PRIMARY HALL PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL

PRIMARY HALL PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL is a K-5 school of tight-knit scale in BUFFALO, New York, operated by PRIMARY HALL PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL, enrolling 220 students in grades pre-K through 4. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so PRIMARY HALL PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL sits 50% smaller than that benchmark.

Operationally, PRIMARY HALL PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL answers to PRIMARY HALL PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

In terms of who attends, PRIMARY HALL PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL records that 82% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority; the rest reads as 9% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 13%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting PRIMARY HALL PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. About 56% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, PRIMARY HALL PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 54.3%; this one comes in at 14.5%, -39.8 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, census data for Erie County shows median household earnings sit near $72,839, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. PRIMARY HALL PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL is one of 226 public schools in Erie County (combined enrollment of about 122,519 students).

RESEARCH LABORATORY HS-BIOINFORMATIC is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PRIMARY HALL PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 38.6%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site. As a public charter, PRIMARY HALL PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

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