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Ben Franklin Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

500 Parkhurst Blvd

Buffalo NY, 14223, Erie County

Phone: 716-874-8415

Ranking:

(1,666 out of 3,424, top 49%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Kenmore-Tonawanda Union Free School District

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	39		33		36		43		39		40		39
Total Students:	564		476		525		574		588		588		599
Kindergarten:	99	17.6%	95	20.0%	65	12.4%	87	15.2%	72	12.2%	79	13.4%	92	15.4%
Grade 1:	107	19.0%	70	14.7%	79	15.0%	72	12.5%	82	13.9%	98	16.7%	78	13.0%
Grade 2:	84	14.9%	81	17.0%	67	12.8%	81	14.1%	103	17.5%	81	13.8%	83	13.9%
Grade 3:	103	18.3%	67	14.1%	76	14.5%	107	18.6%	82	13.9%	81	13.8%	101	16.9%
Grade 4:	80	14.2%	75	15.8%	94	17.9%	80	13.9%	78	13.3%	104	17.7%	86	14.4%
Grade 5:	91	16.1%	88	18.5%	82	15.6%	79	13.8%	103	17.5%	81	13.8%	87	14.5%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	277	49.1%	245	51.5%	253	48.2%	273	47.6%	284	48.3%	296	50.3%	291	48.6%
Female:	287	50.9%	231	48.5%	272	51.8%	301	52.4%	296	50.3%	284	48.3%	304	50.8%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.2%	5	1.1%	2	0.4%	5	0.9%	8	1.4%	7	1.2%	8	1.3%
Asian:	11	2.0%	6	1.3%	11	2.1%	12	2.1%	11	1.9%	9	1.5%	13	2.2%
Hispanic:	32	5.7%	26	5.5%	21	4.0%	20	3.5%	28	4.8%	24	4.1%	28	4.7%
Black:	60	10.6%	53	11.1%	67	12.8%	80	13.9%	75	12.8%	73	12.4%	58	9.7%
White:	425	75.4%	364	76.5%	405	77.1%	457	79.6%	466	79.3%	475	80.8%	492	82.1%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	35	6.2%	22	4.6%	19	3.6%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	228	40.4%	180	37.8%	195	37.1%	195	34.0%	189	32.1%	186	31.6%	178	29.7%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	63	11.2%	71	14.9%	59	11.2%	65	11.3%	75	12.8%	75	12.8%	68	11.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.46		14.42		14.58		13.37		15.08		14.70		15.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
NY State Assessments
2006	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	72%	69%
2007	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	76%	67%
2008	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	79%	76%	70%
2009	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	80%	76%
2010	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	73%	60%	55%
2011	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	62%	55%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	52%	59%	56%
2013	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	24.2%	28.8%	31.1%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	82%	80%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	95%	89%	85%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	96%	93%	90%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	96%	93%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	77%	70%	59%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	64%	59%	59%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	66%	73%	61%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	20.7%	30%	34.2%
2006	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	71%	71%	69%
2007	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	75%	73%	68%
2008	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	76%	74%	71%
2009	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	78%	82%	77%
2010	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	64%	62%	57%
2011	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	59%	59%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	61%	56%	60%
2013	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	23.3%	31.6%	30.3%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86%	83%	78%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91%	85%	81%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93%	87%	83%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89%	90%	87%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	78%	74%	64%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	79%	78%	67%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	77%	70%	69%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	30.2%	38%	36.3%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	88%	94%	86%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	86%	91%	85%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	94%	92%	86%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	93%	94%	88%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	97%	95%	89%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	90%	94%	88%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	93%	91%	89%
2006	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	81%	77%	67%
2007	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	60%	73%	68%
2008	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	75%	80%	78%
2009	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	78%	85%	83%
2010	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	49%	54%	53%
2011	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	47%	55%	53%
2012	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	50%	56%	58%
2013	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	14.8%	22.5%	30.2%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	76%	73%	68%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	83%	86%	76%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79%	86%	83%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	94%	91%	88%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	73%	76%	65%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	74%	74%	66%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69%	70%	66%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	18.2%	21.3%	29.9%
2006	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	99%	91%	82%
2007	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	83%	92%	78%
2008	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	84%	92%	85%
2009	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	91%	93%	86%
2010	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	91%	94%	86%

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* Ben Franklin Elementary School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.