Benjamin Franklin Charter School - Gilbert

Benjamin Franklin Charter School - Gilbert operates as an average-sized elementary campus in GILBERT, Arizona, one of the schools within Benjamin Franklin Charter School - Queen Creek (4355). Current enrollment sits at 598 students spanning grades K through 6. That puts it 33% bigger than the typical public school in Arizona, which averages around 451 students.

Benjamin Franklin Charter School - Queen Creek (4355) runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 3,321 students. Benjamin Franklin Charter School - Gilbert is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Benjamin Franklin Charter School - Gilbert lists that the largest single group is White, at 61% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 26% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 3% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Benjamin Franklin Charter School - Gilbert higher than the state norm the norm.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Maricopa County put the typical household earns roughly $89,300 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Maricopa County's 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), Benjamin Franklin Charter School - Gilbert is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Desert Hills High School, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area. As a public charter, Benjamin Franklin Charter School - Gilbert runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. Benjamin Franklin Charter School - Gilbert's enrollment has rose 11% since 2018, when it stood at 538 (now 598). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 69% to 61%.

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