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Enrollment
1,284
High
DISTRICT 676 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003021
Benjamin Franklin Senior High
820 North Avenue 54, Los Angeles, CA 90042 · (323) 550-2000 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 06–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,284 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 15% of California public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
71 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
1,122 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 25 | 2% |
| Grade 7 | 35 | 3% |
| Grade 8 | 40 | 3% |
| Grade 9 | 357 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 265 | 21% |
| Grade 11 | 289 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 273 | 21% |
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
48.1%
CA avg 49.1% . -5.9pp since 2014
Math
24.3%
CA avg 37.7% . -4.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 19.9% | 28.1% | 25.7% | 26.2% |
| Math | 10.7% | 13.7% | 23.8% | 51.9% |
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 | 48.1% | 24.3% |
| 2023-24 | 43.7% | 18.6% |
| 2022-23 | 44.6% | 22.3% |
| 2021-22 | 45.4% | 23.7% |
| 2020-21 | 65.0% | 38.3% |
| 2018-19 | 56.0% | 44.9% |
| 2017-18 | 49.7% | 31.4% |
| 2016-17 | 61.7% | 40.5% |
| 2015-16 | 63.0% | 39.0% |
| 2014-15 | 54.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
24.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Senior High
Benjamin Franklin Senior High's state test result (24.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Franklin Senior High this school | 1,284 | 87.4% | 24.2% |
| Rubidoux High Jurupa Valley | 1,259 | 88.6% | 17.4% |
| Baldwin Park High Baldwin Park | 1,260 | 86.9% | 37.7% |
| Sylmar Charter High Sylmar | 1,463 | 87.1% | 32.8% |
| Kerman High Kerman | 1,493 | 86.8% | 37.7% |
| Shafter High Shafter | 1,599 | 87.5% | 30.7% |
Matched among California high 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 Senior High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.2% | #941 of 1,052 | #201 of 228 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.3% | #553 of 1,056 ▲ 97 | #136 of 229 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.1% | #741 of 1,056 ▲ 61 | #160 of 229 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.7pp | #547 of 1,044 | #160 of 229 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,284 | #644 of 2,093 | #133 of 486 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.1:1 | #297 of 1,352 | #105 of 358 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.8% | #1,130 of 1,351 | #242 of 359 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.4% | #393 of 1,575 | #185 of 396 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.7% | #499 of 802 | #164 of 227 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,284
-166 (-11%) vs 2020
-52% since 1990-91, when it was 2,669
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
was 21.3:1
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 | 1,284 | 71.1 | 18.1:1 | 87% (1,122) |
| 2023-24 | 1,350 | 74.6 | 18.1:1 | 86% (1,161) |
| 2022-23 | 1,389 | 74.6 | 18.6:1 | 88% (1,226) |
| 2020-21 | 1,450 | 68 | 21.3:1 | 90% (1,300) |
| 2017-18 | 1,407 | 58.8 | 23.9:1 | 94% (1,322) |
| 2015-16 | 1,415 | 53 | 26.7:1 | 86% (1,213) |
| 2010-11 | 2,258 | N/A | N/A | 70% (1,570) |
| 2000-01 | 3,285 | 148 | 22.2:1 | 82% (2,681) |
| 1990-91 | 2,669 | 106 | 25.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Benjamin Franklin Senior High.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (1,407 to 1,284); teachers up 21% (58.8 to 71.1).
About Benjamin Franklin Senior High
Los Angeles, California, is home to Benjamin Franklin Senior High, a large high school. It educates 1,284 students in grades 6 through 12. The typical figure for high schools in California is about 838 students.
Benjamin Franklin Senior High reports to Los Angeles Unified, which has 784 schools and 406,887 students.
Federal enrollment data show Benjamin Franklin Senior High is 91% Hispanic. It is also 4% White and 3% Asian. Los Angeles County's residents are about 48% Hispanic, 42 points below the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is an 18% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teacher staffing is 71.1 full-time equivalents, or about 18.1 students per teacher. That matches the 18.2:1 average for high schools in California fairly closely. About 87% of students, or 1,122, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Los Angeles County average 70%.
allk12 grades Benjamin Franklin Senior High a C-. The grade compares the school only with California public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Benjamin Franklin Senior High is 4.2 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (24.2% versus 28.3%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in California.
County data help place the school in context: in Los Angeles County, the median household income is $90,112, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. In all, Los Angeles County has 2,244 public schools and roughly 1,265,907 students.
Highland Park Continuation is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles away. The five-mile area around Benjamin Franklin Senior High holds at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Benjamin Franklin Senior High at 6th of 6.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
Enrollment at Benjamin Franklin Senior High declined 11% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 1,450 to 1,284 students. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (18.1:1) than in 2020-21 (21.3:1).
Discussions about Benjamin Franklin Senior High may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
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Frequently asked questions
About Benjamin Franklin Senior HighHow many students attend Benjamin Franklin Senior High?
Benjamin Franklin Senior High enrolls approximately 1,284 students in grades 06-12.
What grades does Benjamin Franklin Senior High serve?
Benjamin Franklin Senior High serves grades 06-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Benjamin Franklin Senior High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Benjamin Franklin Senior High is approximately 18.1:1 (71 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Benjamin Franklin Senior High?
At Benjamin Franklin Senior High, the student body is approximately 4% White, 91% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Benjamin Franklin Senior High public or private?
Benjamin Franklin Senior High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Los Angeles Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.