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Franklin Accelerated Academy - Downtown Campus
Test scores
AASA 2024-25 . % PassingWhat this means: On the AASA, Arizona's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arizona schools, those numbers are about 45 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2017, while math scores are down about 6 points.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Franklin Accelerated Academy - Downtown Campus
Franklin Accelerated Academy - Downtown Campus is a small elementary-level community in MESA, Arizona, one of the schools within Mesa Unified District (4235). The school enrolls 373 students in grades pre-K through 6.
Franklin Accelerated Academy - Downtown Campus is one of 81 schools operated by Mesa Unified District (4235), a district that works with 55,821 students overall.
On the student-mix side, Franklin Accelerated Academy - Downtown Campus reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder looks like 39% White, 7% multiracial, 3% Black, 2% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 31% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the resource side, The school employs 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Franklin Accelerated Academy - Downtown Campus higher than the state norm the norm.
In the broader community, community-level numbers for Maricopa County indicate median household earnings sit near $89,300, 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), Franklin Accelerated Academy - Downtown Campus is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Heritage Academy, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.
Franklin Accelerated Academy - Downtown Campus operates from a high-density location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Franklin Accelerated Academy - Downtown Campus's enrollment has declined 32% since 2018, when it stood at 551 (now 373). White enrollment moved from 55% to 39% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 22.7:1 in 2018 to 20.7:1 today.
Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Franklin Accelerated Academy - Downtown Campus typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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