Benjamin Franklin Charter School - Power

Benjamin Franklin Charter School - Power, a medium-sized elementary campus in Gilbert, Arizona, overseen by Benjamin Franklin Charter School - Queen Creek (4355), serves 565 students, covering grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 25% above the state mean of about 451.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Benjamin Franklin Charter School - Power records that 68% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 20% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 59% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.0:1 average.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Maricopa County put median household earnings sit near $89,300, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Maricopa County runs 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), of which Benjamin Franklin Charter School - Power is one.

Dr. Gary and Annette Auxier Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Benjamin Franklin Charter School - Power operates from an outer-ring location. As a public charter, Benjamin Franklin Charter School - Power runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 21%: 716 students in 2018 compared to 565 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 82% to 68%.

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