Benjamin Franklin Elementary

Located at 19661 Orange Terrace Pkwy., in Riverside, California, Benjamin Franklin Elementary is a large elementary campus that serves 767 students (grades K through 6), operated by Riverside Unified. That puts it 65% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Riverside Unified runs 48 schools in total, collectively educating 38,002 students. Benjamin Franklin Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Benjamin Franklin Elementary records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 30% White, 15% Asian, 6% Black, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 51% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably less Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Benjamin Franklin Elementary shows 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 25.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 49% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Riverside County (around 74%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Benjamin Franklin Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.4%; this one delivers 60.0%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Riverside County put the typical household earns roughly $93,074 per year, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Riverside County runs 543 public schools (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students), of which Benjamin Franklin Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: John F. Kennedy Elementary, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Benjamin Franklin Elementary. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Benjamin Franklin Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 49.1%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Five-year trend. Benjamin Franklin Elementary's enrollment has declined 6% since 2018, when it stood at 815 (now 767). Over the same period, the White share declined from 43% to 30%.

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