EFS at a Glance

Enrollment
Grades: preschool to grade 8
Number of students: 327

Academics
Average grade size: 31
Average class size: 15
Student:Teacher ratio: 8:1
Accreditation:
National Association of Independent Schools

Faculty
Number of faculty: 41
Average tenure at EFS: 13 years

Athletics
Number of interscholastic sports: 5
Number of interscholastic teams: 18
Student body participation: 78%

Finances
Tuition for 2020-2021: $16,700–$22,250
Financial aid awarded 2019-2020: $1,155,000​

Otis–Lennon School Ability Test Scores
National average: 100
Elmwood Franklin average: 119 (top 14% of the nation)
ERB Standardized Test Results
ERB tests are administered to students starting in third grade. The following statistics reflect how Elmwood Franklin School students performed on average over the past five years.

4th Gr. Verbal Reasoning/Reading Results
74% of students ranked nationally
        above the 75th percentile
39% of students ranked nationally
        above the 90th percentile

4th Gr. Mathematics Results
76% of students ranked nationally
        above the 75th percentile
59% of students ranked nationally
        above the 90th percentile

8th Gr. Verbal Reasoning/Reading Results
72% of students ranked nationally
        above the 75th percentile
46% of students ranked nationally
        above the 90th percentile

8th Gr. Mathematics Results
72% of students ranked nationally
        above the 75th percentile
49% of students ranked nationally
        above the 90th percentile

Student Achievements

  • EFS students score in the top 14 percent of the nation on the Otis-Lennon School Ability Test. The average score nationally is 100; the average EFS score is 119.

  • Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth uses above-grade-level tests (such as the college SAT for middle school students) to provide a clear picture of advanced students’ math and verbal abilities. Last year, nearly half of our eighth graders qualified for the search, which means that they scored at or above the 95th percentile on national tests.

  • EFS Upper School students regularly place in the NYS Math League competition. In 2013, EFS eighth grade participants placed 18th in the state, and fourth in our 13-county region. Individually, our students took several top spots, including first, second, third, and fourth in our 13-county region; and sixth in the state.

  • EFS seventh graders participating in the Brother Edward Martin Math Contest regularly take top spots in the competition, including first place in 2015, first place in 2014, first place in 2013, second place in 2012, and first place in 2011
  • EFS seventh and eighth grade teams placed first and second at the 2015 St. Francis Annual Math Bowl against 10 other middle school teams, and a seventh grade student earned the top overall individual score.

  • EFS Upper School students have earned the High Achievement award for the past six years for their participation in the Math Olympiads, a worldwide competition.

  • Participating against up to 100 other middle schools from across western and central New York, EFS has had a winning team in eight out of the past nine years in the Stock Market Game, a stock trading competition in which teams of students are allotted $100,000 in virtual money to invest in stocks or mutual funds to buy or sell over a ten-week period.

  • For the past six years, EFS eighth graders have placed either first or second in Western New York in the Level 1 (advanced high school level) of the National French Exam, and more than half of those participating place regularly in the national rankings. In 2016, an eighth grader scored a perfect score and received a platinum award for her achievement.

  • EFS has consistent representation among its Upper School students in the national rankings of the National Spanish Exam.
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