Enrollment
380
Elementary
DISTRICT 416 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN DIEGO UNIFIED·NCES 063432005463
Franklin Elementary
4481 Copeland Ave., San Diego, CA 92116 · (619) 344-3000 · San Diego County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL380 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 32% of California public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
25.3:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
245 students
DISTRICT 63% · 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 | 98 | 26% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (98) is 85% larger than its 5th grade class (53).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
40.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +10.7pp since 2014
Math
32.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +10.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 11 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 16.7% | 24.1% | 21.0% | 38.3% |
| Math | 14.5% | 18.1% | 24.7% | 42.8% |
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 | 40.7% | 32.5% |
| 2023-24 | 37.7% | 35.2% |
| 2022-23 | 37.0% | 29.3% |
| 2021-22 | 41.9% | 31.9% |
| 2018-19 | 49.0% | 40.8% |
| 2017-18 | 42.6% | 34.9% |
| 2016-17 | 37.9% | 34.7% |
| 2015-16 | 36.0% | 31.0% |
| 2014-15 | 30.0% | 22.0% |
% 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
36.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 (36.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Elementary this school | 380 | 64.5% | 36.3% |
| Ione Olson Elementary Marina | 409 | 68.2% | 34.2% |
| Rolando Elementary La Mesa | 371 | 68.7% | 39.3% |
| College View Elementary Huntington Beach | 337 | 68.5% | 54.9% |
| El Monte Elementary Concord | 418 | 64.6% | 31.6% |
| Nipaquay Elementary San Diego | 378 | 61.1% | 41.8% |
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 San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.3% | #2,838 of 5,151 | #251 of 392 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.5% | #2,965 of 5,172 ▼ 378 | #259 of 393 ▼ 28 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.7% | #2,853 of 5,172 ▲ 88 | #258 of 393 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.3pp | #1,710 of 5,116 | #153 of 387 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 380 | #3,923 of 5,915 | #309 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.3:1 | #4,593 of 5,352 | #364 of 418 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.6% | #681 of 5,354 | #53 of 418 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.5% | #3,262 of 5,625 | #201 of 442 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.8% | #485 of 1,139 | #37 of 97 |
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
380
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 524
Student : Teacher
25.3:1
was 23.9:1
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 | 380 | 15 | 25.3:1 | 64% (245) |
| 2023-24 | 379 | 15 | 25.3:1 | 55% (209) |
| 2022-23 | 348 | 14 | 24.9:1 | 62% (215) |
| 2020-21 | 383 | 16 | 23.9:1 | 51% (196) |
| 2017-18 | 343 | 14.6 | 23.4:1 | 78% (266) |
| 2015-16 | 309 | 12 | 25.8:1 | 90% (278) |
| 2010-11 | 249 | N/A | N/A | 86% (214) |
| 2000-01 | 597 | 31 | 19.3:1 | 81% (485) |
| 1990-91 | 524 | 21 | 24.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Franklin Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (343 to 380); teachers up 3% (14.6 to 15).
About Franklin Elementary
Federal records list Franklin Elementary as an elementary school in San Diego, California. The school's enrollment of 380 students covers kindergarten through 5.
Besides Franklin Elementary, San Diego Unified runs 173 other schools. The district enrolls 94,828 students.
Franklin Elementary has no majority group; Hispanic students are the largest, at 46%. Other reported shares: 26% White, 13% Asian, 9% multiracial, and 6% Black. That compares with about 35% Hispanic among all San Diego County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 70% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 25.3:1, with 15 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is higher than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Franklin Elementary is 64%. Public schools in San Diego County average 54%.
Franklin Elementary is graded C by allk12, scoring above 32% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Franklin Elementary scores 36.3% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 41.8%.
According to the American Community Survey, in San Diego County, the median household income is $106,268, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. There are 766 public schools in San Diego County, enrolling about 467,437 students in all.
The school nearest to Franklin Elementary is Hoover High, at a distance of about 0.4 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Franklin Elementary ranks 2nd of 7 on average proficiency.
Federal data place Franklin Elementary in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 383 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 380. Its ratio of students to teachers was 23.9:1 in 2020-21, and 25.3:1 in 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Franklin Elementary. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
San Diego County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,288,774
Census ACS
Median income
$106,268
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
766
467,437 students
Quick facts
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Other Franklin Elementary schools
74 other US public schools in 22 states are named Franklin Elementary. Franklin Elementary is the 34th 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
- Hoover High0.4 mi · 2,011
- Wilson Middle0.5 mi · 712
- TRACE0.5 mi · 437
- Central Elementary0.5 mi · 497
- Normal Heights Elementary0.6 mi · 275
- Health Sciences High and Middle College0.7 mi · 535
Frequently asked questions
About Franklin ElementaryHow many students attend Franklin Elementary?
Franklin Elementary enrolls approximately 380 students in grades KG-05.
Is Franklin Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Franklin Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Franklin Elementary have?
Franklin Elementary employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 25.3:1.
How diverse is Franklin Elementary?
Franklin Elementary reports a student body of 26% White, 46% Hispanic, 6% Black, 13% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Franklin Elementary?
Franklin Elementary is overseen by San Diego Unified in San Diego County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.