Needham Elementary School

As a tight-knit primary school in Franklin, Indiana, Needham Elementary School works with 347 students from grades pre-K through 4, run under Franklin Community School Corp. Compared to the state average of about 436 students per school, that is 20% leaner than typical.

Franklin Community School Corp comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 4,966 students; Needham Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, Needham Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (83%). The remainder breaks down as 8% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 2% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Johnson County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 47% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Needham Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 42.3%, the actual is 40.0%, a residual of -2.3 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Johnson County put the typical household earns roughly $90,454 per year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Needham Elementary School is one of 40 public schools in Johnson County (combined enrollment of about 28,824 students).

The closest other public school is Webb Elementary School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Needham Elementary School comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 45.5%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Needham Elementary School has contracted 16%, going from 412 students in 2018 to 347 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 19.9:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 today.

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