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Enrollment
777
Elementary
DISTRICT 528 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MODESTO CITY ELEMENTARY·NCES 062513003733
Franklin Elementary
120 South Emerald Ave., Modesto, CA 95351 · (209) 574-8112 · Stanislaus County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL777 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.7:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
730 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 129 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 112 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 125 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 121 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 115 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (129) is 12% larger than its 6th grade class (115).
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
31.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +18.7pp since 2014
Math
21.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +16.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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 19 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 17 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 10.7% | 21.1% | 27.8% | 40.5% |
| Math | 5.3% | 16.6% | 27.1% | 51.0% |
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 | 31.7% | 21.8% |
| 2023-24 | 25.5% | 16.4% |
| 2022-23 | 18.5% | 12.9% |
| 2021-22 | 18.1% | 12.8% |
| 2020-21 | 14.0% | 6.9% |
| 2018-19 | 22.5% | 15.3% |
| 2017-18 | 20.2% | 11.2% |
| 2016-17 | 14.1% | 8.9% |
| 2015-16 | 12.0% | 7.0% |
| 2014-15 | 13.0% | 5.0% |
% 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
23.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 (23.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Elementary this school | 777 | 94.0% | 23.4% |
| Horizon Elementary Bakersfield | 845 | 93.8% | 29.3% |
| Valle Verde Elementary Bakersfield | 768 | 92.8% | 32.8% |
| Vejar Elementary Pomona | 741 | 95.3% | 27.3% |
| Cielo Vista Charter Palm Springs | 824 | 92.7% | 50.7% |
| Limerick Avenue Elementary Canoga Park | 656 | 95.0% | 44.6% |
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 Stanislaus County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.4% | #4,253 of 5,151 | #76 of 100 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.8% | #4,123 of 5,172 ▲ 436 | #70 of 100 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.7% | #3,804 of 5,172 ▲ 448 | #63 of 100 ▲ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.4pp | #451 of 5,116 | #11 of 100 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 777 | #447 of 5,915 | #11 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.7:1 | #2,776 of 5,352 | #47 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.0% | #3,898 of 5,354 | #70 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.0% | #582 of 5,625 | #2 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.3% | #3,026 of 3,837 | #39 of 56 |
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
777
+34 (+5%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 738
Student : Teacher
22.7:1
was 24.8:1
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 | 777 | 34.2 | 22.7:1 | 94% (730) |
| 2023-24 | 782 | 35.7 | 21.9:1 | 97% (759) |
| 2022-23 | 766 | 31.9 | 24.0:1 | 95% (728) |
| 2020-21 | 743 | 30 | 24.8:1 | 96% (712) |
| 2017-18 | 838 | 36 | 23.3:1 | 99% (826) |
| 2015-16 | 890 | 34 | 26.2:1 | 99% (879) |
| 2010-11 | 867 | N/A | N/A | 98% (853) |
| 2000-01 | 882 | 37 | 23.8:1 | 95% (835) |
| 1990-91 | 738 | 29 | 25.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Franklin Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (838 to 777); teachers down 5% (36 to 34.2).
About Franklin Elementary
Franklin Elementary, a high-enrollment elementary school, is located in Modesto, California. The school serves kindergarten through 6. Enrollment is 777 students. It has 67% more students than the average for elementary schools in California (about 465).
Modesto City Elementary runs 26 schools with a combined 14,444 students. Franklin Elementary is one of them.
A large majority of enrollment at Franklin Elementary is Hispanic, at 83%. The rest of enrollment is 6% multiracial, 5% Asian, 3% Black, and 3% White. Among all residents of Stanislaus County, the Hispanic share is about 50%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 31%.
With 34.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 22.7:1. The ratio is within a point of the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Franklin Elementary, 94% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Stanislaus County averages 71%, lower than here.
Franklin Elementary posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 23.4%, compared with a predicted 24.5%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations.
Census data for Stanislaus County show the median household earns about $81,468 a year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Stanislaus County number 190, with about 106,477 students.
Among nearby public schools, Mark Twain Junior High is closest at about 0.4 miles. Franklin Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 27.3% proficiency; Franklin Elementary posts 23.4%.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Mid-size.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 5%. The ratio was 24.8:1 in 2020-21 and 22.7:1 in 2024-25.
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Stanislaus County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
553,990
Census ACS
Median income
$81,468
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
190
106,477 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Modesto City Elementary
- Bret Harte ElementaryElementary · 867 students
- Roosevelt Junior HighMiddle · 818 students
- Fairview ElementaryElementary · 786 students
- La Loma Junior HighMiddle · 705 students
- Mark Twain Junior HighMiddle · 658 students
- Evelyn Hanshaw MiddleMiddle · 650 students
Other schools in Modesto
- Joseph A. Gregori HighHigh · 2,346 students
- James C. Enochs HighHigh · 2,304 students
- Modesto HighHigh · 2,292 students
- Thomas Downey HighHigh · 2,192 students
- Grace M. Davis HighHigh · 2,083 students
- Peter Johansen HighHigh · 2,029 students
Other Franklin Elementary schools
74 other US public schools in 22 states are named Franklin Elementary. Franklin Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 75.
- Franklin ElementaryElk Grove, CA · 932 students
- Franklin ElementaryRedlands, CA · 624 students
- Franklin ElementaryMerced, CA · 602 students
- Franklin ElementarySanta Monica, CA · 597 students
- Franklin ElementarySan Jose, CA · 525 students
Nearby schools
- Mark Twain Junior High0.4 mi · 658
- Modesto High0.8 mi · 2,292
- James Marshall Elementary1.1 mi · 611
- Burbank Elementary1.3 mi · 572
- Stanislaus Alternative Charter1.4 mi · 651
- Harriette Kirschen Elementary1.5 mi · 503
Frequently asked questions
About Franklin ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Franklin Elementary?
Franklin Elementary enrolls approximately 777 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Franklin Elementary serve?
Franklin Elementary serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Franklin Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Franklin Elementary is approximately 22.7:1 (34 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Franklin Elementary?
Franklin Elementary reports a student body of 3% White, 83% Hispanic, 3% Black, 5% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Franklin Elementary in?
Franklin Elementary is part of Modesto City Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.