Franklin Square Elementary School

Franklin Square Elementary School operates as a medium-sized primary school in Jeffersonville, Indiana, part of Greater Clark County Schools. Current enrollment sits at 524 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 436 students per school, that is 20% larger than typical.

Greater Clark County Schools comprises 17 schools with combined enrollment of 10,643 students; Franklin Square Elementary School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Franklin Square Elementary School reports that the largest single group is White at 39%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder consists of 34% Black, 18% multiracial, 10% Hispanic. By comparison, Clark County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Franklin Square Elementary School reports 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.6:1. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 76% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Clark County's rate of about 50%.

With demographic context factored in, Franklin Square Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 21.5%; this one delivers 19.5%.

Zooming out to the county, Clark County reports that median household income runs about $74,214, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Clark County runs 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,765 students), of which Franklin Square Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Old Corden Porter School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Franklin Square Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Franklin Square Elementary School at 5th of 5; the average score across the group is 33.2%.

Franklin Square Elementary School operates from a bedroom-community location.

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