More on The Schools

Yesterday's Buffalo News ran a front page story on how the Charter Schools are outperforming their Public School counterparts. I commented that it would be interesting to see such an analysis that included Buffalo Parochial Schools. Rather than lament its absence, I have created it.

I have no idea how this formatting will come out.

Grade 4 English Percent Proficiency
Nardin 96
St Rose 89
Tapestry 83.3
Our Lady Black Rock 78
Holy Spirit 77
St Mark 73
Catholic Academy 73
St Joseph 71
St Tommy 69
Bflo United 68
St Ambrose 68
Mt St Joes 67
St Stan 67
St Agnes 65
Catholic Central 65
S Buffalo 59.5
King ctr 58.8
Applied Tech 56.3
St Bernard 56
Westminster 52.7
St Martin 49
Buffalo Public 39.2
St Margaret 38
Enterprise 36.9
Community 32.5
Stepping 20.4
Pinnacle 18.4

Keep in mind that the Parochial School numbers are older as they came from the Business First rankings published earlier this year.

That is just Grade 4 English. It is sad to note however, that two schools - Holy Spirit and Mt. St. Joes were slated to close (Holy Spirit did) and yet they significantly outperformed the public and many of the charter schools.