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Ben Franklin Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

540 Parkhurst Blvd

Buffalo NY, 14223, Erie County

Phone: 716-874-8404

Ranking:

(1,297 out of 3,424, top 38%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

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		39		44		54		51		52		51
Total Students:	482		496		482		502		517		546		549
Grade 6:	167	34.6%	158	31.9%	158	32.8%	175	34.9%	166	32.1%	163	29.9%	172	31.3%
Grade 7:	153	31.7%	170	34.3%	171	35.5%	165	32.9%	163	31.5%	177	32.4%	204	37.2%
Grade 8:	162	33.6%	168	33.9%	153	31.7%	162	32.3%	188	36.4%	206	37.7%	173	31.5%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	243	50.4%	254	51.2%	256	53.1%	259	51.6%	258	49.9%	275	50.4%	292	53.2%
Female:	239	49.6%	242	48.8%	226	46.9%	243	48.4%	251	48.5%	263	48.2%	253	46.1%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	3	0.6%	4	0.8%	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	4	0.8%	6	1.1%	7	1.3%
Asian:	6	1.2%	5	1.0%	10	2.1%	14	2.8%	15	2.9%	6	1.1%	6	1.1%
Hispanic:	25	5.2%	21	4.2%	23	4.8%	18	3.6%	15	2.9%	16	2.9%	13	2.4%
Black:	35	7.3%	32	6.5%	36	7.5%	41	8.2%	40	7.7%	29	5.3%	40	7.3%
White:	400	83.0%	427	86.1%	401	83.2%	428	85.3%	443	85.7%	489	89.6%	483	88.0%
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:	13	2.7%	7	1.4%	10	2.1%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	144	29.9%	154	31.0%	145	30.1%	143	28.5%	134	25.9%	122	22.3%	121	22.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	60	12.4%	73	14.7%	74	15.4%	67	13.3%	66	12.8%	73	13.4%	73	13.3%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.36		12.59		10.94		9.30		10.06		10.60		10.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
NY State Assessments
2006	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	68%	70%	61%
2007	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	74%	71%	63%
2008	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	72%	73%	67%
2009	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	85%	86%	81%
2010	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	53%	57%	54%
2011	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	63%	61%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	58%	62%	55%
2013	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	34%	36.8%	29.6%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	66%	71%	60%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	76%	73%	71%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	87%	84%	79%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	89%	87%	83%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	73%	70%	61%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	65%	64%	63%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	66%	66%	66%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	29.5%	27.2%	30.6%
2006	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	73%	73%	57%
2007	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	57%	64%	58%
2008	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	75%	75%	71%
2009	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	89%	89%	80%
2010	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	54%	54%	50%
2011	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	54%	52%	48%
2012	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	56%	55%	53%
2013	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	30%	33.9%	31.4%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	56%	63%	56%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	68%	76%	66%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	82%	86%	79%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	95%	94%	88%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	78%	70%	62%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	73%	74%	64%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	76%	69%	65%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	23.5%	25.2%	27.7%
2006	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	57%	63%	49%
2007	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	76%	73%	58%
2008	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	69%	72%	56%
2009	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	75%	77%	69%
2010	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	52%	55%	51%
2011	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	43%	52%	47%
2012	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	62%	60%	50%
2013	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	37%	36.5%	33.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	63%	65%	54%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	65%	69%	59%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	81%	81%	70%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	87%	88%	80%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	55%	62%	55%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	82%	69%	60%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	72%	71%	62%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	27.9%	27.2%	27.4%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	84%	86%	63%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	90%	87%	65%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	91%	89%	71%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	82%	82%	69%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	83%	85%	71%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	79%	81%	69%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	82%	82%	70%
2006	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	63%	71%	54%
2007	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	84%	81%	57%
2008	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	74%	79%	63%
2009	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	83%	79%	63%
2010	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	89%	87%	69%
Regents
2009	Earth Science	End of course	% met std	100%	77%	72%
2010	Earth Science	End of course	% met std	100%	70%	74%
2011	Earth Science	End of course	% met std	100%	72%	72%
2012	Earth Science	End of course	% met std	100%	73%	73%
2007	German	End of course	% met std	100%	99%	97%
2009	Integrated Algebra	End of course	% met std	100%	90%	72%
2010	Integrated Algebra	End of course	% met std	100%	84%	72%
2011	Integrated Algebra	End of course	% met std	100%	86%	73%
2012	Integrated Algebra	End of course	% met std	100%	83%	72%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* Ben Franklin Middle 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.