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Enrollment
424
Elementary
DISTRICT 355 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANTA BARBARA UNIFIED·NCES 060141406018
Franklin Elementary
1111 East Mason St., Santa Barbara, CA 93103 · (805) 963-4283 · Santa Barbara County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL424 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 87% of California public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
17.0:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
386 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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 | 71 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 69 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (69).
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
50.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +25.6pp since 2014
Math
51.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +34.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 26 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 34 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 23.9% | 26.8% | 27.2% | 22.2% |
| Math | 23.9% | 27.6% | 31.3% | 17.3% |
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 | 50.6% | 51.4% |
| 2023-24 | 50.8% | 55.4% |
| 2022-23 | 47.0% | 45.0% |
| 2021-22 | 52.0% | 42.6% |
| 2018-19 | 58.1% | 49.1% |
| 2017-18 | 56.0% | 45.0% |
| 2016-17 | 41.3% | 37.0% |
| 2015-16 | 37.0% | 33.0% |
| 2014-15 | 25.0% | 17.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
52.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+26.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 26% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 26 points, placing it in California's top 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 (52.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Elementary this school | 424 | 91.0% | 52.3% |
| Castle Rock Elementary Woodlake | 418 | 91.6% | 30.7% |
| Mission Elementary Oceanside | 419 | 90.9% | 27.4% |
| Walnut Elementary La Habra | 446 | 90.8% | 25.6% |
| Ord Terrace Elementary Seaside | 397 | 91.2% | 30.5% |
| Van Buren Elementary Jurupa Valley | 455 | 91.0% | 19.6% |
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 Santa Barbara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.3% | #1,573 of 5,151 | #15 of 66 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.4% | #1,492 of 5,172 ▼ 281 | #16 of 66 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.6% | #1,982 of 5,172 ▼ 130 | #26 of 66 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.7pp | #2,054 of 5,116 | #19 of 66 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 424 | #3,363 of 5,915 | #38 of 75 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.0:1 | #133 of 5,352 | #7 of 63 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.3% | #4,353 of 5,354 | #43 of 63 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.0% | #970 of 5,625 | #15 of 70 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.5% | #1,033 of 3,837 | #6 of 47 |
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
424
-79 (-16%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 21.9:1
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 | 424 | 24.9 | 17.0:1 | 91% (386) |
| 2023-24 | 436 | 22.8 | 19.1:1 | 90% (394) |
| 2022-23 | 441 | 23.4 | 18.8:1 | 90% (398) |
| 2020-21 | 503 | 23 | 21.9:1 | 74% (373) |
| 2017-18 | 554 | 20 | 27.7:1 | 86% (478) |
| 2015-16 | 579 | 23 | 25.2:1 | 92% (530) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Franklin Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (554 to 424); teachers up 25% (20 to 24.9).
About Franklin Elementary
The public elementary school Franklin Elementary is located in Santa Barbara, California. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 6, with 424 students on the rolls.
Franklin Elementary is in Santa Barbara Unified, a district with 12,247 students across 20 schools.
Hispanic students account for 88% of the school's enrollment. The school is also 6% multiracial and 4% White. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 48%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 21, compared with 70 nationally.
Franklin Elementary has 24.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 17.0:1. Elementary schools in California average 22.3:1, 5.3 more students per teacher than here. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 91% at Franklin Elementary. For comparison, public schools in Santa Barbara County average 68%.
Franklin Elementary earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 87% of California public elementary schools.
Franklin Elementary posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 52.3%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in California are predicted to post 26.2%, so the school is 26.1 points ahead and in the state's top 10%.
Looking at the county, Santa Barbara County, median household income comes to about $98,161, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The county's public schools total 129, with about 66,191 students.
Measured in a straight line, Adelante Charter is less than a tenth of a mile from Franklin Elementary. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 52.3% is above the 46.8% average for nearby schools.
Franklin Elementary is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, a location NCES labels City: Small.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 16%, from 503 to 424. By 2024-25, the school had 17.0 students per teacher, compared with 21.9 in 2020-21.
The Franklin Elementary discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. You can also rate the school on this page.
Santa Barbara County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
443,701
Census ACS
Median income
$98,161
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
129
66,191 students
Quick facts
Related schools
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Other Franklin Elementary schools
74 other US public schools in 22 states are named Franklin Elementary. Franklin Elementary is the 27th 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
- Adelante Charter0.1 mi · 306
- Cleveland Elementary0.4 mi · 254
- Santa Barbara Junior High0.6 mi · 512
- Santa Barbara Senior High0.9 mi · 1,924
- La Cuesta Continuation High1.0 mi · 77
- Alta Vista1.0 mi · 2
Frequently asked questions
About Franklin ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Franklin Elementary?
Franklin Elementary enrolls approximately 424 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 17.0:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Franklin Elementary?
At Franklin Elementary, the student body is approximately 4% White, 88% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Franklin Elementary?
Franklin Elementary is overseen by Santa Barbara Unified in Santa Barbara County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.