Is Burgard High School a good school?

Burgard High School ranks in the bottom 19.8% of New York high schools.

How many students attend Burgard High School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 459 students attended Burgard High School.

What is the racial makeup of Burgard High School?

Students at Burgard High School are 55% African American, 18% Hispanic, 12% White, 11% Asian, 3% Two or more races, 1% American Indian.

Burgard High School

Summary:

Burgard High School is a public high school in Buffalo, New York, serving 444 students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the Buffalo City School District, which is ranked 821 out of 865 school districts in New York and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Burgard High School has consistently ranked in the bottom 20% of New York high schools over the past decade, with particularly poor performance for its White, Special Education, and Low Socioeconomic Status student subgroups. The school's 4-year graduation rate ranges from 58.9% to 85.1%, significantly lower than the state average, and its dropout rate ranges from 9.3% to 24.1%, much higher than the state average. Burgard High School also has extremely high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 34.1% to 83.4%, and its proficiency rates on Regents/Common Core exams are consistently lower than the Buffalo City School District and New York state averages across all subject areas.

While Burgard High School faces significant challenges, the data suggests that there are pockets of success, such as the relatively strong performance of English Language Learner and Homeless student subgroups. This indicates that with the right interventions and support, the school could potentially improve its overall outcomes. In comparison, nearby schools like Pathways Academy, East Community School, and Buffalo Academy for the Visual & Performing Arts generally have higher rankings, better test scores, and higher graduation rates compared to Burgard High School.

Detail:

Public 9-12

400 Kensington Ave
Buffalo, NY 14214-2897

(716) 816-4450

District: Buffalo City School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
996^th of 1,242 New York High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $20,230

Student/teacher ratio: 9.1

Number of students: 459

Racial breakdown:

African American:

55.3%

Hispanic:

17.6%

White:

11.5%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 91.3%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Burgard High School ranks worse than 80.2% of high schools in New York. It also ranks 8^th among 20 ranked high schools in the Buffalo City School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 18.5. (See more...)

The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Burgard High School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.

The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: African American (55.3%), Hispanic (17.6%), White (11.5%). (See more...)

Compare Details 91.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Burgard High School is 9.1, which is the 8^th best among 20 high schools in the Buffalo City School District. (See more...)

Compare Burgard High School employs 50.3 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Burgard High School is $20,230, which is the 8^th highest among 20 high schools in the Buffalo City School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Burgard High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Burgard High School 996^th of 1242 New York public high schools. (See Burgard High School in the ranking list.)

High School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Buffalo City School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Buffalo City School District 821^st of 865 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Burgard High School

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Rank History for all students at Burgard High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2005	0.81	926^th	935	1.0%
2006	2.76	961^st	986	2.5%
2007	2.95	983^rd	1002	1.9%
2008	5.58	998^th	1027	2.8%
2009	8.28	1036^th	1086	4.6%
2010	0.63	1115^th	1117	0.2%
2011	4.43	1146^th	1165	1.6%
2012	0.66	1193^rd	1198	0.4%
2013	2.27	1194^th	1217	1.9%
2014	5.98	1176^th	1237	4.9%
2015	9.49	1174^th	1255	6.5%
2016	12.68	1177^th	1255	6.2%
2017	8.03	1123^rd	1221	8.0%
2018	16.06	996^th	1210	17.7%
2019	10.97	1071^st	1207	11.3%
2022	20.59	911^th	1190	23.4%
2023	11.04	1082^nd	1228	11.9%
2024	18.50	996^th	1242	19.8%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Burgard High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	47.75	255^th	546	53.3%
2019	41.46	315^th	565	44.2%
2022	61.72	113^th	481	76.5%
2023	49.34	254^th	583	56.4%
2024	55.31	221^st	637	65.3%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Burgard High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	13.83	1042^nd	1095	4.8%
2019	17.13	1016^th	1132	10.2%
2022	44.70	510^th	1038	50.9%
2023	22.55	940^th	1130	16.8%
2024	22.07	968^th	1144	15.4%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Burgard High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	20.26	944^th	1154	18.2%
2019	11.90	1050^th	1179	10.9%
2022	20.77	883^rd	1101	19.8%
2023	12.47	1025^th	1155	11.3%
2024	21.21	937^th	1170	19.9%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Burgard High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	32.14	362^nd	498	27.3%
2019	44.55	261^st	493	47.1%
2023	50.63	211^th	531	60.3%
2024	28.19	444^th	564	21.3%

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Rank History for Female students at Burgard High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	13.18	1046^th	1176	11.1%
2019	6.19	1135^th	1193	4.9%
2022	21.74	882^nd	1155	23.6%
2023	10.52	1092^nd	1197	8.8%
2024	16.75	1032^nd	1219	15.3%

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Rank History for Male students at Burgard High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	20.79	935^th	1176	20.5%
2019	16.25	983^rd	1190	17.4%
2022	20.21	897^th	1154	22.3%
2023	12.05	1039^th	1191	12.8%
2024	21.34	942^nd	1211	22.2%

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Rank History for Asian students at Burgard High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	13.18	389^th	426	8.7%
2019	5.54	429^th	447	4.0%
2022	23.23	318^th	386	17.6%
2023	11.23	390^th	424	8.0%
2024	24.79	349^th	426	18.1%

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Rank History for African American students at Burgard High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	26.73	528^th	679	22.2%
2019	22.40	564^th	686	17.8%
2022	28.33	448^th	593	24.5%
2023	19.19	583^rd	671	13.1%
2024	26.89	521^st	690	24.5%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Burgard High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	34.00	523^rd	791	33.9%
2019	29.33	579^th	815	29.0%
2022	36.98	460^th	760	39.5%
2023	24.76	641^st	851	24.7%
2024	28.17	620^th	865	28.3%

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Rank History for White students at Burgard High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2019	6.52	756^th	793	4.7%
2023	8.27	732^nd	776	5.7%
2024	14.36	715^th	781	8.5%

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Data source: test scores: NY State Education Department, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: NY State Education Department

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Enrollment information for Burgard High School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	178	364	1	25	4	n/a	n/a	0	572
1990	163	331	5	23	5	n/a	n/a	0	527
1991	149	304	1	23	1	n/a	n/a	0	478
1992	153	343	0	25	5	n/a	n/a	0	526
1993	142	338	2	27	4	n/a	n/a	0	513
1994	116	329	3	30	3	n/a	n/a	0	481
1995	106	358	0	34	3	n/a	n/a	0	501
1996	106	358	0	34	3	n/a	n/a	0	501
1997	87	376	2	33	4	n/a	n/a	0	502
1998	87	393	2	35	3	n/a	n/a	0	520
1999	71	376	3	30	2	n/a	n/a	0	482
2000	76	348	0	26	4	n/a	n/a	0	454
2001	82	311	1	28	5	n/a	n/a	0	427
2002	108	375	1	39	5	n/a	n/a	0	528
2003	108	375	1	39	5	n/a	n/a	0	528
2004	79	457	1	38	6	n/a	n/a	0	581
2005	49	352	1	30	8	n/a	n/a	0	440
2006	57	378	2	45	4	n/a	n/a	0	486
2007	56	404	4	49	5	n/a	n/a	0	518
2008	63	402	2	53	3	n/a	n/a	0	523
2009	65	421	3	55	7	n/a	n/a	0	551
2010	61	509	15	62	5	n/a	n/a	3	655
2011	45	485	23	41	5	0	3	0	602
2012	43	461	42	40	3	0	1	0	590
2013	32	420	35	33	2	0	1	0	523
2014	36	416	48	34	1	0	2	0	537
2015	31	420	33	42	2	0	4	0	532
2016	34	399	32	45	3	0	7	0	520
2017	31	341	28	48	1	0	8	0	457
2018	33	351	31	54	3	0	8	0	480
2019	40	342	35	65	3	0	9	0	494
2020	40	292	40	73	5	0	9	0	459
2021	47	287	44	79	6	0	8	0	471
2022	45	253	62	69	5	0	8	1	443
2023	49	256	55	68	3	0	11	2	444
2024	53	254	51	81	5	0	13	2	459

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Burgard High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	572	48.9	11.6	n/a
1990	527	48.9	10.7	n/a
1991	478	47.9	9.9	n/a
1992	526	46.2	11.3	n/a
1993	513	42.8	12.0	n/a
1994	481	43.0	11.2	67.6
1995	501	41.7	12.0	62.1
1996	501	41.7	12.0	62.1
1997	502	40.1	12.5	75.1
1998	520	40.1	13.0	66.7
1999	482	43.1	11.2	77
2000	454	52.0	8.7	63
2001	427	41.9	10.2	82.4
2002	528	45.9	11.5	83.9
2003	528	45.9	11.5	83.9
2004	581	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	440	39.7	11.1	85.9
2006	486	46.0	10.6	72.4
2007	518	47.7	10.9	82.4
2008	523	53.7	9.7	92.5
2009	551	53.7	10.3	80.6
2010	655	58.4	11.2	65
2011	602	54.1	11.1	72.6
2012	590	57.9	10.1	70.7
2013	523	60.4	8.6	81.1
2014	537	65.2	8.2	n/a
2015	532	47.0	11.3	7.5
2016	520	46.0	11.3	68.5
2017	457	47.9	9.5	66.7
2018	480	49.0	9.7	82.3
2019	494	47.0	10.5	80.2
2020	459	62.0	7.4	83.2
2021	471	51.6	9.1	85.4
2022	443	56.4	7.8	84.7
2023	444	53.2	8.3	89.4
2024	459	50.3	9.1	91.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Burgard High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	572	48.9	11.6	n/a
1990	527	48.9	10.7	n/a
1991	478	47.9	9.9	n/a
1992	526	46.2	11.3	n/a
1993	513	42.8	12.0	n/a
1994	481	43.0	11.2	67.6
1995	501	41.7	12.0	62.1
1996	501	41.7	12.0	62.1
1997	502	40.1	12.5	75.1
1998	520	40.1	13.0	66.7
1999	482	43.1	11.2	77
2000	454	52.0	8.7	63
2001	427	41.9	10.2	82.4
2002	528	45.9	11.5	83.9
2003	528	45.9	11.5	83.9
2004	581	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	440	39.7	11.1	85.9
2006	486	46.0	10.6	72.4
2007	518	47.7	10.9	82.4
2008	523	53.7	9.7	92.5
2009	551	53.7	10.3	80.6
2010	655	58.4	11.2	65
2011	602	54.1	11.1	72.6
2012	590	57.9	10.1	70.7
2013	523	60.4	8.6	81.1
2014	537	65.2	8.2	n/a
2015	532	47.0	11.3	7.5
2016	520	46.0	11.3	68.5
2017	457	47.9	9.5	66.7
2018	480	49.0	9.7	82.3
2019	494	47.0	10.5	80.2
2020	459	62.0	7.4	83.2
2021	471	51.6	9.1	85.4
2022	443	56.4	7.8	84.7
2023	444	53.2	8.3	89.4
2024	459	50.3	9.1	91.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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