary schools in New York.
In federal data, the district for PRIMARY HALL PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL is the school itself.
The large majority of students at PRIMARY HALL PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL, 82%, are Black. Next come 9% Hispanic and 8% multiracial. The county population is about 13% Black. PRIMARY HALL PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL has a diversity index of 31%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.7:1 at PRIMARY HALL PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL, with 15 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is lower than this school's figure. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 56%.
The allk12 Grade for PRIMARY HALL PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL is F. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 0% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
PRIMARY HALL PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of New York schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 54.3%. The school's actual rate is 14.5%, 39.8 points lower.
Erie County has about 950,622 residents, and median household income is about $72,839, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 226 public schools in Erie County, with a combined enrollment of about 122,519.
The next-closest public school is RESEARCH LABORATORY HS-BIOINFORMATIC, about 0.1 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 38.6% on proficiency, and PRIMARY HALL PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL is below that at 14.5%.
NCES describes the area around PRIMARY HALL PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. PRIMARY HALL PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL is a charter school, a type of public school that operates under a charter.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for PRIMARY HALL PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- 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
- RESEARCH LABORATORY HS-BIOINFORMATIC0.1 mi · 174
- DR GEORGE BLACKMAN ECC0.1 mi · 333
- BURGARD HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 502
- PS 840.7 mi · 151
- BUFFALO ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL0.8 mi · 899
- PS 61 ARTHUR O EVE SCHOOL OF DISTINCTION0.8 mi · 315
Frequently asked questions
About PRIMARY HALL PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOLHow large is PRIMARY HALL PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL?
PRIMARY HALL PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL enrolls approximately 220 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does PRIMARY HALL PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL serve?
PRIMARY HALL PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL serves grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PRIMARY HALL PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PRIMARY HALL PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL is approximately 14.7:1 (15 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PRIMARY HALL PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL?
At PRIMARY HALL PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 1% White, 9% Hispanic, 82% Black, 8% Two or more.
Is PRIMARY HALL PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL public or private?
PRIMARY HALL PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by PRIMARY HALL PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL.
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