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Buffalo, New York - 1 schools
An equity score of 6/100 ranks Persistence Preparatory Academy Charter School #910 of 941 districts in New York (state average 45). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,267 per pupil, Persistence Preparatory Academy Charter School ranks #976 of 999 New York districts by per-pupil spending (New York districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Persistence Preparatory Academy Charter School operates 1 public schools serving 324 students, placing it among the smallest districts in New York. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Erie County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,267 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 100 of 999 New York districts by per-pupil spending. See how New York compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The district's equity score is 6/100, ranked #910 of 941 in New York against a state average of 45, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 217:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 45.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 86.9% African American, 7.1% Hispanic or Latino, 1.6% White across the district's schools.
Persistence Preparatory Academy Charter School accounts for 100.0% of all Persistence Preparatory Academy Charter School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Persistence Preparatory Academy Charter School a distant remainder — means Persistence Preparatory Academy Charter School-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Persistence Preparatory Academy Charter School has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 89.2% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Persistence Preparatory Academy Charter School student-counselor ratio is 217:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Persistence Preparatory Academy Charter School chronic absenteeism rate is 45.6% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Comparisons are relative to Persistence Preparatory Academy Charter School's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Persistence Preparatory Academy Charter School?
Persistence Preparatory Academy Charter School has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 324 students.
How much does Persistence Preparatory Academy Charter School spend per student?
Persistence Preparatory Academy Charter School spends $15,267 per student. The district has an equity score of 6/100, ranking #910 in New York.
What is the demographic composition of Persistence Preparatory Academy Charter School?
Persistence Preparatory Academy Charter School students are 86.9% African American, 7.1% Hispanic or Latino, 1.6% White, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Persistence Preparatory Academy Charter School?
Persistence Preparatory Academy Charter School has an equity score of 6/100, ranking #910 out of 941 districts in New York.