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How has Frankton Elementary School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
803
Elementary
DISTRICT 739 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRANKTON-LAPEL COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 181288002049
Frankton Elementary School
1303 SR 128 W, Frankton, IN 46044 · (765) 754-7545 · Madison County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL803 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.3:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
451 students
DISTRICT 41% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 82 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 94 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 105 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 117 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 115 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 98 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 112 | 14% |
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Frankton Elementary School→Frankton Jr-Sr High School
Based on grade levels within Frankton-Lapel Community Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
32.6%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
39.3%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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
34.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.8%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 →
Where Frankton Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Madison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.8% | #620 of 983 | #6 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.3% | #609 of 986 | #6 of 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.6% | #625 of 986 | #7 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 803 | #30 of 1,079 | #3 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.5:1 | #944 of 991 | #14 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.6% | #764 of 996 | #12 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.2% | #458 of 1,058 | #8 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.5% | #279 of 597 | #6 of 11 |
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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
803
-18 (-2%) vs 2020
+126% since 1990-91, when it was 355
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
was 21.1:1
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 | 803 | 41.2 | 19.5:1 | 56% (451) |
| 2023-24 | 790 | 40.7 | 19.4:1 | 0% (3) |
| 2022-23 | 806 | 42.5 | 19.0:1 | 51% (411) |
| 2020-21 | 821 | 39 | 21.1:1 | 48% (396) |
| 2017-18 | 928 | 38 | 24.4:1 | 48% (445) |
| 2015-16 | 911 | 37 | 24.6:1 | 48% (433) |
| 2010-11 | 813 | 39 | 20.9:1 | 41% (335) |
| 2000-01 | 768 | 39 | 19.7:1 | 23% (176) |
| 1990-91 | 355 | 22 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Frankton Elementary School.
About Frankton Elementary School
Frankton Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school that serves part of Frankton, Indiana. Enrolled students number 803 students, in pre-K through 6. Enrollment is 84% higher than the average for elementary schools in Indiana, which is about 436.
District-wide, Frankton-Lapel Community Schools has 5 schools and 3,032 students.
Frankton Elementary School's enrollment is 89% White. The next largest groups are 5% multiracial and 4% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 20% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Frankton Elementary School employs 41.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 19.5:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana. Frankton Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 56%.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Frankton Elementary School is within a point of the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 34.8% actual, 35.8% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Indiana.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Madison County show that the median household income is $63,037, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Besides Frankton Elementary School, Madison County has 31 other public schools.
The closest public school to Frankton Elementary School is Frankton Jr-Sr High School, about 0.5 miles away. Frankton Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within ten miles. The school's 34.8% average proficiency ranks 2nd among 7 nearby schools.
Under the NCES locale system, Frankton Elementary School is Rural: Distant.
Enrollment at Frankton Elementary School was 821 in 2020-21 and 803 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. Students per teacher fell from 21.1 in 2020-21 to 19.5 in 2024-25.
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Madison County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
131,900
Census ACS
Median income
$63,037
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
32
18,227 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Frankton-Lapel Community Schools
- Frankton Jr-Sr High SchoolHigh · 757 students
- Lapel Elementary SchoolElementary · 675 students
- Lapel Sr High SchoolHigh · 462 students
- Lapel Middle SchoolMiddle · 335 students
Nearby schools
- Frankton Jr-Sr High School0.5 mi · 757
- Alexandria Monroe Elementary School5.0 mi · 754
- Alexandria-Monroe High School5.1 mi · 620
- Elwood Elementary School6.1 mi · 412
- Elwood Jr-Sr High School6.2 mi · 650
- Elwood Intermediate School6.3 mi · 400
Frequently asked questions
About Frankton Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Frankton Elementary School?
Frankton Elementary School enrolls approximately 803 students in grades PK-06.
Is Frankton Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Frankton Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Frankton Elementary School have?
Frankton Elementary School employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.5:1.
How diverse is Frankton Elementary School?
Frankton Elementary School reports a student body of 89% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Frankton Elementary School?
Frankton Elementary School is overseen by Frankton-Lapel Community Schools in Madison County.
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