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Enrollment
608
Elementary
DISTRICT 644 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GLENDALE UNIFIED·NCES 061524001928
Benjamin Franklin Elementary
1610 Lake St., Glendale, CA 91201 · (818) 243-1809 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL608 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% of California public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
24.3:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
178 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 112 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 63 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (112) is 78% larger than its 6th grade class (63).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
77.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +14.5pp since 2014
Math
71.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +24.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 15 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 25 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 46.9% | 30.6% | 12.7% | 9.8% |
| Math | 42.4% | 29.3% | 19.2% | 9.1% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.5% | 71.7% |
| 2023-24 | 72.4% | 68.4% |
| 2022-23 | 74.2% | 69.4% |
| 2021-22 | 72.1% | 60.1% |
| 2020-21 | 69.2% | N/A |
| 2018-19 | 79.3% | 61.3% |
| 2017-18 | 74.5% | 53.3% |
| 2016-17 | 72.8% | 56.5% |
| 2015-16 | 70.0% | 54.0% |
| 2014-15 | 63.0% | 47.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
72.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Benjamin Franklin Elementary
Benjamin Franklin Elementary's state test result (72.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Franklin Elementary this school | 608 | 29.3% | 72.4% |
| Classical Academy Vista Vista | 651 | 28.0% | N/A |
| Paul Ecke-Central Elementary Encinitas | 569 | 27.1% | 61.1% |
| Hope Elementary Carlsbad | 659 | 27.2% | 71.8% |
| Oak Grove Elementary/Willowside Middle Santa Rosa | 708 | 26.8% | 52.3% |
| Capri Elementary Encinitas | 613 | 26.1% | 66.4% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Benjamin Franklin Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.4% | #542 of 5,151 | #121 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.7% | #530 of 5,172 ▲ 153 | #116 of 1,129 ▲ 34 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.5% | #377 of 5,172 ▲ 215 | #91 of 1,129 ▲ 42 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.5pp | #825 of 5,116 | #287 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 608 | #1,325 of 5,915 | #256 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.3:1 | #3,938 of 5,352 | #902 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.8% | #2,254 of 5,354 | #347 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.3% | #4,786 of 5,625 | #1,139 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.1% | #3,417 of 3,837 | #874 of 947 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
608
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 559
Student : Teacher
24.3:1
was 25.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 608 | 25.1 | 24.3:1 | 29% (178) |
| 2023-24 | 626 | 25 | 25.0:1 | 22% (136) |
| 2022-23 | 594 | 25 | 23.7:1 | 19% (111) |
| 2020-21 | 607 | 24 | 25.3:1 | 14% (82) |
| 2017-18 | 634 | 24 | 26.4:1 | 18% (112) |
| 2015-16 | 656 | 26 | 25.2:1 | 20% (128) |
| 2010-11 | 444 | N/A | N/A | 48% (215) |
| 2000-01 | 448 | 24 | 18.7:1 | 71% (320) |
| 1990-91 | 559 | 20 | 27.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Benjamin Franklin Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (634 to 608); teachers up 4% (24 to 25.1).
About Benjamin Franklin Elementary
Benjamin Franklin Elementary is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Glendale, California. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 608 students in kindergarten through 6. The average for elementary schools in California is about 465 students, so this school is 31% larger than average.
Glendale Unified oversees Benjamin Franklin Elementary and 31 other schools, with 25,294 students in total.
By race and ethnicity, Benjamin Franklin Elementary is 60% White. It is also 27% Hispanic and 10% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Los Angeles County is roughly 31% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Benjamin Franklin Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 56%.
Dividing enrollment by its 25.1 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 24.3:1. Among elementary schools in California, the typical ratio is 22.3:1. Eligible students account for 29% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. On average, public schools in Los Angeles County report 70%.
allk12 grades Benjamin Franklin Elementary an A+. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Benjamin Franklin Elementary is 10.0 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 72.4% actual, 62.4% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in California.
Across Los Angeles County, median household income is about $90,112, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The public schools of Los Angeles County number 2,244 and enroll about 1,265,907.
The shortest distance from Benjamin Franklin Elementary to another public school is about 0.8 miles, to Thomas Jefferson Elementary. The five-mile area around Benjamin Franklin Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 48.3% proficiency; Benjamin Franklin Elementary posts 72.4%.
The school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Mid-size).
The school's size has been steady, with 607 students in 2020-21 and 608 in 2024-25. The number of students per teacher fell from 25.3 to 24.3 over 4 years.
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Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Glendale Unified
- Crescenta Valley HighHigh · 2,624 students
- Glendale HighHigh · 2,066 students
- Herbert Hoover HighHigh · 1,590 students
- Eleanor J. Toll MiddleMiddle · 1,412 students
- Rosemont MiddleMiddle · 1,221 students
- Woodrow Wilson MiddleMiddle · 1,182 students
Other schools in Glendale
- Glendale HighHigh · 2,066 students
- Herbert Hoover HighHigh · 1,590 students
- Eleanor J. Toll MiddleMiddle · 1,412 students
- Woodrow Wilson MiddleMiddle · 1,182 students
- Mark Keppel ElementaryElementary · 955 students
- R. D. White ElementaryElementary · 948 students
Other Benjamin Franklin Elementary schools
13 other US public schools in 7 states are named Benjamin Franklin Elementary. Benjamin Franklin Elementary is the 5th largest of the 14.
- Benjamin Franklin ElementaryRiverside, CA · 767 students
- Benjamin Franklin ElementaryCorona, CA · 673 students
- Benjamin Franklin ElementaryLa Quinta, CA · 627 students
- Benjamin Franklin Elementary SchoolEDISON, NJ · 619 students
- Benjamin Franklin Elementary SchoolGlen Ellyn, IL · 581 students
Nearby schools
- Thomas Jefferson Elementary0.8 mi · 815
- William McKinley Elementary0.9 mi · 440
- Dolores Huerta Middle1.2 mi · 931
- Burbank USD Community Day1.2 mi · 26
- Balboa Elementary1.4 mi · 799
- Mark Keppel Elementary1.4 mi · 955
Frequently asked questions
About Benjamin Franklin ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Benjamin Franklin Elementary?
Benjamin Franklin Elementary enrolls approximately 608 students in grades KG-06.
Is Benjamin Franklin Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Benjamin Franklin Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Benjamin Franklin Elementary have?
Benjamin Franklin Elementary employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Benjamin Franklin Elementary?
At Benjamin Franklin Elementary, the student body is approximately 60% White, 27% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Benjamin Franklin Elementary public or private?
Benjamin Franklin Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Glendale Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.