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BUFFALO ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL II

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Programs & features
Academic signals
  • 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How BUFFALO ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL II compares for families

What families should know about BUFFALO ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL II.

  • LocallyNY sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Universal School, EAST COMMUNITY SCHOOL, PATHWAYS ACADEMY and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21
SAT/ACT test-takers
0
11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test
Test-taking intensity
0.0
takers per 100 students in grades 9-12

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.

🏛️ Federal Title I context

High-poverty school

Title I Schoolwide eligible

92.2%
FRPL rate — % of students who qualify for the federal Free or Reduced-Price Lunch program. This is the underlying federal income-eligibility signal Title I designations are computed from (ESEA Sec. 1113).
0% (no FRPL) 35% TA · 40% Schoolwide 100% (universal FRPL)

≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.

Chronic absenteeism

Share of students absent 15+ days
2.6%
Below 10% — strong attendance culture. Chronic absence is a leading indicator of dropout and disengagement; a low rate signals families staying connected to the school.
Students absent 15+ days
18
Federal definition: absent (excused or unexcused) for at least 15 of ~180 school days — about 10% of the school year.

Why this matters to enrollment: A low chronic-absence rate is the cleanest school-level signal of strong family connection, classroom culture, and student engagement — all upstream drivers of enrollment stability. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment went from 232 in 2021 to 704 in 2024 — over 3 years.
+203.4%

Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of +44.8%/year, projecting from 2024's 704 students:

2025
1,019
2027
2,136
2029
4,478

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Nearby high schools — the local competition

The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
Universal School
Buffalo
Private 0.3 181 +66.1%
EAST COMMUNITY SCHOOL
BUFFALO
Public 1.4 386 +38.8%
PATHWAYS ACADEMY
BUFFALO
Public 1.4 110 -19.7%
ERIE COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY
BUFFALO
Public 1.5 13
MATH SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY PREPARATORY SCHOOL AT 197
BUFFALO
Public 1.5 438 +19.7%
FREDERICK OLMSTED #156
BUFFALO
Public 1.5 467 +1.5%
PS 84
BUFFALO
Public 1.9
BURGARD HIGH SCHOOL
BUFFALO
Public 2.0 488 +12.2%

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