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Tapestry Charter School

Public, Charter, Alternative Grades K-12
1868th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 2,445 New York Alternative Schools
Better than 24% of New York alternative schools
Summary

Tapestry Charter School is an alternative public charter school located in Buffalo, New York, serving grades K-12 with a total enrollment of 1,126 students. The school has a diverse student population, with 68.21% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2023-2024 school year.

Tapestry Charter School has had a four-year graduation rate ranging from 81.7% to 88.0% over the past few years, which is generally higher than the nearby Global Concepts Charter School (84.3%) and Buffalo Academy of Science Charter School (84.3%). However, the school's dropout rates have fluctuated between 2.6% and 10.0% over the past few years, which is higher than the nearby charter schools. Additionally, Tapestry Charter School has had a chronic absenteeism rate between 31.5% and 37.8% in recent years, which is also higher than the nearby charter schools.

Academically, Tapestry Charter School's performance, as measured by state assessments and Regents exams, is generally lower than the state averages and the nearby charter schools. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, Tapestry Charter School's proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Math are below the state averages for most grade levels. The school's performance on Regents exams, particularly in subjects like Chemistry, Algebra II, and Geometry, is also significantly lower than the state averages. This suggests that Tapestry Charter School may need to implement more effective strategies to improve student outcomes and address the underlying causes of the school's challenges, such as chronic absenteeism and academic gaps.

1,120
Students ?
12.7
Student/teacher ratio ?
$16,131
Per pupil spending ?
64.9%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 65 Great Arrow Ave
       Buffalo, NY  14216-3203

(716) 204-5883

District: Tapestry Charter School

Racial breakdown:

African American:
54.1%
White:
19.4%
Hispanic:
15.3%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Holding steady — 16th percentile in 2022 → 17th in 2025
Worth a look
!Test scores below the New York average (40% vs 59% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (24th percentile)
!Chemistry scores 54 pts below the New York average
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school40%
New York avg59%
Elementary school
1,868th of 2,445
New York public elementary schools ?
Bottom 24%▼ down 12 pts since 2015
From bottom 36% (2015) to bottom 24% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
967th of 1,500
New York public middle schools ?
Bottom 36%▼ down 3 pts since 2015
From bottom 39% (2015) to bottom 36% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
High school
1,021st of 1,234
New York public high schools ?
Bottom 17%▼ down 6 pts since 2015
From bottom 23% (2015) to bottom 17% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
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
202526.71868 of 244523.6%★☆☆☆☆
202423.01973 of 244519.3%★☆☆☆☆
202328.01810 of 243925.8%★☆☆☆☆
202219.92052 of 243415.7%★☆☆☆☆
202119.11870 of 220115.0%★☆☆☆☆
201938.61459 of 241339.5%★★☆☆☆
201843.81370 of 239542.8%★★☆☆☆
201746.11292 of 238645.9%★★☆☆☆
201644.81319 of 236644.3%★★☆☆☆
201537.71510 of 235235.8%★★☆☆☆
201424.71865 of 234520.5%★☆☆☆☆
201339.11437 of 232538.2%★★☆☆☆
201246.31407 of 232039.4%★★☆☆☆
201159.31033 of 228654.8%★★★☆☆
201074.7534 of 226376.4%★★★★☆
200976.3430 of 225780.9%★★★★☆
200880.0311 of 222786.0%★★★★☆
200774.6550 of 221975.2%★★★★☆
200679.3347 of 220684.3%★★★★☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202528.6693 of 92825.3%★☆☆☆☆
202425.8735 of 92720.7%★☆☆☆☆
202324.6668 of 85722.1%★☆☆☆☆
202224.2752 of 93619.7%★☆☆☆☆
202119.9356 of 42716.6%★☆☆☆☆
201932.4598 of 89132.9%★★☆☆☆
201832.4679 of 94828.4%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202529.11804 of 240925.1%★☆☆☆☆
202425.91869 of 241322.5%★☆☆☆☆
202325.21883 of 240321.6%★☆☆☆☆
202219.82052 of 240114.5%★☆☆☆☆
202113.11788 of 19558.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201937.81467 of 235737.8%★★☆☆☆
201841.61441 of 233838.4%★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202526.11256 of 156919.9%★☆☆☆☆
202432.61061 of 153130.7%★★☆☆☆
202328.31098 of 142923.2%★☆☆☆☆
202224.01257 of 150316.4%★☆☆☆☆
202122.1707 of 81813.6%★☆☆☆☆
201956.7485 of 131563.1%★★★☆☆
201859.4479 of 139265.6%★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202530.11523 of 209827.4%★☆☆☆☆
202421.61769 of 207814.9%★☆☆☆☆
202324.81651 of 204119.1%★☆☆☆☆
202215.71964 of 20996.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202114.61572 of 16786.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201931.51431 of 203229.6%★☆☆☆☆
201832.81488 of 204527.2%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202526.61864 of 240722.6%★☆☆☆☆
202422.02009 of 241116.7%★☆☆☆☆
202332.61644 of 240031.5%★★☆☆☆
202222.41975 of 240017.7%★☆☆☆☆
202124.31587 of 196119.1%★☆☆☆☆
201941.61355 of 235842.5%★★☆☆☆
201846.51272 of 234045.6%★★☆☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202215.9260 of 28910.0%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202556.8680 of 213468.1%★★★☆☆
202441.41091 of 211048.3%★★☆☆☆
202344.0946 of 201653.1%★★★☆☆
202236.01272 of 203137.4%★★☆☆☆
202119.1967 of 10447.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201951.7642 of 185965.5%★★★☆☆
201855.7612 of 194168.5%★★★☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202556.6638 of 140254.5%★★★☆☆
202455.2615 of 139255.8%★★★☆☆
202359.7537 of 133759.8%★★★☆☆
202242.0853 of 139939.0%★★☆☆☆
202150.5650 of 122446.9%★★☆☆☆
201964.5462 of 133865.5%★★★☆☆
201871.6351 of 140875.1%★★★★☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202537.0967 of 150035.5%★★☆☆☆
202440.6903 of 150440.0%★★☆☆☆
202345.6810 of 150046.0%★★☆☆☆
202232.61017 of 147931.2%★★☆☆☆
202127.0963 of 124222.5%★☆☆☆☆
201941.4814 of 143943.4%★★☆☆☆
201844.0792 of 143844.9%★★☆☆☆
201739.6872 of 145540.1%★★☆☆☆
201631.9991 of 142930.7%★★☆☆☆
201538.7860 of 140738.9%★★☆☆☆
201440.5831 of 140140.7%★★☆☆☆
201338.2845 of 137338.5%★★☆☆☆
201263.5533 of 133760.1%★★★☆☆
201155.7654 of 129549.5%★★☆☆☆
201068.2455 of 124363.4%★★★☆☆
200979.1189 of 122484.6%★★★★☆
200875.1305 of 118574.3%★★★★☆
200766.3442 of 112360.6%★★★☆☆
200645.7692 of 109536.8%★★☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202539.6420 of 67637.9%★★☆☆☆
202446.6351 of 70550.2%★★★☆☆
202343.4393 of 69643.5%★★☆☆☆
202238.9427 of 70639.5%★★☆☆☆
202124.9204 of 25319.4%★☆☆☆☆
201935.6405 of 65338.0%★★☆☆☆
201841.5374 of 66343.6%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202540.0914 of 145737.3%★★☆☆☆
202444.8813 of 146544.5%★★☆☆☆
202339.3908 of 146337.9%★★☆☆☆
202227.11127 of 145422.5%★☆☆☆☆
202125.3867 of 106618.7%★☆☆☆☆
201939.1836 of 137039.0%★★☆☆☆
201841.0826 of 135339.0%★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202540.3598 of 96538.0%★★☆☆☆
202427.9731 of 95323.3%★☆☆☆☆
202370.3215 of 94377.2%★★★★☆
202237.3573 of 91437.3%★★☆☆☆
201993.244 of 82694.7%★★★★★
201832.7577 of 81028.8%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202536.3835 of 128334.9%★★☆☆☆
202442.0739 of 129643.0%★★☆☆☆
202340.5756 of 128841.3%★★☆☆☆
202230.4970 of 130625.7%★☆☆☆☆
202132.3666 of 93528.8%★☆☆☆☆
201935.8784 of 124136.8%★★☆☆☆
201831.8895 of 124528.1%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202533.41020 of 145529.9%★★☆☆☆
202435.2983 of 146432.9%★★☆☆☆
202351.4658 of 146455.1%★★★☆☆
202238.3897 of 145538.4%★★☆☆☆
202127.1833 of 107122.2%★☆☆☆☆
201943.7713 of 136647.8%★★☆☆☆
201845.9717 of 135247.0%★★☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202547.8565 of 129856.5%★★★☆☆
202460.2338 of 130374.1%★★★★☆
202351.2494 of 130762.2%★★★☆☆
202269.6209 of 128383.7%★★★★☆
202166.2100 of 52280.8%★★★★☆
201943.9520 of 113954.3%★★★☆☆
201846.9501 of 117057.2%★★★☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202561.6302 of 77561.0%★★★☆☆
202465.2243 of 77868.8%★★★☆☆
202361.2286 of 77263.0%★★★☆☆
202258.6291 of 74861.1%★★★☆☆
202155.4260 of 61457.7%★★★☆☆
201962.7268 of 71662.6%★★★☆☆
201880.8109 of 76385.7%★★★★☆
High school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202517.61021 of 123417.3%★☆☆☆☆
202416.71027 of 124217.3%★☆☆☆☆
20239.41120 of 12288.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202214.4997 of 119016.2%★☆☆☆☆
202110.9481 of 5197.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201916.3997 of 120717.4%★☆☆☆☆
201817.1981 of 121018.9%★☆☆☆☆
201722.6898 of 122126.5%★☆☆☆☆
201623.2995 of 125520.7%★☆☆☆☆
201524.2964 of 125523.2%★☆☆☆☆
201421.3955 of 123722.8%★☆☆☆☆
201332.2829 of 121731.9%★★☆☆☆
201233.9811 of 119832.3%★★☆☆☆
201127.5864 of 116525.8%★☆☆☆☆
201025.5872 of 111721.9%★☆☆☆☆
200938.8740 of 108631.9%★★☆☆☆
200841.3709 of 102731.0%★★☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202526.9559 of 71321.6%★☆☆☆☆
202421.4580 of 69015.9%★☆☆☆☆
202316.7607 of 6719.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202219.8517 of 59312.8%★☆☆☆☆
202124.333 of 4221.4%★☆☆☆☆
201931.2489 of 68628.7%★☆☆☆☆
201827.9517 of 67923.9%★☆☆☆☆

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202513.3372 of 4139.9%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202580.859 of 66991.2%★★★★★
202444.6321 of 63749.6%★★☆☆☆
202313.0576 of 5831.2%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202516.21034 of 120614.3%★☆☆☆☆
202414.11075 of 121911.8%★☆☆☆☆
20238.91114 of 11976.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202214.5980 of 115515.2%★☆☆☆☆
20219.0275 of 2905.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201919.4965 of 119319.1%★☆☆☆☆
201813.41042 of 117611.4%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202525.7678 of 88523.4%★☆☆☆☆
202434.7550 of 86536.4%★★☆☆☆
202319.6704 of 85117.3%★☆☆☆☆
202227.0544 of 76028.4%★☆☆☆☆
201913.3730 of 81510.4%★☆☆☆☆
201823.7624 of 79121.1%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202515.81023 of 117913.2%★☆☆☆☆
202414.01031 of 117011.9%★☆☆☆☆
20238.41089 of 11555.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202213.3983 of 110110.7%★☆☆☆☆
202110.5286 of 2891.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201915.81001 of 117915.1%★☆☆☆☆
201814.51015 of 115412.0%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202521.5951 of 120120.8%★☆☆☆☆
202421.6940 of 121122.4%★☆☆☆☆
202310.11083 of 11919.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202215.2968 of 115416.1%★☆☆☆☆
202111.6332 of 3546.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201913.21028 of 119013.6%★☆☆☆☆
201823.7892 of 117624.1%★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20258.4315 of 3284.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201825.8134 of 15714.6%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202516.21074 of 11496.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202421.7974 of 114414.9%★☆☆☆☆
202318.9997 of 113011.8%★☆☆☆☆
202225.0816 of 103821.4%★☆☆☆☆
202115.6129 of 1375.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201923.8909 of 113219.7%★☆☆☆☆
201831.4756 of 109531.0%★★☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202533.8574 of 78827.2%★☆☆☆☆
202433.5571 of 78126.9%★☆☆☆☆
202315.9696 of 77610.3%★☆☆☆☆
202226.5603 of 73818.3%★☆☆☆☆
201916.3723 of 7938.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201845.9462 of 76539.6%★★☆☆☆
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)68th percentile+45 vs school
White (2025)54th percentile+31 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)27th percentile+4 vs school
African American (2025)25th percentile~ school
Female (2025)25th percentile~ school
Male (2025)23rd percentile~ school
Hispanic (2025)20th percentile-4 vs school
Multi-racial (2022)10th percentile-6 vs school
Middle school
White (2025)61st percentile+25 vs school
Special Education (2025)56th percentile+21 vs school
Hispanic (2025)38th percentile~ school
African American (2025)38th percentile~ school
Female (2025)37th percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)35th percentile~ school
Male (2025)30th percentile-6 vs school
High school
English Language Learner (2025)91st percentile+74 vs school
White (2025)27th percentile+10 vs school
Hispanic (2025)23rd percentile+6 vs school
African American (2025)22nd percentile+4 vs school
Male (2025)21st percentile+4 vs school
Female (2025)14th percentile-3 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)13th percentile-4 vs school
Asian (2025)10th percentile-7 vs school
Special Education (2025)7th percentile-11 vs school
Multi-racial (2025)4th percentile-13 vs school
By subject vs New York (2024-2025) ?
U.S. History and Government55%-20 vs state
Common Core English Language Arts53%-23 vs state
Global History and Geography50%-26 vs state
English Language Arts47%-6 vs state
Life Science Biology42%-16 vs state
Living Environment40%-17 vs state
Algebra I39%-17 vs state
Earth and Space Sciences38%-18 vs state
Math38%-17 vs state
Geometry34%-26 vs state
Science32%-13 vs state
Common Core Algebra II22%-53 vs state
Earth Science20%-45 vs state
Chemistry10%-54 vs state
Common Core Geometry9%-15 vs state

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Tapestry Charter School ranks in the bottom 23.6% of New York alternative schools.

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,120 students attended Tapestry Charter School.

Students at Tapestry Charter School are 54% African American, 19% White, 15% Hispanic, 9% Two or more races, 2% Asian.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the WNYC and the New York State Department of Health and the NY State Education Department.

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