Enrollment
295
Elementary
DISTRICT 337 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MUSCATINE COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 192013001184
Franklin Elementary School
210 Taylor St, Muscatine, IA 52761 · (563) 263-5040 · Muscatine County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL295 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 38% of Iowa public elementary schools
- C-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
10.3:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
198 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 | 53 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 36 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 27 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 28 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 89% larger than its 6th grade class (28).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
Based on grade levels within Muscatine Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
72.5%
IA avg 73.6% . +18.5pp since 2023
Math
75.8%
IA avg 70.9% . +21.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 19 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 21 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.5% | 75.8% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 54.8% |
% 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
62.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.4%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 (62.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Elementary School this school | 295 | 67.1% | 62.6% |
| Rock Valley Elementary School Rock Valley | 370 | 68.6% | 77.1% |
| South Side Elementary School Hampton | 303 | 60.4% | 67.9% |
| Hawarden Elementary School Hawarden | 193 | 63.7% | 73.2% |
| Eagle Grove Elementary Eagle Grove | 435 | 59.8% | 62.2% |
| Jefferson Elementary School Muscatine | 441 | 68.0% | 55.1% |
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 Muscatine County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.6% | #439 of 564 | #4 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.8% | #291 of 564 ▲ 203 | #1 of 8 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.5% | #286 of 564 ▲ 181 | #2 of 8 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 295 | #386 of 705 | #7 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #14 of 561 | #1 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.9% | #147 of 561 | #4 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.1% | #88 of 666 | #2 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.3% | #167 of 168 | 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
295
+37 (+14%) vs 2020
+31% since 1990-91, when it was 225
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 9.9:1
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 | 295 | 28.6 | 10.3:1 | 67% (198) |
| 2023-24 | 288 | 26.6 | 10.8:1 | 70% (201) |
| 2022-23 | 265 | 23.7 | 11.2:1 | 72% (191) |
| 2020-21 | 258 | 26 | 9.9:1 | 64% (166) |
| 2017-18 | 294 | 26.2 | 11.2:1 | 88% (258) |
| 2015-16 | 292 | 21 | 13.9:1 | 83% (243) |
| 2010-11 | 261 | 19 | 13.7:1 | 76% (198) |
| 2000-01 | 173 | 13 | 13.3:1 | 61% (105) |
| 1990-91 | 225 | 12 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Franklin Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (294 to 295); teachers up 9% (26.2 to 28.6).
About Franklin Elementary School
Students in Muscatine, Iowa, attend Franklin Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. It offers kindergarten through 6 and has 295 students enrolled.
Franklin Elementary School falls under Muscatine Comm School District, which has 9 schools enrolling 4,280 students.
The largest group at Franklin Elementary School is Hispanic students, at 46%. Smaller groups are 44% White, 5% multiracial, and 4% Black. For comparison, the population of Muscatine County is roughly 19% Hispanic. The diversity index for Franklin Elementary School is 59%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Franklin Elementary School reported 28.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 10.3:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Iowa is 13.7:1. There are 198 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 67% of enrollment. The rate at public schools in Muscatine County averages 47%, lower than here.
Franklin Elementary School holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 38% of Iowa public elementary schools.
Franklin Elementary School is 4.2 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (62.6% versus 58.4%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Iowa.
Census data for Muscatine County show the median household earns about $69,396 a year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Counting Franklin Elementary School, Muscatine County has 15 public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Susan Clark Junior High, is about 1.1 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, Franklin Elementary School is 5th among 8 schools close by.
The NCES locale for Franklin Elementary School is Town: Distant, which covers schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment increased 14% over 4 years, reaching 295 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at Franklin Elementary School. You can also rate the school on this page.
Muscatine County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
42,559
Census ACS
Median income
$69,396
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
6,527 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Muscatine Comm School District
- Muscatine High SchoolHigh · 1,380 students
- Susan Clark Junior HighMiddle · 544 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolElementary · 441 students
- McKinley Elementary SchoolElementary · 394 students
- Madison Elementary SchoolElementary · 372 students
- Grant Elementary SchoolElementary · 300 students
Other schools in Muscatine
- Muscatine High SchoolHigh · 1,380 students
- Susan Clark Junior HighMiddle · 544 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolElementary · 441 students
- McKinley Elementary SchoolElementary · 394 students
- Madison Elementary SchoolElementary · 372 students
- Grant Elementary SchoolElementary · 300 students
Other Franklin Elementary schools
74 other US public schools in 22 states are named Franklin Elementary. Franklin Elementary School is the 52nd 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 SchoolLe Mars, IA · 261 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolKEARNY, NJ · 950 students
Nearby schools
- Susan Clark Junior High1.1 mi · 544
- McKinley Elementary School1.1 mi · 394
- Jefferson Elementary School1.3 mi · 441
- Muscatine High School1.8 mi · 1,380
- Grant Elementary School1.9 mi · 300
- Mulberry Elementary School2.2 mi · 293
Frequently asked questions
About Franklin Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Franklin Elementary School?
Franklin Elementary School enrolls approximately 295 students in grades KG-06.
Is Franklin Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Franklin Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Franklin Elementary School have?
Franklin Elementary School employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Franklin Elementary School?
Student demographics at Franklin Elementary School are roughly 44% White, 46% Hispanic, 4% Black, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Franklin Elementary School?
Franklin Elementary School is overseen by Muscatine Comm School District in Muscatine County.
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