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Does Franklin Elementary have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
525
Elementary
DISTRICT 383 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRANKLIN-MCKINLEY ELEMENTARY·NCES 061437001644
Franklin Elementary
420 Tully Rd., San Jose, CA 95111 · (408) 283-6375 · Santa Clara County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL525 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 29% 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.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
23.1:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
424 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 78 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is 10% larger than its 6th grade class (78).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
34.0%
CA avg 49.1% . -17.0pp since 2014
Math
31.2%
CA avg 37.7% . -15.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 17 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 16 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 13.7% | 20.3% | 20.6% | 45.4% |
| Math | 13.0% | 18.2% | 26.0% | 42.9% |
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 | 34.0% | 31.2% |
| 2023-24 | 33.0% | 28.3% |
| 2022-23 | 34.8% | 29.0% |
| 2021-22 | 38.2% | 34.9% |
| 2018-19 | 45.3% | 41.7% |
| 2017-18 | 43.9% | 43.0% |
| 2016-17 | 52.1% | 51.2% |
| 2015-16 | 54.0% | 48.0% |
| 2014-15 | 51.0% | 47.0% |
% 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
31.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 (31.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Elementary this school | 525 | 80.8% | 31.6% |
| Sunnyside Elementary Garden Grove | 500 | 82.6% | 59.4% |
| Gilbert Elementary Garden Grove | 515 | 78.6% | 55.1% |
| Anderson Elementary Garden Grove | 445 | 80.4% | 27.0% |
| Bitely (Arlene) Elementary Rosemead | 409 | 80.7% | 54.0% |
| Faylane Elementary Garden Grove | 466 | 77.7% | 57.1% |
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 Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.6% | #3,309 of 5,151 | #179 of 226 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.2% | #3,106 of 5,172 ▲ 151 | #169 of 226 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #3,560 of 5,172 ▼ 118 | #174 of 226 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.0pp | #732 of 5,116 | #62 of 225 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 525 | #2,140 of 5,915 | #60 of 255 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.1:1 | #3,046 of 5,352 | #163 of 247 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.8% | #2,259 of 5,354 | #129 of 247 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.8% | #2,117 of 5,625 | #24 of 252 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.8% | #1,105 of 3,837 | #86 of 189 |
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
525
-42 (-7%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 742
Student : Teacher
23.1:1
was 23.6:1
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 | 525 | 22.8 | 23.1:1 | 81% (424) |
| 2023-24 | 528 | 23.8 | 22.2:1 | 74% (392) |
| 2022-23 | 521 | 24 | 21.7:1 | 49% (254) |
| 2020-21 | 567 | 24 | 23.6:1 | 81% (458) |
| 2017-18 | 680 | 26 | 26.1:1 | 79% (534) |
| 2015-16 | 783 | 30 | 26.1:1 | 83% (652) |
| 2010-11 | 804 | N/A | N/A | 80% (640) |
| 2000-01 | 728 | 34 | 21.4:1 | 77% (557) |
| 1990-91 | 742 | 27 | 27.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Franklin Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (680 to 525); teachers down 12% (26 to 22.8).
About Franklin Elementary
A mid-sized elementary school in San Jose, California, Franklin Elementary is part of Franklin-McKinley Elementary. The school serves kindergarten through 6. Enrollment is 525 students.
Franklin Elementary falls under Franklin-McKinley Elementary, which has 16 schools enrolling 5,663 students.
No group is above 50% at Franklin Elementary; the largest is Asian, at 47%. Other reported shares: 47% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Franklin Elementary scores 56%.
With 22.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 23.1:1. Elementary schools in California have an average ratio of 22.3:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Franklin Elementary, 81% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 37% average for public schools in Santa Clara County.
Franklin Elementary earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 29% of California public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Franklin Elementary is within a point of its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of California schools.
For Santa Clara County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $164,281 a year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Santa Clara County number 412, with about 230,059 students.
A public school about 0.8 miles away, Shirakawa (George Sr.) Elementary, is the closest to Franklin Elementary. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Franklin Elementary is 6th of 7 on proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 7%.
The discussion board for Franklin Elementary is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Santa Clara County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,902,047
Census ACS
Median income
$164,281
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
412
230,059 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Franklin-McKinley Elementary
- Windmill Springs ElementaryElementary · 598 students
- Shirakawa (George Sr.) ElementaryElementary · 508 students
- Stonegate ElementaryElementary · 500 students
- Jeanne R. Meadows ElementaryElementary · 422 students
- Captain Jason M. Dahl ElementaryElementary · 396 students
- G. W. Hellyer ElementaryElementary · 387 students
Other schools in San Jose
- Evergreen Valley HighHigh · 2,703 students
- Independence HighHigh · 2,289 students
- Silver Creek HighHigh · 2,139 students
- Santa Teresa HighHigh · 2,134 students
- Piedmont Hills HighHigh · 1,918 students
- Leigh HighHigh · 1,884 students
Other Franklin Elementary schools
74 other US public schools in 22 states are named Franklin Elementary. Franklin Elementary is the 15th 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
- Shirakawa (George Sr.) Elementary0.8 mi · 508
- Stonegate Elementary0.8 mi · 500
- College Connection Academy1.1 mi · 213
- Luis Valdez Leadership Academy1.1 mi · 225
- Yerba Buena High1.1 mi · 1,612
- Captain Jason M. Dahl Elementary1.2 mi · 396
Frequently asked questions
About Franklin ElementaryHow many students attend Franklin Elementary?
Franklin Elementary enrolls approximately 525 students in grades KG-06.
Is Franklin Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Franklin Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Franklin Elementary have?
Franklin Elementary employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Franklin Elementary?
At Franklin Elementary, the student body is approximately 1% White, 47% Hispanic, 2% Black, 47% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Franklin Elementary public or private?
Franklin Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Franklin-McKinley Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.