Benjamin Franklin Elementary Sch

Located at 2600 Wabash Avenue, in Vincennes, Indiana, Benjamin Franklin Elementary Sch is a moderately sized elementary-level community that caters to 413 students (grades K through 5), operated by Vincennes Community School Corp.

Benjamin Franklin Elementary Sch is one of 7 schools operated by Vincennes Community School Corp, a district that caters to 2,708 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Benjamin Franklin Elementary Sch logs that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 4% multiracial, 3% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Benjamin Franklin Elementary Sch has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.7:1. The state averages about 15.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 46% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Benjamin Franklin Elementary Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.3%; this one delivers 42.9%.

In the broader community, census data for Knox County shows median household earnings sit near $61,237, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Knox County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,081 students), of which Benjamin Franklin Elementary Sch is one.

The closest other public school is Washington Learning Academy, roughly 0.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Benjamin Franklin Elementary Sch comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 30.2%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Five-year trend. Benjamin Franklin Elementary Sch's enrollment has contracted 19% since 2018, when it stood at 509 (now 413). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 today.

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