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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 4

Ben Franklin Elementary School, Buffalo, NY

CEP schoolBen Franklin Elementary School is a public elementary school in Buffalo, part of Kenmore-Tonawanda Union Free School District. It enrolled 460 students in 2024-25, with 10.7 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "BEN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
460
Teachers (FTE)
43.0
Students per teacher
10.7
Grades
K to 4

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 10.9. The New York average across schools is 11.4. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school10.7
District10.9
New York11.4
United States15.3

School details

Address
500 Parkhurst Blvd, Buffalo, NY 14223
Phone
(716)874-8415
District
Kenmore-Tonawanda Union Free School District
County
Erie County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
361623001402
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
218
Reduced-price lunch
15
Free or reduced-price lunch
23350.7% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Kenmore-Tonawanda Union Free School District

Elementary schools elsewhere in Buffalo

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.