Enrollment
261
Elementary
DISTRICT 323 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LE MARS COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191653000985
Franklin Elementary School
400 3rd Ave SE, Le Mars, IA 51031 · (712) 546-4185 · Plymouth County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL261 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 74% of Iowa public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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 Iowa public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
96 students
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 | 38 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (38) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 48% · 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
Franklin Elementary School→Le Mars Middle School
Based on grade levels within Le Mars Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
82.0%
IA avg 73.6% . +5.9pp since 2023
Math
84.9%
IA avg 70.9% . +2.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.0% | 84.9% |
| 2023-24 | 76.1% | 82.7% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. 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
78.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.5%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% typical for Iowa 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 Iowa'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 Franklin Elementary School
Franklin Elementary School's state test result (78.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Elementary School this school | 261 | 36.8% | 78.4% |
| Sunnyside Elementary School Sioux City | 244 | 34.8% | 85.9% |
| Mulberry Elementary School Muscatine | 293 | 31.7% | 73.6% |
| Northwest Elementary School Ankeny | 346 | 37.3% | 70.2% |
| Eisenhower Elementary School Ottumwa | 248 | 29.4% | 74.4% |
| Jefferson Elementary School Des Moines | 312 | 41.3% | 70.7% |
Matched among Iowa 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 Franklin Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Plymouth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.4% | #161 of 564 | #5 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.9% | #123 of 564 ▲ 23 | #4 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #118 of 564 ▲ 57 | #5 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 261 | #454 of 705 | #4 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #400 of 561 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.0% | #208 of 561 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.8% | #407 of 666 | #2 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.7% | #313 of 359 | N/A |
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
261
-12 (-4%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 260
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 261 | 18.1 | 14.4:1 | 37% (96) |
| 2023-24 | 273 | 18.1 | 15.1:1 | 40% (108) |
| 2022-23 | 282 | 20 | 14.1:1 | 36% (101) |
| 2020-21 | 273 | 18 | 15.2:1 | 33% (89) |
| 2017-18 | 271 | 18 | 15.1:1 | 34% (93) |
| 2015-16 | 278 | 17 | 16.4:1 | 37% (103) |
| 2010-11 | 263 | 17 | 15.5:1 | 28% (73) |
| 2000-01 | 287 | 15 | 19.1:1 | 24% (70) |
| 1990-91 | 260 | 12 | 21.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Franklin Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (271 to 261); teachers up 1% (18 to 18.1).
About Franklin Elementary School
Franklin Elementary School is a public elementary school run by Le Mars Comm School District in Le Mars, Iowa. The school counted 261 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 5.
Le Mars Comm School District is the district for Franklin Elementary School. It has 6 schools and 2,157 students.
The largest group at Franklin Elementary School is White students, at 68%. Enrollment also includes 12% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 5% Black, and 4% Pacific Islander. Among people living in Plymouth County, the White share is about 89%. The diversity index for Franklin Elementary School is 51%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are about 14.4 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Franklin Elementary School, which has 18.1. That is in line with the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Iowa. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Franklin Elementary School is about 37%.
Franklin Elementary School holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 74% of Iowa public elementary schools.
A school with Franklin Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Iowa is predicted to score 73.5%. Franklin Elementary School scores 78.4%, 4.8 points above that line.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Plymouth County show that the median household earns about $83,251 a year, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Across Plymouth County, 16 public schools serve about 4,219 students.
A public school about 0.6 miles away, Le Mars High School, is the closest to Franklin Elementary School. Franklin Elementary School has 5 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 77.2%, lower than Franklin Elementary School's 78.4%.
In the federal locale system, Franklin Elementary School is coded Town: Distant, for schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 4%, from 273 to 261.
The allk12 page for Franklin Elementary School lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Plymouth County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
25,747
Census ACS
Median income
$83,251
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
4,219 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Le Mars Comm School District
- Le Mars High SchoolHigh · 662 students
- Le Mars Middle SchoolMiddle · 487 students
- Kluckhohn Elementary SchoolElementary · 407 students
- Clark Elementary SchoolElementary · 301 students
- Individualized Learning CenterHigh · 39 students
Other schools in Le Mars
- Le Mars High SchoolHigh · 662 students
- Le Mars Middle SchoolMiddle · 487 students
- Kluckhohn Elementary SchoolElementary · 407 students
- Clark Elementary SchoolElementary · 301 students
- Individualized Learning CenterHigh · 39 students
Other Franklin Elementary schools
74 other US public schools in 22 states are named Franklin Elementary. Franklin Elementary School is the 58th largest of the 75.
- Franklin Elementary SchoolCouncil Bluffs, IA · 421 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolMarshalltown, IA · 358 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolBoone, IA · 329 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolMuscatine, IA · 295 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolKEARNY, NJ · 950 students
Nearby schools
- Le Mars High School0.6 mi · 662
- Clark Elementary School0.7 mi · 301
- Le Mars Middle School0.7 mi · 487
- Kluckhohn Elementary School0.8 mi · 407
- Individualized Learning Center1.1 mi · 39
- Remsen-Union Elementary School10.1 mi · 123
Frequently asked questions
About Franklin Elementary SchoolHow large is Franklin Elementary School?
Franklin Elementary School enrolls approximately 261 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Franklin Elementary School serve?
Franklin Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Franklin Elementary School?
Approximately 14.4:1 students per teacher at Franklin Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Franklin Elementary School?
At Franklin Elementary School, the student body is approximately 68% White, 12% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Franklin Elementary School public or private?
Franklin Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Le Mars Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.