Franklin Elementary

As a medium-sized elementary school in Oakland, California, Franklin Elementary hosts 499 students from grades K through 5, part of Oakland Unified.

Oakland Unified comprises 84 schools with combined enrollment of 33,973 students; Franklin Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Franklin Elementary logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (38%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 37% Asian, 11% Black, 7% multiracial, 6% White. The wider county runs roughly 23% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school reports having 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.7:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 96% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Alameda County's rate of about 49%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Franklin Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.4%, the actual is 31.8%, a residual of +9.4 points.

In the surrounding community, Alameda County reports that the typical household earns roughly $129,367 per year, roughly 52% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Alameda County runs 394 public schools (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students), of which Franklin Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is MetWest High, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Franklin Elementary at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 30.1%.

Franklin Elementary operates from a high-density location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 29%: 702 students in 2018 compared to 499 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 61% to 37% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 25.5:1 in 2018 to 22.7:1 in 2025.

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