The Arts Academy is extremely proud to have nurtured and molded many successful alumni, some of which include: Jessie L. Martin (The Flash, RENT, Law & Order), Ani DiFranco (Recording artist, Founder of "Babeville"), Claudine Ewing (WGRZ-TV), Pete Gallivan (WGRZ-TV), Stefan Mychajliw (Erie County Comptroller), Ramona Thomas-Reynolds (Principal of MLK), Carmen Intorre (Professional percussionist/drummer, Graduate of Juilliard School of Music), Gabriel Croom (Broadway cast of “Lion King”), Elizabeth Young (President/Creative Director at Studio LLC), Julian Montague (Graphic Designer, Illustrator, Photographer, and Installation Artist), Daniel Croix (Actor in "The Oval", "Manhunt"), Aitina Fareed-Cooke also known as A.I. The Anomaly (Buffalo's Poet Laureate, Get Fokus'd Productions founder, Musician, Photographer, and lyricist).

Current Arts Academy alumni on staff include: Jody Covington (Principal), Connor Graham (Theater), Nicole Jones (Dance), David Riffel (Media Communications), Don Jones (Admissions Coordinator).