Benjamin Franklin Elem School

Benjamin Franklin Elem School operates as a low-enrollment elementary campus in Moline, Illinois, run under Moline-Coal Valley CUSD 40. Current enrollment sits at 290 students spanning grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 24% leaner than the state mean of about 381.

Moline-Coal Valley CUSD 40 runs 14 schools in total, collectively educating 7,257 students. Benjamin Franklin Elem School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Benjamin Franklin Elem School logs that 47% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 30% Hispanic, 16% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Rock Island County as a whole is about 72% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Benjamin Franklin Elem School logs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 57% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Rock Island County runs at roughly 65%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Benjamin Franklin Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.9%, the actual is 39.7%, a residual of +0.8 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Rock Island County put the typical household earns roughly $67,159 per year, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Rock Island County's 57 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,921 students), Benjamin Franklin Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Woodrow Wilson Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Benjamin Franklin Elem School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 25.0%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Benjamin Franklin Elem School has climbed 9%, going from 267 students in 2018 to 290 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 57% to 47%.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.