Franklin Elementary

Located at 1111 East Mason St., in Santa Barbara, California, Franklin Elementary is a mid-sized elementary-level community that instructs 424 students (grades K through 6), one of the schools within Santa Barbara Unified.

Franklin Elementary is one of 20 schools operated by Santa Barbara Unified, a district that works with 12,247 students overall.

On demographics, Franklin Elementary shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (88%). The remainder looks like 6% multiracial, 4% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

On the resource side, The school employs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Franklin Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 91% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Santa Barbara County runs at roughly 68%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Franklin Elementary ranks in the top 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 25.3%; Franklin Elementary posts 53.2%, +27.9 points above that line.

In the area at large, census data for Santa Barbara County shows median household earnings sit near $98,161, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Franklin Elementary is one of 129 public schools in Santa Barbara County (combined enrollment of about 66,191 students).

Nearest neighbor: Adelante Charter, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Franklin Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 46.4%.

Franklin Elementary operates from a high-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Franklin Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 23% since 2018, when it stood at 554 (now 424). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 27.7:1 in 2018 to 17.0:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Franklin Elementary typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.