HERBERT HOOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a mid-tier primary school in BUFFALO, New York, HERBERT HOOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL hosts 570 students from grades K through 5, run under KENMORE-TONAWANDA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. That puts it 29% bigger than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

KENMORE-TONAWANDA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 6,302 students; HERBERT HOOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

Demographically, HERBERT HOOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that 68% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 9% Black, 9% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 5% Asian.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting HERBERT HOOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 40% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Erie County's rate of about 51%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), HERBERT HOOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 60.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.0%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Erie County put median household earnings sit near $72,839, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Erie County's 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,519 students), HERBERT HOOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is HERBERT HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HERBERT HOOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HERBERT HOOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 49.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 8%: 620 students in 2018 compared to 570 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 77% to 68% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 in 2025.

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