Franklin Elementary School

Franklin Elementary School is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Mattoon, Illinois. In all, 243 students attend the school in pre-K. That is 36% below the average of about 381 students for elementary schools in Illinois.

Mattoon CUSD 2 has 2,983 students spread across 5 schools.

The share of White students at Franklin Elementary School is 75%, a majority. After that, the student body is 10% multiracial, 8% Black, and 6% Hispanic. Census figures show Coles County is about 90% White. A diversity index of 42% means there is a 42% chance two randomly chosen students at Franklin Elementary School are from different groups.

The student-to-teacher ratio is 21.1:1. The school has 11.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois is 7.2 students per teacher.

In Coles County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $56,478, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 27%, and about 12% of people live in poverty. There are 23 public schools in the county, enrolling about 5,973, Franklin Elementary School among them.

A public school about 0.1 miles away, Mattoon Middle School, is the closest to Franklin Elementary School. Franklin Elementary School has 4 other public schools within five miles.

Franklin Elementary School falls in the Town: Distant locale category, used for schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.

Reported enrollment: 162 (2020-21) and 243 (2024-25). These figures may describe different sets of grades.

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