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Thomas A Edison Elementary School

Serves grades KG - 4

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
236 Grayton Rd
Tonawanda, NY 14150
Phone
(716) 874-8416
District
KENMORE-TONAWANDA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
ERIE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
561
Classroom Teachers
47

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New York

5

(10 is best)

Better than 41.4% of all NY schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

4

(10 is best)

Thomas A Edison Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
37%
47%
34%
47%
39%
48%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

50 40 30 20 10 0
35%
42%
36%
42%
33%
43%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
12
10
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Kindergarten 115 20.5%
Grade 1 111 19.8%
Grade 2 122 21.7%
Grade 3 113 20.1%
Grade 4 100 17.8%
Total 561 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 88.0% 76.7% 42.7%
Black 2.5% 8.5% 16.7%
Hispanic 7.3% 10.4% 29.5%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.9% 3.8% 10.1%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.4% 0.6% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 36.2% 56.2% 51.9%
Free lunch eligible 33.7% 53.0% 49.3%
Reduced lunch eligible 2.5% 3.3% 2.6%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 66,792 19,677,151
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 3,906.3 415
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.3% 5.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 15.4% 17.7%
20-44 YEARS OLD 32.3% 33.7%
45-64 YEARS OLD 28.9% 26.0%
65 OR OLDER 19.1% 17.0%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 30,730 7,604,523
Single Parent Households With Children 6.6% 7.8%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 94.9% 87.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 39.6% 38.8%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 11.7% 24.9%
$100,000 - $149,999 18.4% 16.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 14.1% 11.5%
$50,000 - $74,999 19.0% 14.1%
$30,000 - $49,999 16.4% 12.4%
$15,000 - $29,999 12.0% 10.4%
$15,000 or less 8.4% 9.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $15,302 $101,727,696 61.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $894 $5,943,312 3.6%
Staff $862 $5,730,576 3.5%
General Administration $278 $1,848,144 1.1%
School Administration $918 $6,102,864 3.7%
Operation $1,659 $11,029,032 6.7%
Transportation $1,061 $7,053,528 4.3%
Other $568 $3,776,064 2.3%
Total Support $6,239 $41,476,872 25.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,393 $22,556,664 13.6%
Total Expenditures $24,934 $165,761,232 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,076 $25,679,492,110 55.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $711 $1,811,195,610 3.9%
Staff $1,093 $2,785,174,478 6.0%
General Administration $369 $939,188,377 2.0%
School Administration $665 $1,695,918,538 3.6%
Operation $1,225 $3,122,121,555 6.7%
Transportation $822 $2,095,516,316 4.5%
Other $434 $1,104,814,866 2.4%
Total Support $5,318 $13,553,790,026 29.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,875 $7,327,505,512 15.7%
Total Expenditures $18,270 $46,560,743,229 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%