Franklin Elementary

Franklin Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Merced, California, one of the schools within Merced City Elementary. The school teaches 602 students in grades K through 3. That puts it 29% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Merced City Elementary comprises 19 schools with combined enrollment of 11,108 students; Franklin Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Franklin Elementary reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 69%. The remainder looks like 18% Asian, 7% White, 4% multiracial, 2% Black.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.3:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 82% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Franklin Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 30.9%, the actual is 36.5%, a residual of +5.6 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Merced County indicate median household income runs about $65,510, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. In all, Merced County runs 117 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,456 students), of which Franklin Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Joe Stefani, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Franklin Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Franklin Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 30.3%.

Franklin Elementary operates from a suburban location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Franklin Elementary has contracted 4%, going from 630 students in 2018 to 602 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 53% to 69% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 23.3:1 in 2018 to 22.3:1 in 2025.

On this page, the feed for Franklin Elementary typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.