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Harriet Ross Tubman Academy

Public Grades PK, KG-8
2436th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools
Better than 0% of New York elementary schools
Summary

Harriet Ross Tubman Academy is an elementary school serving grades PK-8 in the Buffalo City School District, with 506 students. Despite its large size, the school has consistently ranked among the lowest-performing elementary schools in New York state over the past decade, consistently ranking in the bottom 5-10% of schools statewide.

Harriet Ross Tubman Academy significantly underperforms the Buffalo City School District and New York state averages across nearly all grade levels and subject areas on state assessments. For example, in 2024-2025, only 10.94% of 3rd graders were proficient in ELA compared to 31.99% for the district and 54.15% statewide. The school also struggles to serve its diverse student population, ranking in the bottom 10-20% of New York elementary schools for African American, Hispanic, English Language Learner, and Special Education student subgroups. Additionally, the school spends significantly more per student ($29,102 in 2023-2024) compared to the district and state averages, but this has not translated to improved academic outcomes.

The other elementary schools in the immediate vicinity, such as Martin Luther King Jr. #48, Marva J. Daniel Futures Preparatory, and Bennett Park Montessori, also struggle academically but generally outperform Harriet Ross Tubman Academy on state assessments. This indicates the challenges facing this school may be unique or more severe. Despite the high per-pupil spending and consistent rankings in the bottom 5-10% of New York elementary schools, Harriet Ross Tubman Academy has shown little to no improvement in academic performance over the past decade, suggesting deeper systemic challenges that need to be addressed.

550
Students ?
11.3
Student/teacher ratio ?
$28,980
Per pupil spending ?
97.8%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 212 Stanton St
       Buffalo, NY  14212-1194

(716) 816-3780

District: Buffalo City School District

Racial breakdown:

African American:
43.8%
Asian:
36.7%
Hispanic:
12.5%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Holding steady — 2nd percentile in 2015 → <1st in 2025
Strengths
Small classes — about 11 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the New York average (11% vs 54% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (<1st percentile)
!Math scores 46 pts below the New York average
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school11%
District avg27%
New York avg54%
Elementary school
2,436th of 2,445
New York public elementary schools ?
Bottom 1%▼ down 2 pts since 2015
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SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
1,478th of 1,500
New York public middle schools ?
Bottom 1%▼ down 1 pts since 2015
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SchoolDigger rating ?
34th of 35Elementary Schools in the Buffalo City School District
830th of 874Buffalo City School District among New York districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Elementary school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20252.52436 of 24450.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20248.52359 of 24453.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20237.42370 of 24392.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20228.52345 of 24343.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20210.72201 of 22010.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20195.12381 of 24131.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20183.32387 of 23950.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20175.12362 of 23861.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20167.02308 of 23662.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20157.22306 of 23522.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20144.92332 of 23450.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20136.22307 of 23250.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20121.02313 of 23200.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20111.32276 of 22860.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20103.42239 of 22631.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20093.52221 of 22571.6%☆☆☆☆☆
200812.22047 of 22278.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20074.72161 of 22192.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20066.12140 of 22063.0%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20257.1923 of 9280.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202413.8881 of 9275.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202311.5817 of 8574.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202216.7855 of 9368.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201912.3866 of 8912.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201811.6930 of 9481.9%☆☆☆☆☆

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20250.7693 of 6960.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20247.2630 of 6624.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20234.4582 of 6053.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20224.5654 of 6712.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20191.8544 of 5480.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20181.3598 of 6010.5%☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202518.91066 of 11174.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202438.4627 of 106641.2%★★☆☆☆
202341.6530 of 100147.1%★★☆☆☆
202234.5669 of 102734.9%★★☆☆☆
201935.2559 of 86035.0%★★☆☆☆
201826.3804 of 93814.3%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20251.92403 of 24090.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20247.32372 of 24131.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20237.02352 of 24032.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20227.92345 of 24012.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20194.22342 of 23570.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20183.82328 of 23380.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20253.81562 of 15690.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20248.81509 of 15311.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20239.21387 of 14292.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20225.11501 of 15030.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20195.21311 of 13150.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20182.81392 of 13920.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202515.1757 of 7924.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202426.9604 of 76621.1%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202413.71969 of 20785.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20211.81678 of 16780.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20255.32365 of 24071.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202413.02249 of 24116.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202311.32277 of 24005.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202212.32250 of 24006.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20197.72300 of 23582.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20184.52335 of 23400.2%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202516.72038 of 21344.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202419.21993 of 21105.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202317.91932 of 20164.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202223.21821 of 203110.3%★☆☆☆☆
201925.61559 of 185916.1%★☆☆☆☆
201815.71929 of 19410.6%☆☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20254.01478 of 15001.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20246.31474 of 15042.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20234.71485 of 15001.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20225.81465 of 14790.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20195.21430 of 14390.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20187.41401 of 14382.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20177.21438 of 14551.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20168.21407 of 14291.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20159.61372 of 14072.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20147.11399 of 14010.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20137.41364 of 13730.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20127.71250 of 13376.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201111.31163 of 129510.2%★☆☆☆☆
201011.61097 of 124311.7%★☆☆☆☆
20097.01156 of 12245.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20084.51140 of 11853.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20076.01063 of 11235.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20063.71073 of 10952.0%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20256.6670 of 6760.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20248.0701 of 7050.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20238.8690 of 6960.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202213.6681 of 7063.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201911.4644 of 6531.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201814.1642 of 6633.2%☆☆☆☆☆

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20253.2401 of 4061.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20248.8374 of 3965.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20233.7378 of 3882.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20221.2381 of 3810.0%☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202519.0638 of 6461.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202429.8500 of 61518.7%★☆☆☆☆
202334.8396 of 59133.0%★★☆☆☆
202226.8507 of 58112.7%★☆☆☆☆
201931.6358 of 47324.3%★☆☆☆☆
201829.8420 of 50316.5%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20254.91434 of 14571.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20246.51436 of 14652.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20236.11437 of 14631.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20226.71431 of 14541.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20195.01362 of 13700.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20186.81334 of 13531.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20254.2964 of 9650.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20239.3926 of 9431.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20256.21267 of 12831.2%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20256.21429 of 14551.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20247.61434 of 14642.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20235.61451 of 14640.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20226.51442 of 14550.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20197.51355 of 13660.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20189.81325 of 13522.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202516.81257 of 12983.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202414.71289 of 13031.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202317.11275 of 13072.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202220.81225 of 12834.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201924.21048 of 11398.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201822.91101 of 11705.9%☆☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Elementary school
Low Socio Economic Status (2024)5th percentile~ school
English Language Learner (2025)5th percentile+4 vs school
Special Education (2025)4th percentile+4 vs school
Homeless (2025)4th percentile+4 vs school
Male (2025)2nd percentile~ school
African American (2025)1st percentile~ school
Hispanic (2025)<1st percentile~ school
Asian (2025)<1st percentile~ school
Female (2025)<1st percentile~ school
Middle school
Special Education (2025)3rd percentile~ school
Male (2025)2nd percentile~ school
Female (2025)2nd percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)1st percentile~ school
English Language Learner (2025)1st percentile~ school
Asian (2025)1st percentile~ school
African American (2025)1st percentile~ school
Hispanic (2025)<1st percentile~ school
By subject vs New York (2024-2025) ?
Algebra I22%-34 vs state
English Language Arts14%-39 vs state
Life Science Biology13%-45 vs state
Math10%-46 vs state
Science6%-38 vs state

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In the 2024-25 school year, 550 students attended Harriet Ross Tubman Academy.

Students at Harriet Ross Tubman Academy are 44% African American, 37% Asian, 13% Hispanic, 3% White, 3% Two or more races.

Harriet Ross Tubman Academy ranks in the bottom 0.4% of New York elementary schools.


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