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Ben Franklin Elementary School

Public K-4

 500 Parkhurst Blvd
       Buffalo, NY  14223-2199

(716) 874-8415

District: Kenmore-Tonawanda Union Free School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
2035th of 2,439 New York Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $17,290 Help


Students who attend Ben Franklin Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Ben Franklin Middle School
High:    Kenmore East Senior High School

Student/teacher ratio:  9.1 Help
Number of students:  459

Racial breakdown:

White:
60.3%
African American:
11.5%
Hispanic:
11.3%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  57.5% Help


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Compare Details Ben Franklin Elementary School ranks worse than 83.4% of elementary schools in New York. It also ranks 4th among 5 ranked elementary schools in the Kenmore-Tonawanda Union Free School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 20.06. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (60.3%), African American (11.5%), Hispanic (11.3%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 57.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Ben Franklin Elementary School is 9.1, which is the 2nd best among 5 elementary schools in the Kenmore-Tonawanda Union Free School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Ben Franklin Elementary School is $17,290. 2 elementary schools in the Kenmore-Tonawanda Union Free School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Ben Franklin Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Ben Franklin Elementary School 2035th of 2439 New York public elementary schools. (See Ben Franklin Elementary School in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Female students:
Male students:
African American students:
White students:


Kenmore-Tonawanda Union Free School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Kenmore-Tonawanda Union Free School District 648th of 866 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Ben Franklin Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Ben Franklin Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 65.56 912th 2206 58.7%
2007 62.25 1012th 2219 54.4%
2008 58.87 1118th 2227 49.8%
2009 55.88 1228th 2257 45.6%
2010 69.26 715th 2263 68.4%
2011 58.04 1067th 2286 53.3%
2012 53.94 1210th 2320 47.8%
2013 34.95 1554th 2325 33.2%
2014 36.88 1542nd 2345 34.2%
2015 37.50 1518th 2352 35.5%
2016 20.09 1993rd 2366 15.8%
2017 15.55 2126th 2386 10.9%
2018 19.21 2062nd 2395 13.9%
2019 17.14 2081st 2413 13.8%
2021 24.52 1763rd 2201 19.9%
2022 22.63 1972nd 2434 19.0%
2023 20.06 2035th 2439 16.6%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Ben Franklin Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 20.59 142nd 180 21.1%
2021 45.77 74th 143 48.3%
2023 27.27 145th 223 35.0%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Ben Franklin Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 24.45 831st 938 11.4%
2019 44.94 386th 860 55.1%
2022 23.12 922nd 1027 10.2%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Ben Franklin Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 32.08 1408th 1941 27.5%
2019 23.49 1639th 1859 11.8%
2021 28.42 809th 1044 22.5%
2022 33.33 1376th 2031 32.3%
2023 30.25 1437th 2016 28.7%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Ben Franklin Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 21.67 1790th 2045 12.5%
2019 18.67 1827th 2032 10.1%
2021 24.50 1404th 1678 16.3%
2022 17.51 1929th 2099 8.1%
2023 16.37 1870th 2041 8.4%
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Rank History for Female students at Ben Franklin Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 27.36 1836th 2338 21.5%
2019 17.82 2053rd 2357 12.9%
2021 20.31 1659th 1955 15.1%
2022 25.83 1883rd 2401 21.6%
2023 28.93 1772nd 2403 26.3%
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Rank History for Male students at Ben Franklin Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 16.69 2094th 2340 10.5%
2019 18.64 2022nd 2358 14.2%
2021 28.05 1489th 1961 24.1%
2022 21.77 2003rd 2400 16.5%
2023 13.41 2212th 2400 7.8%
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Rank History for Asian students at Ben Franklin Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 9.05 631st 671 6.0%
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Rank History for African American students at Ben Franklin Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 17.87 867th 948 8.5%
2019 20.87 767th 891 13.9%
2022 13.90 893rd 936 4.6%
2023 7.13 851st 857 0.7%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Ben Franklin Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 47.55 705th 1392 49.4%
2021 25.12 669th 818 18.2%
2022 16.14 1396th 1503 7.1%
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Rank History for White students at Ben Franklin Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 15.51 1286th 1408 8.7%
2019 13.28 1230th 1338 8.1%
2021 16.66 1094th 1224 10.6%
2022 18.55 1218th 1399 12.9%
2023 19.43 1140th 1337 14.7%
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Data source: test scores: NY State Education Department, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for Ben Franklin Elementary School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1989 612 15 6 6 0 n/a n/a 0 639
1990 607 12 7 3 1 n/a n/a 0 630
1991 587 9 13 4 1 n/a n/a 0 614
1992 574 13 8 4 1 n/a n/a 0 600
1993 614 14 11 12 0 n/a n/a 0 651
1994 616 9 11 5 0 n/a n/a 0 641
1995 620 14 11 7 1 n/a n/a 0 653
1996 620 14 11 7 1 n/a n/a 0 653
1997 618 12 4 11 0 n/a n/a 0 645
1998 591 14 2 10 2 n/a n/a 0 619
1999 569 14 9 7 0 n/a n/a 0 599
2000 578 22 1 10 6 n/a n/a 0 617
2001 577 20 5 9 4 n/a n/a 0 615
2002 535 22 7 8 1 n/a n/a 0 573
2003 535 22 7 8 1 n/a n/a 0 573
2004 484 34 10 9 1 n/a n/a 0 538
2005 495 36 6 10 1 n/a n/a 0 548
2006 515 26 5 49 3 n/a n/a 0 598
2007 494 50 16 27 11 n/a n/a 0 598
2008 492 58 13 28 8 n/a n/a 0 599
2009 475 73 9 24 7 n/a n/a 0 588
2010 466 75 11 28 8 n/a n/a 0 588
2011 457 80 12 20 5 0 0 0 574
2012 405 67 11 21 2 0 19 0 525
2013 364 53 6 26 5 0 22 0 476
2014 425 60 11 32 1 0 35 0 564
2015 414 55 7 41 4 0 33 0 554
2016 399 71 15 54 5 0 39 0 583
2017 346 60 17 65 6 0 44 0 538
2018 323 69 25 58 5 0 31 0 511
2019 299 65 23 59 3 0 47 0 496
2020 320 65 22 56 4 2 48 0 517
2021 301 63 28 49 4 1 56 0 502
2022 293 53 26 46 2 1 51 0 472
2023 277 53 26 52 0 1 50 0 459

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Ben Franklin Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 639 32.9 19.4 n/a
1990 630 35.9 17.5 n/a
1991 614 34.5 17.7 n/a
1992 600 32.8 18.2 n/a
1993 651 34.0 19.1 n/a
1994 641 33.1 19.4 15.1
1995 653 34.2 19.1 16.7
1996 653 34.2 19.1 16.7
1997 645 34.1 18.9 13.2
1998 619 35.2 17.6 16.5
1999 599 35.7 16.8 16.2
2000 617 36.2 17.0 34.7
2001 615 37.0 16.6 32
2002 573 35.0 16.4 25.1
2003 573 35.0 16.4 25.1
2004 538 n/a n/a n/a
2005 548 34.2 16.0 40.1
2006 598 36.0 16.6 32.3
2007 598 35.5 16.8 38
2008 599 39.0 15.4 41.1
2009 588 40.0 14.7 44.4
2010 588 39.0 15.0 44.9
2011 574 42.9 13.3 45.3
2012 525 36.0 14.5 48.4
2013 476 33.0 14.4 52.7
2014 564 39.0 14.4 51.6
2015 554 41.0 13.5 57.4
2016 583 43.0 13.5 56.6
2017 538 42.0 12.8 63.2
2018 511 40.7 12.5 60.1
2019 496 46.0 10.7 61.7
2020 517 53.0 9.7 60
2021 502 51.5 9.7 60.8
2022 472 52.8 8.9 59.7
2023 459 50.2 9.1 57.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Ben Franklin Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 639 32.9 19.4 n/a
1990 630 35.9 17.5 n/a
1991 614 34.5 17.7 n/a
1992 600 32.8 18.2 n/a
1993 651 34.0 19.1 n/a
1994 641 33.1 19.4 15.1
1995 653 34.2 19.1 16.7
1996 653 34.2 19.1 16.7
1997 645 34.1 18.9 13.2
1998 619 35.2 17.6 16.5
1999 599 35.7 16.8 16.2
2000 617 36.2 17.0 34.7
2001 615 37.0 16.6 32
2002 573 35.0 16.4 25.1
2003 573 35.0 16.4 25.1
2004 538 n/a n/a n/a
2005 548 34.2 16.0 40.1
2006 598 36.0 16.6 32.3
2007 598 35.5 16.8 38
2008 599 39.0 15.4 41.1
2009 588 40.0 14.7 44.4
2010 588 39.0 15.0 44.9
2011 574 42.9 13.3 45.3
2012 525 36.0 14.5 48.4
2013 476 33.0 14.4 52.7
2014 564 39.0 14.4 51.6
2015 554 41.0 13.5 57.4
2016 583 43.0 13.5 56.6
2017 538 42.0 12.8 63.2
2018 511 40.7 12.5 60.1
2019 496 46.0 10.7 61.7
2020 517 53.0 9.7 60
2021 502 51.5 9.7 60.8
2022 472 52.8 8.9 59.7
2023 459 50.2 9.1 57.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

Immunization Rates

Ben Franklin Elementary School

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YearCompletely ImmunizedReligious ExemptionMedical ExemptionPolioMeaslesMumpsRubellaDiphtheriaHepatitis BVaricella
201399.4%0.0%0.4%99.4%99.4%99.4%99.4%99.4%99.4%99.4%
201499.1%0.0%0.2%99.5%99.3%99.3%99.3%99.6%99.3%99.6%
201597.7%0.0%0.0%99.6%99.8%99.8%99.8%97.7%100.0%100.0%
201697.6%0.2%0.7%97.6%98.5%98.5%98.5%98.3%98.8%98.5%
201797.7%0.5%0.2%98.1%98.8%98.8%98.8%98.4%99.1%98.1%
201898.6%0.2%0.2%99.0%99.6%99.6%99.6%99.0%99.6%99.6%
201998.8%0.0%0.0%99.4%99.8%99.8%99.8%99.2%99.8%99.8%
202099.2%0.0%99.2%100.0%100.0%100.0%99.2%99.4%99.8%

Data source: New York State Department of Health
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Ben Franklin Elementary School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $2,236 (12.8%) $15,168 (87.2%) $17,404
2020 $1,689 (9.0%) $16,989 (91.0%) $18,678
2021 $1,970 (12.4%) $13,898 (87.6%) $15,867
2022 $3,060 (17.7%) $14,230 (82.3%) $17,290

Data source: New York Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Ben Franklin Elementary School

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
Ranks 2081st of 2413 Elementary schoolsRanks 2035th of 2439 Elementary schools
 2.8%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 % proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Ben Franklin Elementary School)2425.3
 1.3%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Kenmore-Tonawanda Union Free School District)4236.7
 5.3%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (New York)5244.9
 7.1%
3rd Grade Math (Ben Franklin Elementary School)4326.5
 16.5%
   3rd Grade Math (Kenmore-Tonawanda Union Free School District)5743
 14%
   3rd Grade Math (New York)5453.7
 0.3%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Ben Franklin Elementary School)2434.8
 10.8%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Kenmore-Tonawanda Union Free School District)3533.4
 1.6%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (New York)4848.8
 0.8%
4th Grade Math (Ben Franklin Elementary School)2935.9
 6.9%
   4th Grade Math (Kenmore-Tonawanda Union Free School District)4241.9
 0.1%
   4th Grade Math (New York)5053.9
 3.8%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
Total Students496459
 7.5%
African American6553
 18.5%
American Indian30
 100%
Asian2326
 13%
Hispanic5952
 11.9%
Pacific Islander01
White299277
 7.4%
Two or More Races4750
 6.4%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients61.7%57.5%
 4.2%

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Frequently Asked Questions about Ben Franklin Elementary School

Ben Franklin Elementary School ranks in the bottom 16.6% of New York elementary schools.

Students who attend Ben Franklin Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Ben Franklin Middle School
High : Kenmore East Senior High School

In the 2022-23 school year, 459 students attended Ben Franklin Elementary School.

Students at Ben Franklin Elementary School are 60% White, 12% African American, 11% Hispanic, 11% Two or more races, 6% Asian.


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