📍 378 Urban St, Buffalo, Erie County, 14211
Persistence Preparatory Academy Charter School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Buffalo, Erie County. The school has 324 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Persistence Preparatory Academy Charter School school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.5:1. It operates as a public charter school. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Persistence Preparatory Academy Charter School enrolls 324 students across grades K–5. The student body is 45% male and 55% female. A teaching staff of 24 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 85% Black or African American, 8% Hispanic or Latino and 5.6% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 275 | 85% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 26 | 8% |
| Two or more races | 18 | 5.6% |
| White | 3 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
290 of the school's 324 students (90%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 289 qualify for free lunch and 1 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Persistence Preparatory Academy Charter School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). It operates as a public charter school. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NY At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 63, state house district 141.
Persistence Preparatory Academy Charter School is one of 1 schools in PERSISTENCE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL, based in BUFFALO, New York. The district serves 434 students district-wide and employs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 324 students, Persistence Preparatory Academy Charter School is smaller than the district average of about 434 students per school.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large
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