# PS 59 DR CHARLES DREW SCIENCE MAGNET

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Full profile (human-readable): https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-59-dr-charles-drew-science-magnet-buffalo

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## Core identification
- **NCES School ID**: `360585000350`
- **School name**: PS 59 DR CHARLES DREW SCIENCE MAGNET
- **Location**: BUFFALO, NY 14211
- **Address**: 1 MLK PARK
- **District**: BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (LEAID `3605850`)
- **Sector**: Public
- **School type**: Regular
- **School level**: Primary
- **Coordinates**: 42.90562, -78.84330
- **Phone**: (716)816-3370
- **Wikidata QID**: Q5304024 — Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Charles_R._Drew_Science_Magnet

## Enrollment (2024)
- **Students**: 293
- **Teachers (FTE)**: 34
- **Student-teacher ratio**: 8.6:1
- **Free/reduced lunch**: 97.3%

## Attendance
- **2020**: chronic absence 84.2% (582 students) [source: crdc_2020]
- **2020**: chronic absence 3.4% (19 students) [source: crdc]
- **2017**: chronic absence 3.9% (22 students) [source: crdc]
- **2015**: chronic absence 141.2% (792 students) [source: crdc]

## Discipline (latest CRDC year)
- **Year**: 2020
- **In-school suspensions**: 1
- **Out-of-school suspensions**: 0
- **Expulsions**: 0

## Demographics (2023)
- **White**: 0.0%
- **Hispanic/Latino**: 8.8%
- **Black/African American**: 13.9%
- **Asian**: 61.9%
- **American Indian/Alaska Native**: 10.2%
- **Pacific Islander**: 0.0%
- **Two or more races**: 5.2%
- **Free/reduced lunch eligible**: 93.2%

## Inclusion — IDEA & English Learners (2017)
- **Students with IEP (IDEA)**: 39.2% — 220 students
- **English Learners**: 22.5% — 126 students

## Disability category breakdown (CRDC)
- **Specific Learning Disability**: 65 students
- **Other Health Impairment**: 59 students
- **Speech/Language Impairment**: 26 students
- **Emotional Disturbance**: 10 students
- **Intellectual Disability**: 10 students
- **Autism**: 2 students
- **Orthopedic Impairment**: 1 students
- **Visual Impairment**: 1 students

## Finance
### District F-33 (2022)
- **District per-pupil revenue**: $44,167,472
- **Federal share**: 26.5%
- **State share**: 62.7%
- **Local share**: 10.8%
- **Instructional spending per pupil**: $14,258,378

## Neighbourhood (ACS 2019-2023)
- **Median household income**: $28,090
- **Poverty rate**: 19.3%
- **Bachelor's degree or higher**: 11.1%
- **Unemployment**: 14.0%
- **Median gross rent**: $841
- **Foreign-born residents**: 8.0%
- **Single-parent households**: 15.0%

## Environmental context
- **Nearest Superfund (NPL)**: 14.3 miles (HOOKER S AREA)
- **Toxic Release Inventory sites within 1 mile**: 3
- **TRI sites within 5 miles**: 102
- **Nearest brownfield**: 0.24 miles (1235 FILLMORE AVENUE)

### Water safety
- **Public water system**: ECWA DIRECT
- **SDWA health violations (10 yr)**: 0
- **Acute violations (10 yr)**: 0
- **Most recent violation**: 2017-04-01

### Air quality
- **PM2.5 annual average**: 6.25738 μg/m³ (EPA std: 9)
- **Nearest monitor**: 2.6 miles

## Nearby schools performing better

### chronic absence
- **EAST COMMUNITY SCHOOL** — 0.4 mi away, 2.35% (this school: 3.39%)
- **STANLEY MAKOWSKI EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER** — 0.5 mi away, 1.45% (this school: 3.39%)
- **COMMUNITY SCHOOL #53** — 0.6 mi away, 1.31% (this school: 3.39%)
- **MARTIN LUTHER KING JR #48** — 0.6 mi away, 0% (this school: 3.39%)
- **LEONARDO DA VINCI HIGH SCHOOL** — 0.9 mi away, 0% (this school: 3.39%)

## Related data feeds
- **Profile (human)**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-59-dr-charles-drew-science-magnet-buffalo
- **Performance**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-59-dr-charles-drew-science-magnet-buffalo/performance
- **Finance**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-59-dr-charles-drew-science-magnet-buffalo/finance
- **Demographics**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-59-dr-charles-drew-science-magnet-buffalo/demographics
- **Inclusion**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-59-dr-charles-drew-science-magnet-buffalo/inclusion
- **Context (neighbourhood)**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-59-dr-charles-drew-science-magnet-buffalo/context
- **Attendance**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-59-dr-charles-drew-science-magnet-buffalo/attendance
- **Discipline**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-59-dr-charles-drew-science-magnet-buffalo/discipline
- **Outcomes**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-59-dr-charles-drew-science-magnet-buffalo/outcomes
- **Workforce**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-59-dr-charles-drew-science-magnet-buffalo/workforce

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*Source: US Dept of Education CCD, EDFacts, CRDC, F-33; US Census ACS; EPA SDWIS, TRI, NPL, AQS; state DOE portals (CA CDE, TX TEA, FL DOE, NY NYSED, IL ISBE, WA OSPI). Aggregated by WhatSchool.ai.*

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