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Ps 69 Houghton Academy

Public Grades PK, KG-8
1777th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools
Better than 27% of New York elementary schools
Summary

Ps 69 Houghton Academy is an elementary school serving grades PK-8 in the Buffalo City School District, with 434 students. Despite significant per-student spending, the school has consistently ranked in the bottom 10-15% of New York elementary schools over the past decade, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Ps 69 Houghton Academy significantly underperforms the Buffalo City School District and New York state averages on state assessments across all grade levels and subjects. For example, in 2024-2025, only 33-56% of Ps 69 students were proficient in ELA compared to 54-57% statewide, and in math, proficiency rates were even lower at 20-57% compared to 47-60% statewide. The school also serves a high-need student population, with 88% of students qualifying for free/reduced lunch in 2023-2024, significantly higher than the district average.

When compared to other nearby schools in the Buffalo City School District, such as Lorraine Elementary School, Bilingual Center, and Woodrow Wilson Elementary School, Ps 69 Houghton Academy generally performs worse academically, despite serving a similar high-need student population. This suggests the need to identify and replicate successful practices from higher-performing schools in the district to address the root causes of Ps 69 Houghton Academy's persistent underperformance.

444
Students ?
10.9
Student/teacher ratio ?
$30,510
Per pupil spending ?
92.3%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 1725 Clinton St
       Buffalo, NY  14206

(716) 816-4794

District: Buffalo City School District

Racial breakdown:

African American:
32.4%
White:
23.9%
Asian:
19.1%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Rebounding — 7th percentile in 2021 → 27th in 2025
Strengths
Ranking is rebounding — up to 27th (2025) from a 7th-percentile low (2021)
Among the top-ranked schools in Buffalo City School District
Small classes — about 11 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the New York average (35% vs 53% meeting standards)
!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing
!Math scores 23 pts below the New York average
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school35%
District avg25%
New York avg53%
Elementary school
1,777th of 2,445
New York public elementary schools ?
Bottom 27%▼ down 6 pts since 2015
From bottom 33% (2015) to bottom 27% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
1,173rd of 1,500
New York public middle schools ?
Bottom 22%▲ up 2 pts since 2015
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SchoolDigger rating ?
6th 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
202529.81777 of 244527.3%★☆☆☆☆
202416.72155 of 244511.9%★☆☆☆☆
202315.32170 of 243911.0%★☆☆☆☆
202217.22125 of 243412.7%★☆☆☆☆
202110.92043 of 22017.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201918.82032 of 241315.8%★☆☆☆☆
201820.92023 of 239515.5%★☆☆☆☆
201713.82179 of 23868.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201627.11792 of 236624.3%★☆☆☆☆
201535.21566 of 235233.4%★★☆☆☆
201431.01687 of 234528.1%★☆☆☆☆
201324.61868 of 232519.7%★☆☆☆☆
201228.51800 of 232022.4%★☆☆☆☆
201117.91965 of 228614.0%★☆☆☆☆
201015.32026 of 226310.5%★☆☆☆☆
200916.82027 of 225710.2%★☆☆☆☆
200813.52025 of 22279.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20076.52129 of 22194.1%☆☆☆☆☆
200617.11932 of 220612.4%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202535.8598 of 92835.6%★★☆☆☆
202417.0850 of 9278.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202327.8635 of 85725.9%★☆☆☆☆
202221.3785 of 93616.1%★☆☆☆☆
201930.2627 of 89129.6%★☆☆☆☆
201834.8632 of 94833.3%★★☆☆☆

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202531.0545 of 69621.7%★☆☆☆☆
202421.9552 of 66216.6%★☆☆☆☆
202231.6510 of 67124.0%★☆☆☆☆
201917.0491 of 54810.4%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202521.11037 of 11177.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202454.9319 of 106670.1%★★★★☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202523.91954 of 240918.9%★☆☆☆☆
202419.02099 of 241313.0%★☆☆☆☆
202320.42033 of 240315.4%★☆☆☆☆
202217.82094 of 240112.8%★☆☆☆☆
20214.71918 of 19551.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201923.01917 of 235718.7%★☆☆☆☆
201825.81870 of 233820.0%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202524.71278 of 156918.5%★☆☆☆☆
20234.31426 of 14290.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202210.71457 of 15033.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201925.61045 of 131520.5%★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202548.4351 of 79255.7%★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202417.21901 of 20788.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202319.51797 of 204112.0%★☆☆☆☆
202217.81926 of 20998.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201925.41613 of 203220.6%★☆☆☆☆
201839.11258 of 204538.5%★★☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202539.11490 of 240738.1%★★☆☆☆
202416.92151 of 241110.8%★☆☆☆☆
202314.62185 of 24009.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202219.12072 of 240013.7%★☆☆☆☆
202120.81656 of 196115.6%★☆☆☆☆
201917.92044 of 235813.3%★☆☆☆☆
201819.22029 of 234013.3%★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
201925.0131 of 18027.2%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202562.6553 of 213474.1%★★★★☆
202448.9850 of 211059.7%★★★☆☆
202337.41175 of 201641.7%★★☆☆☆
202240.41094 of 203146.1%★★☆☆☆
201934.11190 of 185936.0%★★☆☆☆
201837.11198 of 194138.3%★★☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202511.31310 of 14026.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202410.51309 of 13926.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202310.21255 of 13376.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202211.41307 of 13996.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20212.91213 of 12240.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201913.81225 of 13388.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201815.11291 of 14088.3%☆☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202527.81173 of 150021.8%★☆☆☆☆
202422.31262 of 150416.1%★☆☆☆☆
202323.91226 of 150018.3%★☆☆☆☆
202222.01227 of 147917.0%★☆☆☆☆
202130.2907 of 124227.0%★☆☆☆☆
201918.51247 of 143913.3%★☆☆☆☆
201838.3895 of 143837.8%★★☆☆☆
201729.81052 of 145527.7%★☆☆☆☆
201625.01108 of 142922.5%★☆☆☆☆
201522.41122 of 140720.3%★☆☆☆☆
201427.01041 of 140125.7%★☆☆☆☆
201322.81073 of 137321.8%★☆☆☆☆
201227.31019 of 133723.8%★☆☆☆☆
201120.71048 of 129519.1%★☆☆☆☆
201019.41007 of 124319.0%★☆☆☆☆
200918.71031 of 122415.8%★☆☆☆☆
200826.0935 of 118521.1%★☆☆☆☆
200726.5872 of 112322.4%★☆☆☆☆
200620.5893 of 109518.4%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202531.9482 of 67628.7%★☆☆☆☆
202428.6540 of 70523.4%★☆☆☆☆
202328.9532 of 69623.6%★☆☆☆☆
202224.5572 of 70619.0%★☆☆☆☆
201922.4556 of 65314.9%★☆☆☆☆
201846.7325 of 66351.0%★★★☆☆

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202544.9259 of 40636.2%★★☆☆☆
202374.996 of 38875.3%★★★★☆
202222.6326 of 38114.4%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202536.0427 of 64633.9%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202532.41074 of 145726.3%★☆☆☆☆
202425.61173 of 146519.9%★☆☆☆☆
202326.01167 of 146320.2%★☆☆☆☆
202225.31164 of 145419.9%★☆☆☆☆
201924.81090 of 137020.4%★☆☆☆☆
201838.7866 of 135336.0%★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202512.5916 of 9655.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202414.2899 of 9535.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202315.7873 of 9437.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202512.0587 of 6032.7%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202429.5971 of 129625.1%★☆☆☆☆
202330.0979 of 128824.0%★☆☆☆☆
202226.61045 of 130620.0%★☆☆☆☆
202140.5526 of 93543.7%★★☆☆☆
201858.4403 of 124567.6%★★★☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202527.31151 of 145520.9%★☆☆☆☆
202422.61234 of 146415.7%★☆☆☆☆
202326.31148 of 146421.6%★☆☆☆☆
202221.31225 of 145515.8%★☆☆☆☆
201915.91242 of 13669.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201838.4842 of 135237.7%★★☆☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
201912.5120 of 1264.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202533.2885 of 129831.8%★★☆☆☆
202425.61091 of 130316.3%★☆☆☆☆
202336.7816 of 130737.6%★★☆☆☆
202225.31125 of 128312.3%★☆☆☆☆
201923.21067 of 11396.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201832.8867 of 117025.9%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202529.2588 of 77524.1%★☆☆☆☆
202423.9648 of 77816.7%★☆☆☆☆
202315.8709 of 7728.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202214.9691 of 7487.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201912.6674 of 7165.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201843.2449 of 76341.2%★★☆☆☆
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
Special Education (2025)74th percentile+47 vs school
Homeless (2025)56th percentile+28 vs school
Male (2025)38th percentile+11 vs school
African American (2025)36th percentile+8 vs school
Multi-racial (2019)27th percentile+11 vs school
Asian (2025)22nd percentile-6 vs school
Female (2025)19th percentile-8 vs school
Hispanic (2025)19th percentile-9 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2024)9th percentile-3 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)7th percentile-20 vs school
White (2025)7th percentile-21 vs school
Middle school
Asian (2025)36th percentile+14 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)34th percentile+12 vs school
Special Education (2025)32nd percentile+10 vs school
African American (2025)29th percentile+7 vs school
Female (2025)26th percentile+4 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2024)25th percentile+9 vs school
White (2025)24th percentile~ school
Male (2025)21st percentile~ school
Hispanic (2025)5th percentile-17 vs school
Multi-racial (2019)5th percentile-9 vs school
Homeless (2025)3rd percentile-19 vs school
By subject vs New York (2024-2025) ?
English Language Arts41%-12 vs state
Math32%-23 vs state
Science28%-16 vs state

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Ps 69 Houghton Academy ranks 1777th of 2445 New York elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

In the 2024-25 school year, 444 students attended Ps 69 Houghton Academy.

Students at Ps 69 Houghton Academy are 32% African American, 24% White, 19% Asian, 17% Hispanic, 7% Two or more races.


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