BEN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in BUFFALO, New York, BEN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL hosts 460 students from grades K through 4, operated by KENMORE-TONAWANDA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

KENMORE-TONAWANDA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 6,302 students. BEN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, BEN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that White students make up the majority at 59%. Other groups include 13% Hispanic, 13% Black, 12% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting BEN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 51% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BEN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 56.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.5%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Erie County shows median household income runs about $72,839, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Erie County's 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,519 students), BEN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

BEN FRANKLIN MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BEN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 54.0%.

BEN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from an outer-ring location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BEN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has declined 10%, going from 511 students in 2018 to 460 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 63% to 59% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 today.

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