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What's one thing Franklin Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
597
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANTA MONICA-MALIBU UNIFIED·NCES 063570006090
Franklin Elementary
2400 Montana Ave., Santa Monica, CA 90403 · (310) 828-2814 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL597 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 91% of California public elementary schools
- A+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.
- C-Three-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
19.7:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.3:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
78 students
DISTRICT 31% · 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 | 133 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 103 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (133) is 29% larger than its 5th grade class (103).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
85.3%
CA avg 49.1% . -3.7pp since 2014
Math
81.8%
CA avg 37.7% . -4.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 63.3% | 22.0% | 8.7% | 5.9% |
| Math | 52.3% | 29.5% | 12.6% | 5.6% |
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 | 85.3% | 81.8% |
| 2023-24 | 84.6% | 83.4% |
| 2022-23 | 84.4% | 84.8% |
| 2021-22 | 86.3% | 86.0% |
| 2018-19 | 90.0% | 88.2% |
| 2017-18 | 87.5% | 83.6% |
| 2016-17 | 88.6% | 87.1% |
| 2015-16 | 92.0% | 85.0% |
| 2014-15 | 89.0% | 86.0% |
% 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
83.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 84% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 (83.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Elementary this school | 597 | 13.1% | 83.6% |
| Oakhills Elementary Granite Bay | 554 | 9.9% | 79.0% |
| Lakeview Elementary El Dorado Hills | 527 | 10.2% | 74.8% |
| Charter Montessori Valley View Campus El Dorado Hills | 692 | 14.5% | 69.7% |
| Warner Avenue Elementary Los Angeles | 545 | 12.8% | 82.2% |
| Brookside Elementary Oak Park | 556 | 8.3% | 77.4% |
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 Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 83.6% | #110 of 5,151 | #25 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.8% | #178 of 5,172 ▼ 52 | #37 of 1,129 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.3% | #98 of 5,172 ▼ 3 | #25 of 1,129 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.6pp | #1,066 of 5,116 | #168 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 597 | #1,433 of 5,915 | #279 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.7:1 | #788 of 5,352 | #241 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.7% | #2,058 of 5,354 | #316 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.1% | #5,391 of 5,625 | #1,249 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.7% | #1,020 of 3,837 | #384 of 947 |
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
597
-67 (-10%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 772
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
was 22.1:1
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 | 597 | 30.4 | 19.7:1 | 13% (78) |
| 2023-24 | 612 | 29 | 21.1:1 | 9% (54) |
| 2022-23 | 611 | 27.4 | 22.3:1 | 8% (48) |
| 2020-21 | 664 | 30 | 22.1:1 | 6% (38) |
| 2017-18 | 782 | 33 | 23.7:1 | 6% (50) |
| 2015-16 | 831 | 34 | 24.4:1 | 6% (48) |
| 2010-11 | 772 | N/A | N/A | 4% (31) |
| 2000-01 | 830 | 38 | 21.8:1 | 6% (53) |
| 1990-91 | 772 | 31 | 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 down 24% (782 to 597); teachers down 8% (33 to 30.4).
About Franklin Elementary
Franklin Elementary sits in Santa Monica, California, and is classified as an elementary school. There are 597 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 5. That puts enrollment 28% bigger than the 465-student average for elementary schools in California.
Santa Monica-Malibu Unified serves 8,616 students across 15 schools.
White students are 61% of those enrolled at Franklin Elementary. Next come 16% Asian, 12% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 3% Black. That compares with about 31% White among all Los Angeles County residents. A diversity index of 58% means there is a 58% chance two randomly chosen students at Franklin Elementary are from different groups.
There are about 19.7 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Franklin Elementary, which has 30.4. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Franklin Elementary is about 13%. The 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County is 57 points higher.
Among California public elementary schools, Franklin Elementary outscored 91%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
Franklin Elementary is 11.7 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (83.6% versus 71.9%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in California.
In Los Angeles County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $90,112, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. There are 2,244 public schools in the county, enrolling about 1,265,907, Franklin Elementary among them.
Franklin Elementary is about 0.7 miles from McKinley Elementary, its nearest public school. Franklin Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Franklin Elementary ranks 1st of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 83.6% against a local average of 62.8%.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Small.
Enrollment was 597 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 664. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 22.1:1 to 19.7:1.
Anyone can start a thread about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Franklin Elementary. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Santa Monica-Malibu Unified
- Santa Monica HighHigh · 2,588 students
- Lincoln MiddleMiddle · 914 students
- John Adams MiddleMiddle · 806 students
- Grant ElementaryElementary · 562 students
- Roosevelt ElementaryElementary · 552 students
- Will Rogers ElementaryElementary · 522 students
Other schools in Santa Monica
- Santa Monica HighHigh · 2,588 students
- Lincoln MiddleMiddle · 914 students
- John Adams MiddleMiddle · 806 students
- Grant ElementaryElementary · 562 students
- Roosevelt ElementaryElementary · 552 students
- Will Rogers ElementaryElementary · 522 students
Other Franklin Elementary schools
74 other US public schools in 22 states are named Franklin Elementary. Franklin Elementary is the 12th 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 ElementarySan Jose, CA · 525 students
Nearby schools
- McKinley Elementary0.7 mi · 362
- Lincoln Middle0.8 mi · 914
- Brentwood Science1.0 mi · 224
- Roosevelt Elementary1.2 mi · 552
- Paul Revere Charter Middle1.3 mi · 1,715
- Brockton Avenue Elementary1.3 mi · 189
Frequently asked questions
About Franklin ElementaryHow many students attend Franklin Elementary?
Franklin Elementary enrolls approximately 597 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Franklin Elementary serve?
Franklin Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Franklin Elementary?
Approximately 19.7:1 students per teacher at Franklin Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Franklin Elementary?
At Franklin Elementary, the student body is approximately 61% White, 12% Hispanic, 3% Black, 16% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Franklin Elementary in?
Franklin Elementary is part of Santa Monica-Malibu Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.