TONAWANDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in TONAWANDA, New York, TONAWANDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an expansive elementary-level community, part of TONAWANDA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. It teaches 785 students across grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 77% bigger than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

Within TONAWANDA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 2 schools and 1,676 students, TONAWANDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, TONAWANDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is White, at 74% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 11% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% Asian, 4% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Erie County as a whole.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 74 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Around 49% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, TONAWANDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 57.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.0%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Erie County) reports that median household income runs about $72,839, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Erie County runs 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,519 students), of which TONAWANDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: TONAWANDA MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around TONAWANDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts TONAWANDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 52.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 193%: 268 students in 2018 compared to 785 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 82% to 74% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 in 2025.

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