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What's the biggest difference between THOMAS A EDISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL and what you expected?
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Enrollment
609
Elementary
DISTRICT 482 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KENMORE-TONAWANDA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361623004396
THOMAS A EDISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
236 GRAYTON RD, TONAWANDA, NY 14150 · (716) 874-8416 · Erie County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL609 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% of New York public elementary schools
- BTest 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
13.1:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
214 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 | 117 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 117 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 131 | 22% |
| Grade 3 | 119 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 125 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (117) is 6% smaller than its 4th grade class (125).
Student demographics
38%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
57.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +11.0pp since 2023
Math
64.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +10.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.0% | 64.0% |
| 2023-24 | 46.0% | 54.0% |
% 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
55.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 THOMAS A EDISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
THOMAS A EDISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (55.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| THOMAS A EDISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 609 | 35.1% | 55.3% |
| HERMAN L BRADT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCHENECTADY | 602 | 38.2% | N/A |
| SOUTHWESTERN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JAMESTOWN | 588 | 35.2% | 50.4% |
| CHARLES A LINDBERGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUFFALO | 496 | 35.5% | 58.5% |
| PLANK ROAD NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEBSTER | 499 | 34.3% | 54.5% |
| JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCHENECTADY | 671 | 29.5% | 48.7% |
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 THOMAS A EDISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.3% | #947 of 2,335 | #38 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #935 of 2,342 ▲ 205 | #32 of 115 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,077 of 2,343 ▼ 26 | #40 of 115 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 609 | #430 of 2,585 | #24 of 123 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #1,668 of 2,338 | #107 of 119 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.3% | #1,659 of 2,388 | #69 of 119 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.1% | #1,837 of 2,534 | #77 of 122 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.6% | #220 of 606 | #15 of 43 |
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
609
+60 (+11%) vs 2020
+21% since 1990-91, when it was 503
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 609 | 46.4 | 13.1:1 | 35% (214) |
| 2023-24 | 601 | 44.5 | 13.5:1 | 39% (234) |
| 2022-23 | 615 | 46.8 | 13.1:1 | 40% (248) |
| 2020-21 | 549 | 49 | 11.2:1 | 32% (176) |
| 2017-18 | 541 | 41 | 13.2:1 | 38% (206) |
| 2015-16 | 490 | 34 | 14.4:1 | 32% (158) |
| 2010-11 | 490 | 36 | 13.6:1 | 25% (122) |
| 2000-01 | 497 | 35 | 14.2:1 | 17% (83) |
| 1990-91 | 503 | 30 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for THOMAS A EDISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About THOMAS A EDISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
THOMAS A EDISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students in TONAWANDA, New York, as a medium-sized elementary school. The school counts 609 students across kindergarten through 4. The typical figure for elementary schools in New York is about 443 students.
KENMORE-TONAWANDA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which runs THOMAS A EDISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, has 10 schools and 6,302 students.
THOMAS A EDISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 78% White by enrollment. Other students are 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian, and 4% Black. The school's diversity index is 38%, meaning two students picked at random have a 38% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.1:1 at THOMAS A EDISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, with 46.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is close to the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 35% of enrollment. Across public schools in Erie County, the average is 51%.
Measured against New York public elementary schools, THOMAS A EDISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Test results at THOMAS A EDISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are 6.8 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (55.3% actual, 62.1% predicted).
County data help place the school in context: in Erie County, the median household income is $72,839, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Erie County is home to 226 public schools and about 122,519 public school students.
The closest public school, KENMORE EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, is about 0.6 miles from THOMAS A EDISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, THOMAS A EDISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 4th among 8 schools close by.
THOMAS A EDISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Enrollment has grown by 60 students since 2020-21, to 609. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 13.1:1, from 11.2:1.
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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
- HERBERT HOOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 570 students
- CHARLES A LINDBERGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 496 students
Other schools in TONAWANDA
- KENMORE EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,052 students
- TONAWANDA MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 891 students
- TONAWANDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 785 students
- GLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 443 students
- HOLMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 274 students
- MULLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCombined
Other Thomas A Edison Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Thomas A Edison Elementary. THOMAS A EDISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 3rd largest of the 6.
- Thomas A Edison Elementary SchoolUNION CITY, NJ · 767 students
- Thomas A Edison Elementary SchoolHammond, IN · 705 students
- Thomas A Edison Elem SchoolWESTLAND, MI · 450 students
- Thomas A Edison Elem SchoolFRASER, MI · 378 students
- Thomas A Edison ElemKansas City, KS · 244 students
Nearby schools
- KENMORE EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 1,052
- HERBERT HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 772
- HERBERT HOOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 570
- BEN FRANKLIN MIDDLE SCHOOL1.1 mi · 654
- BEN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 460
- KENMORE WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.3 mi · 1,235
Frequently asked questions
About THOMAS A EDISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is THOMAS A EDISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
THOMAS A EDISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 609 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does THOMAS A EDISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
THOMAS A EDISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at THOMAS A EDISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 13.1:1 students per teacher at THOMAS A EDISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at THOMAS A EDISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At THOMAS A EDISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 78% White, 8% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is THOMAS A EDISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
THOMAS A EDISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by KENMORE-TONAWANDA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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