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Ps 27 Hillery Park Academy

Public Grades PK, KG-8
2282nd
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools
Better than 7% of New York elementary schools
481
Students ?
8.6
Student/teacher ratio ?
$33,517
Per pupil spending ?
90.4%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 73 Pawnee Pkwy
       Buffalo, NY  14210-1898

(716) 816-4770

District: Buffalo City School District

Racial breakdown:

African American:
34.3%
White:
32.6%
Hispanic:
15.6%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Holding steady — 9th percentile in 2015 → 7th in 2025
Strengths
Small classes — about 9 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the New York average (22% vs 54% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (7th percentile)
!Life Science Biology scores 51 pts below the New York average
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school22%
District avg27%
New York avg54%
Elementary school
2,282nd of 2,445
New York public elementary schools ?
Bottom 7%▼ down 3 pts since 2015
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SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
1,427th of 1,500
New York public middle schools ?
Bottom 5%▼ down 13 pts since 2015
From bottom 18% (2015) to bottom 5% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
13th 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
202511.02282 of 24456.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202417.32134 of 244512.7%★☆☆☆☆
202316.42140 of 243912.3%★☆☆☆☆
202213.32240 of 24348.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20218.92075 of 22015.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201914.92157 of 241310.6%★☆☆☆☆
201817.72090 of 239512.7%★☆☆☆☆
20179.12278 of 23864.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201612.92168 of 23668.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201513.72136 of 23529.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201416.42050 of 234512.6%★☆☆☆☆
201314.92097 of 23259.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201228.61799 of 232022.5%★☆☆☆☆
201134.21649 of 228627.9%★☆☆☆☆
201028.31772 of 226321.7%★☆☆☆☆
200942.01589 of 225729.6%★☆☆☆☆
200827.21802 of 222719.1%★☆☆☆☆
200710.12060 of 22197.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20065.22152 of 22062.4%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202517.3832 of 92810.3%★☆☆☆☆
202418.8829 of 92710.6%★☆☆☆☆
202324.0678 of 85720.9%★☆☆☆☆
202218.0832 of 93611.1%★☆☆☆☆
202121.1349 of 42718.3%★☆☆☆☆
201920.7770 of 89113.6%★☆☆☆☆
201821.4811 of 94814.5%★☆☆☆☆

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20254.1670 of 6963.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201923.3468 of 54814.6%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202514.82182 of 24099.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202418.72113 of 241312.4%★☆☆☆☆
202317.32123 of 240311.7%★☆☆☆☆
202211.42267 of 24015.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20214.21923 of 19551.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201911.32231 of 23575.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201815.92110 of 23389.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202521.41349 of 156914.0%★☆☆☆☆
202418.01390 of 15319.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20239.61386 of 14293.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202216.31394 of 15037.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201925.21057 of 131519.6%★☆☆☆☆
201831.71018 of 139226.9%★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202443.7388 of 76649.3%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202524.31702 of 209818.9%★☆☆☆☆
202422.91734 of 207816.6%★☆☆☆☆
202325.81620 of 204120.6%★☆☆☆☆
202218.61904 of 20999.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202111.51610 of 16784.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201918.21840 of 20329.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201821.21801 of 204511.9%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202510.32279 of 24075.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202419.32093 of 241113.2%★☆☆☆☆
202317.82098 of 240012.6%★☆☆☆☆
202219.02075 of 240013.5%★☆☆☆☆
202120.11669 of 196114.9%★☆☆☆☆
201920.91951 of 235817.3%★☆☆☆☆
201822.71955 of 234016.5%★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202416.5246 of 27911.8%★☆☆☆☆
202229.5195 of 28932.5%★★☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202539.21169 of 213445.2%★★☆☆☆
202444.01012 of 211052.0%★★★☆☆
202339.71097 of 201645.6%★★☆☆☆
202241.01073 of 203147.2%★★☆☆☆
202151.1409 of 104460.8%★★★☆☆
201944.6851 of 185954.2%★★★☆☆
201842.0999 of 194148.5%★★☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20258.11344 of 14024.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202421.31152 of 139217.2%★☆☆☆☆
202316.41182 of 133711.6%★☆☆☆☆
202220.21200 of 139914.2%★☆☆☆☆
202111.21147 of 12246.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20199.41278 of 13384.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201817.91260 of 140810.5%★☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202510.01427 of 15004.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202416.51355 of 15049.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202312.71398 of 15006.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202214.21355 of 14798.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201914.11315 of 14398.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201831.91001 of 143830.4%★★☆☆☆
201719.91240 of 145514.8%★☆☆☆☆
201615.81272 of 142911.0%★☆☆☆☆
201519.91155 of 140717.9%★☆☆☆☆
201422.01116 of 140120.3%★☆☆☆☆
201327.51020 of 137325.7%★☆☆☆☆
201240.8874 of 133734.6%★★☆☆☆
201132.9918 of 129529.1%★☆☆☆☆
201023.7972 of 124321.8%★☆☆☆☆
200950.0787 of 122435.7%★★☆☆☆
200818.5988 of 118516.6%★☆☆☆☆
200717.2936 of 112316.7%★☆☆☆☆
200612.2963 of 109512.1%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202515.4622 of 6768.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202417.6635 of 7059.9%★☆☆☆☆
202321.8597 of 69614.2%★☆☆☆☆
202217.4637 of 7069.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201916.8612 of 6536.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201831.8471 of 66329.0%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20259.21391 of 14574.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202414.11358 of 14657.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202316.31322 of 14639.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202214.41338 of 14548.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201912.21288 of 13706.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201828.51043 of 135322.9%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202313.3898 of 9434.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202223.2768 of 91416.0%★☆☆☆☆
201916.6755 of 8268.6%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202514.41204 of 12836.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202415.41201 of 12967.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202221.91141 of 130612.6%★☆☆☆☆
201918.61127 of 12419.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201831.9894 of 124528.2%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202514.81345 of 14557.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202421.61249 of 146414.7%★☆☆☆☆
202310.01405 of 14644.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202216.31331 of 14558.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201918.41198 of 136612.3%★☆☆☆☆
201836.7866 of 135235.9%★★☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202530.4955 of 129826.4%★☆☆☆☆
202433.2876 of 130332.8%★★☆☆☆
202325.21102 of 130715.7%★☆☆☆☆
202220.61233 of 12833.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201940.9592 of 113948.0%★★☆☆☆
201843.1586 of 117049.9%★★☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20259.7739 of 7754.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202424.2647 of 77816.8%★☆☆☆☆
20239.5745 of 7723.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202213.4704 of 7485.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201914.3664 of 7167.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201840.9476 of 76337.6%★★☆☆☆
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
Homeless (2024)49th percentile+37 vs school
Special Education (2025)45th percentile+39 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)19th percentile+12 vs school
Hispanic (2025)14th percentile+7 vs school
Multi-racial (2024)12th percentile~ school
African American (2025)10th percentile+4 vs school
Female (2025)9th percentile+3 vs school
Male (2025)5th percentile~ school
White (2025)4th percentile-3 vs school
Asian (2025)4th percentile-3 vs school
Middle school
Special Education (2025)26th percentile+22 vs school
African American (2025)8th percentile+3 vs school
Male (2025)8th percentile+3 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)6th percentile~ school
Hispanic (2023)5th percentile~ school
White (2025)5th percentile~ school
Female (2025)5th percentile~ school
By subject vs New York (2024-2025) ?
English Language Arts24%-29 vs state
Math23%-32 vs state
Science19%-26 vs state
Life Science Biology8%-51 vs state

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In the 2024-25 school year, 481 students attended Ps 27 Hillery Park Academy.

Ps 27 Hillery Park Academy ranks in the bottom 6.7% of New York elementary schools.

Students at Ps 27 Hillery Park Academy are 34% African American, 33% White, 16% Hispanic, 10% Two or more races, 7% Asian.


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