Enrollment
172
Elementary
DISTRICT 289 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BELLEVILLE SD 118·NCES 170561000234
Franklin Elementary School
301 N 2nd St, Belleville, IL 62220 · (618) 233-2413 · St. Clair County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL172 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 28% of Illinois public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
141 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 56%
Community
0
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 | 21 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 27 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 25 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 24 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 22 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 26 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 27 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (21) is 22% smaller than its 6th grade class (27).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 69% · 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
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
35.8%
IL avg 51.0% . +19.5pp since 2023
Math
18.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +7.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 19 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.8% | 18.3% |
| 2023-24 | 16.3% | 10.5% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. 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
24.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% typical for Illinois 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 Illinois'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 School
Franklin Elementary School's state test result (24.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Elementary School this school | 172 | 82.0% | 24.2% |
| Southern View Elementary School Springfield | 171 | 76.0% | 18.5% |
| Henry Raab Elementary School Belleville | 154 | 77.3% | 48.5% |
| McClernand Elementary School Springfield | 213 | 80.3% | 16.9% |
| Black Hawk Elementary School Springfield | 234 | 78.2% | 24.3% |
| Edison Elementary School Danville | 233 | 88.8% | 21.2% |
Matched among Illinois 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 School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In St. Clair County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.2% | #1,469 of 1,925 | #36 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.3% | #1,649 of 2,077 ▼ 60 | #34 of 43 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.8% | #1,486 of 2,077 ▲ 211 | #33 of 43 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 172 | #2,138 of 2,419 | #47 of 50 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.0% | #472 of 2,132 | #15 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
172
+10 (+6%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 223
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 | 172 | 18.3 | 9.4:1 | 82% (141) |
| 2023-24 | 152 | 17.7 | 8.6:1 | 87% (132) |
| 2022-23 | 145 | 19.9 | 7.3:1 | 89% (129) |
| 2020-21 | 162 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 149 | 11 | 13.6:1 | 89% (132) |
| 2015-16 | 173 | 13 | 13.3:1 | 81% (140) |
| 2010-11 | 220 | 12 | 18.3:1 | 77% (170) |
| 2000-01 | 136 | 8 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 223 | 11 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Franklin Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (149 to 172); teachers up 66% (11 to 18.3).
About Franklin Elementary School
Located in Belleville, Illinois, Franklin Elementary School is a small elementary school. Students in kindergarten through 6 attend, and enrollment is 172 students. The typical figure for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381 students.
The 11 schools of Belleville SD 118, including Franklin Elementary School, enroll 3,275 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Franklin Elementary School. The largest is Black students, at 47%. The remaining students are 25% White, 16% Hispanic, and 12% multiracial. Census figures show St. Clair County is about 28% Black. Franklin Elementary School's diversity index is 68%, against a US figure of 70%.
The teaching staff at Franklin Elementary School is 18.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 9.4:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. About 82% of students, or 141, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 54% average among public schools in St. Clair County.
Measured against Illinois public elementary schools, Franklin Elementary School receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Franklin Elementary School scores 24.2% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 24.2%.
Within St. Clair County, the median household income is $73,854, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. In all, St. Clair County has 96 public schools and roughly 40,879 students.
The closest public school, Washington School, is about 0.7 miles from Franklin Elementary School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Franklin Elementary School ranks 8th on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Franklin Elementary School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has grown by 10 students since 2020-21, to 172.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
St. Clair County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
253,694
Census ACS
Median income
$73,854
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
96
40,879 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Belleville SD 118
- Abraham Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 542 students
- Union Elementary SchoolElementary · 432 students
- West Jr High SchoolMiddle · 364 students
- Westhaven ElementaryElementary · 313 students
- Central Jr High SchoolMiddle · 308 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolElementary · 293 students
Other schools in Belleville
- Belleville High School-EastHigh · 2,600 students
- Belleville High School-WestHigh · 2,118 students
- Belle Valley SchoolElementary · 997 students
- Whiteside Elementary SchoolElementary · 680 students
- Abraham Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 542 students
- Whiteside Middle SchoolMiddle · 475 students
Other Franklin Elementary schools
74 other US public schools in 22 states are named Franklin Elementary. Franklin Elementary School is the 72nd largest of the 75.
- Franklin Elementary SchoolPark Ridge, IL · 535 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolSterling, IL · 407 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolDolton, IL · 259 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolMattoon, IL · 243 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolMetropolis, IL · 155 students
Nearby schools
- Washington School0.7 mi · 192
- Henry Raab Elementary School0.8 mi · 154
- Roosevelt Elementary School0.9 mi · 272
- Jefferson Elementary School1.1 mi · 293
- High Mount Elementary School1.1 mi · 325
- Douglas Elementary School1.2 mi · 233
Frequently asked questions
About Franklin Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Franklin Elementary School?
Franklin Elementary School enrolls approximately 172 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Franklin Elementary School serve?
Franklin Elementary School serves grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Franklin Elementary School have?
Franklin Elementary School employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Franklin Elementary School?
Student demographics at Franklin Elementary School are roughly 25% White, 16% Hispanic, 47% Black, 12% Two or more.
What district is Franklin Elementary School in?
Franklin Elementary School is part of Belleville SD 118.
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