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PS 81 Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

140 Tacoma Ave

Buffalo NY, 14216, Erie County

Phone: 716-816-4060

Ranking:

(2,377 out of 3,424, bottom 31%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 8

School District: Buffalo City School District

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	49		49		40		46		44		45		46
Total Students:	797		724		627		709		678		669		659
Prekindergarten:	53	6.6%	53	7.3%	32	5.1%	35	4.9%	35	5.2%	34	5.1%	32	4.9%
Kindergarten:	86	10.8%	80	11.0%	43	6.9%	65	9.2%	72	10.6%	62	9.3%	57	8.6%
Grade 1:	90	11.3%	50	6.9%	51	8.1%	86	12.1%	69	10.2%	57	8.5%	56	8.5%
Grade 2:	80	10.0%	64	8.8%	83	13.2%	71	10.0%	59	8.7%	47	7.0%	73	11.1%
Grade 3:	92	11.5%	81	11.2%	75	12.0%	67	9.4%	54	8.0%	75	11.2%	76	11.5%
Grade 4:	82	10.3%	87	12.0%	66	10.5%	57	8.0%	72	10.6%	77	11.5%	69	10.5%
Grade 5:	77	9.7%	89	12.3%	52	8.3%	85	12.0%	77	11.4%	82	12.3%	73	11.1%
Grade 6:	94	11.8%	54	7.5%	70	11.2%	76	10.7%	84	12.4%	77	11.5%	71	10.8%
Grade 7:	62	7.8%	83	11.5%	81	12.9%	84	11.8%	76	11.2%	75	11.2%	67	10.2%
Grade 8:	79	9.9%	82	11.3%	74	11.8%	83	11.7%	80	11.8%	83	12.4%	85	12.9%
Ungraded:	2	0.3%	1	0.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	410	51.4%	354	48.9%	301	48.0%	360	50.8%	339	50.0%	338	50.5%	339	51.4%
Female:	387	48.6%	370	51.1%	326	52.0%	349	49.2%	318	46.9%	323	48.3%	316	48.0%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	22	2.8%	22	3.0%	17	2.7%	18	2.5%	15	2.2%	15	2.2%	23	3.5%
Asian:	22	2.8%	12	1.7%	10	1.6%	9	1.3%	4	0.6%	6	0.9%	5	0.8%
Hispanic:	126	15.8%	103	14.2%	89	14.2%	97	13.7%	91	13.4%	107	16.0%	96	14.6%
Black:	313	39.3%	277	38.3%	253	40.4%	293	41.3%	281	41.4%	276	41.3%	251	38.1%
White:	268	33.6%	269	37.2%	227	36.2%	260	36.7%	274	40.4%	265	39.6%	284	43.1%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	46	5.8%	41	5.7%	31	4.9%	32	4.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	329	41.3%	483	66.7%	400	63.8%	452	63.8%	388	57.2%	451	67.4%	368	55.8%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	19	2.4%	57	7.9%	82	13.1%	70	9.9%	79	11.7%	80	12.0%	74	11.2%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.27		14.77		15.68		15.37		15.41		14.90		14.30

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
NY State Assessments
2006	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	63%	38%	69%
2007	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	48%	36%	67%
2008	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	71%	47%	70%
2009	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	64%	49%	76%
2010	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	33%	28%	55%
2011	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	48%	26%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	68%	28%	56%
2013	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	29.6%	12%	31.1%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	71%	40%	80%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	79%	43%	85%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	67%	90%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	75%	93%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	42%	28%	59%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	38%	27%	59%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	57%	27%	61%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	28.4%	13.5%	34.2%
2006	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	61%	38%	69%
2007	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	60%	40%	68%
2008	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	61%	42%	71%
2009	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	81%	55%	77%
2010	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	53%	28%	57%
2011	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	66%	28%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	59%	31%	60%
2013	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	32.2%	10.7%	30.3%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	68%	48%	78%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	74%	45%	81%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	78%	54%	83%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90%	64%	87%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	62%	31%	64%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	69%	35%	67%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	53%	37%	69%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	18.4%	10.2%	36.3%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	83%	69%	86%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	90%	65%	85%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	83%	64%	86%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	96%	71%	88%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	94%	62%	89%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	93%	68%	88%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	92%	62%	89%
2006	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	58%	34%	67%
2007	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	54%	39%	68%
2008	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	70%	53%	78%
2009	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	72%	56%	83%
2010	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	37%	26%	53%
2011	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	56%	25%	53%
2012	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	48%	27%	58%
2013	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	9.5%	9.8%	30.2%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	67%	27%	68%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	76%	38%	76%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	67%	51%	83%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82%	62%	88%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	58%	32%	65%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	58%	31%	66%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	50%	28%	66%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	5.2%	9.3%	29.9%
2006	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	83%	57%	82%
2007	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	74%	43%	78%
2008	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	73%	54%	85%
2009	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	79%	59%	86%
2010	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	86%	59%	86%
2006	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	54%	31%	61%
2007	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	58%	35%	63%
2008	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	70%	44%	67%
2009	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	84%	64%	81%
2010	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	45%	32%	54%
2011	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	53%	35%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	55%	31%	55%
2013	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	16.6%	12.3%	29.6%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	61%	28%	60%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	77%	38%	71%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	90%	49%	79%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	85%	57%	83%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	57%	30%	61%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	48%	32%	63%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	65%	33%	66%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	23.3%	10.7%	30.6%
2006	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	45%	27%	57%
2007	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	45%	27%	58%
2008	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	60%	45%	71%
2009	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	84%	62%	80%
2010	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	41%	26%	50%
2011	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	37%	24%	48%
2012	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	49%	26%	53%
2013	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	18.6%	10.5%	31.4%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	39%	22%	56%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	71%	29%	66%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	79%	50%	79%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	99%	64%	88%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	50%	32%	62%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	53%	32%	64%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	58%	30%	65%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	12.5%	7.4%	27.7%
2006	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	56%	21%	49%
2007	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	62%	34%	58%
2008	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	49%	28%	56%
2009	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	66%	43%	69%
2010	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	47%	27%	51%
2011	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	40%	24%	47%
2012	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	37%	25%	50%
2013	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	17%	13.5%	33.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	55%	17%	54%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	42%	26%	59%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	56%	34%	70%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	85%	59%	80%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	51%	26%	55%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	40%	28%	60%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	54%	24%	62%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	7.2%	6.8%	27.4%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	78%	35%	63%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	85%	41%	65%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	73%	41%	71%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	69%	40%	69%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	76%	45%	71%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	63%	39%	69%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	69%	40%	70%
2006	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	74%	27%	54%
2007	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	72%	29%	57%
2008	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	46%	30%	63%
2009	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	59%	29%	63%
2010	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	63%	40%	69%
Regents
2010	Integrated Algebra	End of course	% met std	100%	41%	72%
2011	Integrated Algebra	End of course	% met std	100%	45%	73%
2012	Integrated Algebra	End of course	% met std	100%	43%	72%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* PS 81 Primary School was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.