PAUL B D TEMPLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 3470 CEMETERY ST, in KENNEDY, New York, PAUL B D TEMPLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a tight-knit elementary school that caters to 232 students (grades pre-K through 2), run under FALCONER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. That puts it 48% below the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

Within FALCONER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 3 schools and 1,070 students, PAUL B D TEMPLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PAUL B D TEMPLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that nearly all students (90%) are White. Beyond that, the school reports 6% Hispanic, 3% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, On paper, PAUL B D TEMPLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Roughly 43% of students at PAUL B D TEMPLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Chautauqua County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Chautauqua County indicate median household income runs about $58,351, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Chautauqua County's 51 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,056 students), PAUL B D TEMPLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: HARVEY C FENNER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 5.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 25%: 309 students in 2018 compared to 232 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 9.5:1 today.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.