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If you could change one rule at BEN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, what would it be?
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Enrollment
460
Elementary
DISTRICT 482 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KENMORE-TONAWANDA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361623001402
BEN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
500 PARKHURST BLVD, BUFFALO, NY 14223 · (716) 874-8415 · Erie County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL460 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 28% of New York public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
233 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 93 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 97 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (93) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (97).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
44.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +14.0pp since 2023
Math
50.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 30.0% | 43.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
41.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like BEN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BEN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (41.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 460 | 50.7% | 41.5% |
| PAUL ROAD SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 426 | 45.8% | 43.8% |
| FLORENCE BRASSER SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 384 | 48.4% | 48.5% |
| WALT DISNEY SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 416 | 52.9% | 41.8% |
| LONG BRANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LIVERPOOL | 378 | 51.9% | N/A |
| INDIAN RIVER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL PHILADELPHIA | 565 | 50.1% | 45.1% |
Matched among New York elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where BEN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #1,545 of 2,335 | #64 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,449 of 2,342 ▲ 118 | #54 of 115 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #1,619 of 2,343 ▲ 147 | #65 of 115 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 460 | #1,025 of 2,585 | #62 of 123 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.5:1 | #609 of 2,338 | #42 of 119 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.8% | #680 of 2,388 | #38 of 119 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.7% | #1,385 of 2,534 | #57 of 122 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.0% | #1,147 of 1,757 | #42 of 68 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
460
-42 (-8%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 614
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 9.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 460 | 43.9 | 10.5:1 | 51% (233) |
| 2023-24 | 460 | 46.1 | 10.0:1 | 57% (261) |
| 2022-23 | 459 | 50.2 | 9.1:1 | 58% (264) |
| 2020-21 | 502 | 51 | 9.8:1 | 61% (305) |
| 2017-18 | 511 | 40.7 | 12.6:1 | 60% (307) |
| 2015-16 | 583 | 42 | 13.9:1 | 57% (330) |
| 2010-11 | 574 | 42 | 13.7:1 | 45% (260) |
| 2000-01 | 615 | 37 | 16.6:1 | 32% (197) |
| 1990-91 | 614 | 34 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BEN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About BEN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BEN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is classified as an elementary school. It is located in BUFFALO, New York. Its enrollment is 460 students, spread over kindergarten through 4.
In KENMORE-TONAWANDA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, 10 schools enroll a combined 6,302 students.
The largest group at BEN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White students, at 59%. The remaining students are 13% Hispanic, 13% Black, 12% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Among people living in Erie County, the White share is about 74%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, BEN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 61%.
BEN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.5:1, with 43.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 51% at BEN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Public schools in Erie County average a similar 51%.
On the allk12 Grade, BEN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at C, ahead of 28% of New York public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 41.5%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 56.4%.
Looking at the county, Erie County, the median household earns about $72,839 a year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting BEN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Erie County has 226 public schools.
BEN FRANKLIN MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest public school to BEN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, BEN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 8th on proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
In 2020-21, BEN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolled 502 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 460.
BEN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Erie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
950,622
Census ACS
Median income
$72,839
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
226
122,519 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in KENMORE-TONAWANDA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- KENMORE WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,235 students
- KENMORE EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,052 students
- HERBERT HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 772 students
- BEN FRANKLIN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 654 students
- THOMAS A EDISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 609 students
- HERBERT HOOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 570 students
Other schools in BUFFALO
- CHARTER SCHOOL FOR APPLIED TECHNOLOGIESCombined · 2,260 students
- KENMORE WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,235 students
- HUTCHINSON CENTRAL TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,140 students
- TAPESTRY CHARTER SCHOOLCombined · 1,120 students
- CITY HONORS SCHOOLHigh · 1,088 students
- INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLElementary · 933 students
Other Ben Franklin Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Ben Franklin Elementary. BEN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 6.
- Ben Franklin Elementary SchoolIndiana, PA · 414 students
- BEN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLGrand Forks, ND · 367 students
- Ben Franklin ElementaryLAWRENCEVILLE, NJ · 342 students
- Ben Franklin ElementaryFranklin, WI · 308 students
- Ben Franklin Elementary SchoolNewark, OH · 265 students
Nearby schools
- BEN FRANKLIN MIDDLE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 654
- WINDERMERE BLVD SCHOOL0.9 mi · 738
- CHARLES A LINDBERGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 496
- THOMAS A EDISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 609
- ACADEMY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 70
- KENMORE EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.2 mi · 1,052
Frequently asked questions
About BEN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend BEN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BEN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 460 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does BEN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
BEN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BEN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BEN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 10.5:1 (44 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at BEN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At BEN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 59% White, 13% Hispanic, 13% Black, 4% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is BEN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
BEN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of KENMORE-TONAWANDA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.