Franklin Elementary School

Franklin Elementary School is a cozy K-5 school in Mattoon, Illinois, run under Mattoon CUSD 2. The school hosts 243 students in grade pre-K. That puts it 36% smaller than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Franklin Elementary School is one of 5 schools operated by Mattoon CUSD 2, a district that enrolls 2,983 students overall.

Demographically, Franklin Elementary School shows that the largest single group is White, at 75% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 10% multiracial, 8% Black, 6% Hispanic. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 90%.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Franklin Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Coles County indicate median household earnings sit near $56,478, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Franklin Elementary School is one of 23 public schools in Coles County (combined enrollment of about 5,973 students).

The closest other public school is Mattoon Middle School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Franklin Elementary School.

The school occupies a small-town site.

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