Franklin Elementary

As an average-sized primary school in Redlands, California, Franklin Elementary works with 624 students from grades K through 5, overseen by Redlands Unified. Enrollment runs roughly 34% larger than the state mean of about 465.

Across the 25 schools in Redlands Unified (19,105 students total), Franklin Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Franklin Elementary shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 75%. Beyond that, the school shows 8% Black, 7% White, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

On the income-and-resources front, Franklin Elementary logs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 25.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 84% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above San Bernardino County's rate of about 74%.

After controlling for student poverty, Franklin Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 29.5%; this one delivers 30.1%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for San Bernardino County put median household income runs about $85,478, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, San Bernardino County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students), of which Franklin Elementary is one.

Redlands Senior High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Franklin Elementary comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 42.1%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Franklin Elementary's enrollment has edged down 10% since 2018, when it stood at 690 (now 624). White enrollment moved from 14% to 7% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 27.6:1 in 2018 to 25.0:1 today.

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