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Enrollment
441
Elementary
DISTRICT 417 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VIGO COUNTY SCHOOL CORP·NCES 181209001894
Benjamin Franklin Elem School
1600 Dr Iverson C Bell Ln, Terre Haute, IN 47807 · (812) 462-4441 · Vigo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL441 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 24% of Indiana public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 Indiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
423 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 | 89 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is 41% larger than its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 57% · 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
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
14.4%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
9.4%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 14 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
Source: ILEARN. 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
12.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
7.7%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 8% typical for Indiana 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 Indiana'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 Benjamin Franklin Elem School
Benjamin Franklin Elem School's state test result (12.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Franklin Elem School this school | 441 | 95.9% | 12.2% |
| South View Elementary School Muncie | 470 | 90.0% | 12.1% |
| Davis Park Elementary School Terre Haute | 325 | 91.1% | 20.5% |
| Farrington Grove Elementary School Terre Haute | 380 | 89.7% | 13.7% |
| Elwood Haynes Elementary School Kokomo | 334 | 86.8% | 15.9% |
| Blanche E Fuqua Elementary School Terre Haute | 354 | 83.3% | 26.3% |
Matched among Indiana 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 Benjamin Franklin Elem School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Vigo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.2% | #932 of 983 | #15 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.4% | #959 of 986 | #15 of 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 14.4% | #912 of 986 | #14 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 441 | #508 of 1,079 | #5 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #267 of 991 | #9 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.0% | #277 of 996 | #1 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.9% | #7 of 1,058 | #1 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +51.0% | #26 of 353 | #1 of 8 |
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
441
+110 (+33%) vs 2020
+102% since 1990-91, when it was 218
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 441 | 32 | 13.8:1 | 96% (423) |
| 2023-24 | 409 | 35.5 | 11.5:1 | 96% (394) |
| 2022-23 | 443 | 31.5 | 14.1:1 | 95% (420) |
| 2020-21 | 331 | 26 | 12.7:1 | 92% (305) |
| 2017-18 | 292 | 19 | 15.4:1 | 91% (266) |
| 2015-16 | 384 | 19 | 20.2:1 | 94% (360) |
| 2010-11 | 364 | 18 | 20.2:1 | 90% (329) |
| 2000-01 | 227 | 15 | 15.1:1 | 95% (216) |
| 1990-91 | 218 | 13 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Benjamin Franklin Elem School.
About Benjamin Franklin Elem School
The public elementary school Benjamin Franklin Elem School is located in Terre Haute, Indiana. The school enrolls 441 students in pre-K through 5.
Vigo County School Corp counts 26 schools and 13,277 students, including Benjamin Franklin Elem School.
The student body at Benjamin Franklin Elem School is 58% White. It is also 17% multiracial, 15% Black, and 8% Hispanic. Vigo County's residents are about 85% White, 26 points above the school's share. A diversity index of 60% means there is a 60% chance two randomly chosen students at Benjamin Franklin Elem School are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 13.8:1. The school has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Indiana is 15.5:1. In all, 96% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Vigo County averages 62%, lower than here.
Benjamin Franklin Elem School earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 24% of Indiana public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Benjamin Franklin Elem School is +4.5 points: 12.2% actual, 7.7% predicted.
The county, Vigo County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $52,976, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 14%. The county's public schools total 28, with about 13,416 students.
About 0.6 miles separate Benjamin Franklin Elem School from the closest public school, Deming Early Learning Center. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Benjamin Franklin Elem School places 6th out of 6 schools in its immediate area.
Locale data from NCES put Benjamin Franklin Elem School inside a principal city with a population under 100,000 (City: Small).
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 441, from 331 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher increased from 12.7 to 13.8 over 4 years.
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Vigo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
106,109
Census ACS
Median income
$52,976
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
13,416 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Vigo County School Corp
- Terre Haute South Vigo High SchoolHigh · 1,544 students
- Terre Haute North Vigo High SchoolHigh · 1,486 students
- Woodrow Wilson Middle SchoolMiddle · 686 students
- Lost Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 672 students
- Otter Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 670 students
- Honey Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 666 students
Other schools in Terre Haute
- Terre Haute South Vigo High SchoolHigh · 1,544 students
- Terre Haute North Vigo High SchoolHigh · 1,486 students
- Woodrow Wilson Middle SchoolMiddle · 686 students
- Lost Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 672 students
- Otter Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 670 students
- Honey Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 666 students
Other Benjamin Franklin Elementary schools
13 other US public schools in 7 states are named Benjamin Franklin Elementary. Benjamin Franklin Elem School is the 9th largest of the 14.
- Benjamin Franklin ElementaryRiverside, CA · 767 students
- Benjamin Franklin ElementaryCorona, CA · 673 students
- Benjamin Franklin ElementaryLa Quinta, CA · 627 students
- Benjamin Franklin Elementary SchoolEDISON, NJ · 619 students
- Benjamin Franklin ElementaryGlendale, CA · 608 students
Nearby schools
- Deming Early Learning Center0.6 mi · 306
- Davis Park Elementary School0.8 mi · 325
- Woodrow Wilson Middle School1.0 mi · 686
- Excel Center of West Central Indiana1.1 mi · 139
- Ouabache Elementary School1.6 mi · 366
- Adelaide De Vaney Elementary Sch1.7 mi · 440
Frequently asked questions
About Benjamin Franklin Elem SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Benjamin Franklin Elem School?
Benjamin Franklin Elem School enrolls approximately 441 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Benjamin Franklin Elem School serve?
Benjamin Franklin Elem School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Benjamin Franklin Elem School?
Approximately 13.8:1 students per teacher at Benjamin Franklin Elem School.
What is the student diversity at Benjamin Franklin Elem School?
Student demographics at Benjamin Franklin Elem School are roughly 58% White, 8% Hispanic, 15% Black, 17% Two or more.
What district is Benjamin Franklin Elem School in?
Benjamin Franklin Elem School is part of Vigo County School Corp.
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