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Enrollment
293
Middle
DISTRICT 482 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360585000350
PS 59 DR CHARLES DREW SCIENCE MAGNET
1 MLK PARK, BUFFALO, NY 14211 · (716) 816-3370 · Erie County
GRADES 03–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL293 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 0% of New York public middle 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
8.4:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.0:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
285 students
DISTRICT 88% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 39 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 63 | 22% |
| Grade 7 | 45 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 55 | 19% |
Student demographics
59%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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
16.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +0.0pp since 2023
Math
16.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 16.0% | 16.0% |
| 2023-24 | 16.0% | 14.2% |
% 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
16.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-22.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 39% 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 PS 59 DR CHARLES DREW SCIENCE MAGNET
PS 59 DR CHARLES DREW SCIENCE MAGNET's state test result (16.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 59 DR CHARLES DREW SCIENCE MAGNET this school | 293 | 97.3% | 16.6% |
| ANDRIES HUDDE BROOKLYN | 389 | 92.5% | 38.1% |
| IS 192 LINDEN (THE) SAINT ALBANS | 355 | 83.9% | 34.6% |
| IS 68 ISAAC BILDERSEE BROOKLYN | 237 | 89.0% | 36.8% |
| ANDREW A LANGSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 314 | 93.6% | N/A |
| LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL SYRACUSE | 476 | 87.8% | 22.4% |
Matched among New York middle 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 PS 59 DR CHARLES DREW SCIENCE MAGNET ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.6% | #758 of 766 | #31 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.0% | #755 of 768 no change | #31 of 32 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.0% | #757 of 768 ▲ 1 | #31 of 32 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 293 | #572 of 796 | #29 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.4:1 | #66 of 683 | #4 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.5% | #211 of 688 | #8 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.3% | #28 of 773 | #1 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -61.5% | #4 of 524 | #1 of 21 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
293
-398 (-58%) vs 2020
-72% since 1990-91, when it was 1,063
Student : Teacher
8.4:1
was 11.5:1
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 | 293 | 34.7 | 8.4:1 | 97% (285) |
| 2023-24 | 561 | 55.7 | 10.1:1 | 93% (523) |
| 2022-23 | 620 | 55.7 | 11.1:1 | 93% (578) |
| 2020-21 | 691 | 60 | 11.5:1 | 89% (618) |
| 2017-18 | 761 | 49 | 15.5:1 | 83% (630) |
| 2015-16 | 783 | 50 | 15.7:1 | 76% (593) |
| 2010-11 | 470 | 30 | 15.7:1 | 92% (433) |
| 2000-01 | 894 | 63 | 14.2:1 | 80% (719) |
| 1990-91 | 1,063 | 60 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 59 DR CHARLES DREW SCIENCE MAGNET.
About PS 59 DR CHARLES DREW SCIENCE MAGNET
In BUFFALO, New York, part of Erie County, PS 59 DR CHARLES DREW SCIENCE MAGNET is a middle-grades school. The school has 293 students in 2024-25 across grades 3 through 8. That compares with an average of about 531 students for middle schools in New York.
PS 59 DR CHARLES DREW SCIENCE MAGNET is one school in a 61-school district, BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, which enrolls 29,425 students.
At PS 59 DR CHARLES DREW SCIENCE MAGNET, 60% of students are Black. Smaller groups are 18% Asian, 9% White, 9% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Erie County is roughly 13% Black. The diversity index for PS 59 DR CHARLES DREW SCIENCE MAGNET is 59%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Staffing at PS 59 DR CHARLES DREW SCIENCE MAGNET comes to 34.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 8.4:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in New York is 10.3:1. PS 59 DR CHARLES DREW SCIENCE MAGNET counts 97% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Erie County averages 51%, lower than here.
PS 59 DR CHARLES DREW SCIENCE MAGNET holds an F allk12 Grade, placing it above 0% of New York public middle schools.
Schools in New York with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate across its state test results near 39.2%. PS 59 DR CHARLES DREW SCIENCE MAGNET posts 16.6%, 22.6 points below that, which places it in the bottom 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
American Community Survey estimates for Erie County show that the median household earns about $72,839 a year, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Across Erie County, 226 public schools serve about 122,519 students.
PS 59 DR CHARLES DREW SCIENCE MAGNET is about 0.3 miles from BRICK BUFFALO ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, PS 59 DR CHARLES DREW SCIENCE MAGNET is behind the 19.5% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 5.
Under the NCES locale system, PS 59 DR CHARLES DREW SCIENCE MAGNET is City: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, reported enrollment went from 691 to 293. Such a large difference may reflect a change in the grades served. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 11.5:1 in 2020-21 to 8.4:1 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
- BRICK BUFFALO ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL0.3 mi · 72
- PATHWAYS ACADEMY0.4 mi · 110
- EAST COMMUNITY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 386
- PS 900.4 mi · 179
- STANLEY MAKOWSKI EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER0.5 mi · 566
- COMMUNITY SCHOOL #530.6 mi · 464
Frequently asked questions
About PS 59 DR CHARLES DREW SCIENCE MAGNETHow large is PS 59 DR CHARLES DREW SCIENCE MAGNET?
PS 59 DR CHARLES DREW SCIENCE MAGNET enrolls approximately 293 students in grades 03-08.
What age range does PS 59 DR CHARLES DREW SCIENCE MAGNET serve?
PS 59 DR CHARLES DREW SCIENCE MAGNET serves students from grade 03 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 59 DR CHARLES DREW SCIENCE MAGNET?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 59 DR CHARLES DREW SCIENCE MAGNET is approximately 8.4:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at PS 59 DR CHARLES DREW SCIENCE MAGNET?
Student demographics at PS 59 DR CHARLES DREW SCIENCE MAGNET are roughly 9% White, 9% Hispanic, 60% Black, 18% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 59 DR CHARLES DREW SCIENCE MAGNET?
PS 59 DR CHARLES DREW SCIENCE MAGNET is overseen by BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT in Erie County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.