Franklin Avenue Elementary

Franklin Avenue Elementary operates as a small elementary school in Los Angeles, California, part of Los Angeles Unified. Current enrollment sits at 387 students spanning grades K through 5.

Within Los Angeles Unified, which oversees 784 schools and 406,887 students, Franklin Avenue Elementary is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Franklin Avenue Elementary lists that 43% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 29% multiracial, 19% Hispanic, 9% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 31% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 26% of students at Franklin Avenue Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Franklin Avenue Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 64.5%; this one delivers 79.4%, a residual of +14.9 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Franklin Avenue Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: John Marshall Senior High, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Franklin Avenue Elementary comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 48.8%.

Franklin Avenue Elementary operates from a city-core location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Franklin Avenue Elementary has decreased 22%, going from 499 students in 2018 to 387 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 65% to 43% across the same window.

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