Editing Buffalo, New York (section)

=== Primary and secondary education ===
[[File:City Honors frontview.JPG|thumb|alt=Multi-story school building|[[City Honors School]]]]
The [[Buffalo Public Schools]] have about thirty-four thousand students enrolled in their [[Primary education|primary]] and [[Secondary education|secondary]] schools.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.buffaloschools.org/Domain/18 |url-status=live |access-date=2021-05-07 |website=[[Buffalo Public Schools]] |language=en |archive-date=April 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414174950/https://www.buffaloschools.org/domain/18}}</ref> The district administers about sixty [[Public school (government funded)|public schools]], including thirty-six [[primary school]]s, five [[Middle school|middle high schools]], fourteen [[Secondary school|high schools]] and three [[alternative school]]s, with a total of about 3,500 teachers.<ref>{{Cite report |url=https://www.buffaloschools.org/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=2388&dataid=15905&FileName=Statistical%20Highlights%20Brochure%204-21-17.pdf |title=Statistical Highlights 2016-17 |last=BPS Student Membership |date=January 26, 2017 |pages=4, 8 |access-date=May 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503102529/https://www.buffaloschools.org/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=2388&dataid=15905&FileName=Statistical%20Highlights%20Brochure%204-21-17.pdf |archive-date=May 3, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> Its [[board of education]], authorized by the state, has nine elected members who select the superintendent and oversee the budget, curriculum, personnel, and facilities.<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=New York State Education Law, Article 52, City School Districts of Cities With One Hundred Twenty-five Thousand Inhabitants or More |url=https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/EDN/A52 |url-status=live |access-date=2021-05-08 |website=New York State Senate |language=en |archive-date=January 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116004322/https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/EDN/A52}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Buffalo City School District |title=Section 1000 - Bylaws |url=https://www.buffaloschools.org/cms/lib/NY01913551/Centricity/Domain/7097/SECTION%201000%20BYLAWS.pdf |url-status=live |website=Buffalo City School District |access-date=May 8, 2021 |archive-date=May 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508050406/https://www.buffaloschools.org/cms/lib/NY01913551/Centricity/Domain/7097/SECTION%201000%20BYLAWS.pdf}}</ref> In 2020, the graduation rate was seventy-six percent.<ref>{{cite web |title=Buffalo City School District - Graduation Rate Data |url=https://data.nysed.gov/gradrate.php?year=2020&instid=800000052968 |website=[[New York State Education Department]] Data Site |access-date=7 May 2021 |archive-date=January 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126200935/https://data.nysed.gov/gradrate.php?year=2020&instid=800000052968 |url-status=live}}</ref> The public [[City Honors School]] was ranked the top high school in the city and 178th nationwide by ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |title=City Honors School at Fosdick Masten Park |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/new-york/districts/buffalo-city-school-district/city-honors-school-at-fosdick-masten-park-13548 |url-status=live |access-date=May 8, 2021 |website=U.S. News & World Report, 2021 Best U.S. High Schools |archive-date=April 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429041829/https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/new-york/districts/buffalo-city-school-district/city-honors-school-at-fosdick-masten-park-13548}}</ref> There are twenty [[charter school]]s in Buffalo, with some oversight by the district.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Charter Schools |url=https://www.buffaloschools.org/domain/36 |url-status=live |access-date=2021-05-07 |website=Buffalo Public Schools |language=en |archive-date=February 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227212602/https://www.buffaloschools.org/domain/36}}</ref> The city has over a dozen private schools, including [[Bishop Timon – St. Jude High School]], [[Canisius High School]], [[Mount Mercy Academy (Buffalo, New York)|Mount Mercy Academy]], and [[Nardin Academy]]—[[Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo|all Roman Catholic]], and [[Darul Uloom Al-Madania]] and Universal School of Buffalo (both Islamic schools); [[nonsectarian]] options include [[Buffalo Seminary]] and the [[Nichols School]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thomas |first=G. Scott |date=September 15, 2016 |title=Here is the 2016-2017 Private Schools Directory |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/news/2016/09/15/privatemenu.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |access-date=2021-05-07 |website=Buffalo Business First |publisher=[[American City Business Journals]] |archive-date=September 16, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916211414/http://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/news/2016/09/15/privatemenu.html}}</ref>