Enrollment
291
Elementary
DISTRICT 471 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALAMEDA UNIFIED·NCES 060177004337
Franklin Elementary
1433 San Antonio Ave., Alameda, CA 94501 · (510) 748-4004 · Alameda County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL291 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
26.4:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
81 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 50 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (47).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 76% · 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
72.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +9.8pp since 2014
Math
69.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +8.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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 10 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 44.9% | 27.9% | 17.6% | 9.6% |
| Math | 40.3% | 29.5% | 18.0% | 12.2% |
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 | 72.8% | 69.8% |
| 2023-24 | 75.4% | 71.0% |
| 2022-23 | 70.9% | 68.8% |
| 2021-22 | 76.6% | 65.9% |
| 2018-19 | 73.5% | 64.0% |
| 2017-18 | 73.7% | 67.8% |
| 2016-17 | 71.5% | 66.1% |
| 2015-16 | 73.0% | 64.0% |
| 2014-15 | 63.0% | 61.0% |
% 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
72.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Franklin Elementary
Franklin Elementary's state test result (72.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Elementary this school | 291 | 27.8% | 72.3% |
| Miraloma Elementary San Francisco | 344 | 30.2% | 68.4% |
| Thousand Oaks Elementary Berkeley | 337 | 27.9% | 66.3% |
| Las Flores Elementary Rancho Santa Margarita | 328 | 26.5% | 76.0% |
| Indian Valley Elementary Walnut Creek | 355 | 20.6% | 64.7% |
| Sunnyside Elementary San Francisco | 366 | 33.1% | 60.2% |
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 Franklin Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Alameda County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.3% | #551 of 5,151 | #49 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.8% | #611 of 5,172 ▼ 56 | #53 of 192 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.8% | #607 of 5,172 ▼ 154 | #49 of 192 ▼ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.0pp | #3,316 of 5,116 | #89 of 187 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 291 | #4,829 of 5,915 | #178 of 216 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.4:1 | #4,998 of 5,352 | #184 of 201 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.4% | #362 of 5,354 | #37 of 201 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.8% | #4,849 of 5,625 | #154 of 211 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.7% | #1,938 of 3,837 | #72 of 138 |
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
291
-20 (-6%) vs 2020
+5% since 2000-01, when it was 278
Student : Teacher
26.4:1
was 25.9:1
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 | 291 | 11 | 26.4:1 | 28% (81) |
| 2023-24 | 290 | 11 | 26.4:1 | 22% (65) |
| 2022-23 | 285 | 11 | 25.9:1 | 24% (69) |
| 2020-21 | 311 | 12 | 25.9:1 | 19% (60) |
| 2017-18 | 345 | 13 | 26.5:1 | 21% (73) |
| 2015-16 | 339 | 13 | 26.1:1 | 14% (46) |
| 2010-11 | 310 | N/A | N/A | 22% (68) |
| 2000-01 | 278 | 14 | 19.9:1 | 21% (59) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Franklin Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (345 to 291); teachers down 15% (13 to 11).
About Franklin Elementary
Franklin Elementary is a small elementary school in Alameda, California, under Alameda Unified. School enrollment was 291 students in 2024-25, in kindergarten through 5. For comparison, elementary schools in California average about 465 students.
Franklin Elementary is in Alameda Unified, a district with 9,260 students across 15 schools.
The most common group at Franklin Elementary is White students, at 41%. Other groups include 23% multiracial, 18% Asian, 15% Hispanic, and 3% Black. The county population is about 30% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 72% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reported 11 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 26.4:1. That is 4.1 students per teacher above the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 28%. The average for public schools in Alameda County is 49%.
Test results at Franklin Elementary are 9.0 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (72.3% actual, 63.2% predicted).
In the county around the school, Alameda County, the median household income is $129,367, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. There are 394 public schools in Alameda County, enrolling about 210,511 students in all.
The nearest public school is Will C. Wood Middle, at about 0.5 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Franklin Elementary comes in 1st of 6 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Franklin Elementary is Suburb: Large.
2024-25 enrollment was 291, a 6% decrease from 311 in 2020-21.
Community posts for Franklin Elementary can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Alameda County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,649,473
Census ACS
Median income
$129,367
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
394
210,511 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Alameda Unified
- Alameda HighHigh · 1,868 students
- Encinal Junior/Senior HighHigh · 1,280 students
- Lincoln MiddleMiddle · 971 students
- Will C. Wood MiddleMiddle · 613 students
- Amelia Earhart ElementaryElementary · 573 students
- Frank Otis ElementaryElementary · 569 students
Other schools in Alameda
- Alameda HighHigh · 1,868 students
- Encinal Junior/Senior HighHigh · 1,280 students
- Lincoln MiddleMiddle · 971 students
- The Academy of AlamedaElementary · 638 students
- Will C. Wood MiddleMiddle · 613 students
- Amelia Earhart ElementaryElementary · 573 students
Other Franklin Elementary schools
74 other US public schools in 22 states are named Franklin Elementary. Franklin Elementary is the 53rd largest of the 75.
- Franklin ElementaryElk Grove, CA · 932 students
- Franklin ElementaryModesto, CA · 777 students
- Franklin ElementaryRedlands, CA · 624 students
- Franklin ElementaryMerced, CA · 602 students
- Franklin ElementarySanta Monica, CA · 597 students
Nearby schools
- Will C. Wood Middle0.5 mi · 613
- Love Elementary0.6 mi · 498
- Maya Lin0.7 mi · 475
- Alameda High0.9 mi · 1,868
- Island High (Continuation)1.3 mi · 76
- William G. Paden Elementary1.3 mi · 372
Frequently asked questions
About Franklin ElementaryHow many students attend Franklin Elementary?
Franklin Elementary enrolls approximately 291 students in grades KG-05.
Is Franklin Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Franklin Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Franklin Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Franklin Elementary is approximately 26.4:1 (11 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Franklin Elementary?
At Franklin Elementary, the student body is approximately 41% White, 15% Hispanic, 3% Black, 18% Asian, 23% Two or more.
Is Franklin Elementary public or private?
Franklin Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Alameda Unified.
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