BEN FRANKLIN MIDDLE SCHOOL

BEN FRANKLIN MIDDLE SCHOOL is an average-sized middle-grades school in BUFFALO, New York, run under KENMORE-TONAWANDA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school serves 654 students in grades 5 through 7. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 531 students each, so BEN FRANKLIN MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 23% above that benchmark.

Across the 10 schools in KENMORE-TONAWANDA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT (6,302 students total), BEN FRANKLIN MIDDLE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, BEN FRANKLIN MIDDLE SCHOOL records that 70% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school shows 10% Black, 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 6% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Erie County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, BEN FRANKLIN MIDDLE SCHOOL lists 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.0:1. The state averages about 10.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 46% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, BEN FRANKLIN MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 58.0%; this one delivers 42.1%.

Around the school, census data for Erie County shows the typical household earns roughly $72,839 per year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Erie County runs 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,519 students), of which BEN FRANKLIN MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is BEN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, BEN FRANKLIN MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 53.9%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BEN FRANKLIN MIDDLE SCHOOL has remained close to its prior level, going from 655 students in 2018 to 654 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 78% to 70%.

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