Ben Franklin Academy

Set in HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colorado, Ben Franklin Academy is a well-populated K-5 school, one of the schools within Douglas County School District No. Re 1. It educates 956 students across grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 379 students each, so Ben Franklin Academy sits 152% larger than that benchmark.

Douglas County School District No. Re 1 runs 89 schools in total, collectively educating 61,550 students. Ben Franklin Academy is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Ben Franklin Academy records that the largest single group is White, at 76% of enrollment; the rest looks like 12% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian. Compared to Douglas County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Ben Franklin Academy higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 8% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Douglas County runs at roughly 18%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Ben Franklin Academy sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.7%; this one delivers 63.5%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Douglas County indicate the typical household earns roughly $149,594 per year, about 62% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. Ben Franklin Academy is one of 92 public schools in Douglas County (combined enrollment of about 63,841 students).

Nearest neighbor: STEM School Highlands Ranch, around 1.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Ben Franklin Academy at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 61.4%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site. As a public charter, Ben Franklin Academy runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. Ben Franklin Academy's enrollment has increased 6% since 2018, when it stood at 903 (now 956).

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