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What tradition at Franklinton Elementary School should never be changed?
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Enrollment
389
Middle
DISTRICT 351 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WASHINGTON PARISH·NCES 220186001421
Franklinton Elementary School
345 Jaguar Drive, Franklinton, LA 70438 · (985) 839-3580 · Washington Parish
GRADES 04–06MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL389 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 27% of Louisiana public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Louisiana public middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
286 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 70%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 144 | 37% |
| Grade 5 | 125 | 32% |
| Grade 6 | 120 | 31% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 65% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Washington Parish. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
34.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -4.0pp since 2022
Math
24.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +6.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 6 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 34.0% | 24.0% |
| 2024-25 | 35.0% | 22.0% |
| 2023-24 | 34.0% | 21.0% |
| 2022-23 | 38.0% | 18.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. 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
24.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.4%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% typical for Louisiana 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 Louisiana'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 Franklinton Elementary School
Franklinton Elementary School's state test result (24.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklinton Elementary School this school | 389 | 73.5% | 24.8% |
| Franklinton Junior High School Franklinton | 312 | 74.7% | 32.8% |
| Vernon Middle School Leesville | 372 | 71.8% | 27.8% |
| Many Junior High School Many | 361 | 70.6% | 28.7% |
| Raceland Middle School Raceland | 289 | 75.8% | 33.7% |
| Oakdale Middle School Oakdale | 340 | 75.6% | 23.0% |
Matched among Louisiana middle 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 Franklinton Elementary School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.8% | #138 of 213 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #128 of 210 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #142 of 213 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.0pp | #117 of 197 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 389 | #111 of 220 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #113 of 195 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.5% | #67 of 195 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.5% | #95 of 214 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.0% | #70 of 162 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
389
-11 (-3%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 475
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 19.1:1
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 | 389 | 28 | 13.9:1 | 74% (286) |
| 2023-24 | 385 | 29.3 | 13.1:1 | 62% (237) |
| 2022-23 | 405 | 22.5 | 18.0:1 | 63% (255) |
| 2020-21 | 400 | 21 | 19.1:1 | 59% (236) |
| 2017-18 | 480 | 24 | 20.0:1 | 74% (353) |
| 2015-16 | 492 | 32 | 15.4:1 | 85% (416) |
| 2010-11 | 534 | 31 | 17.2:1 | 84% (448) |
| 2000-01 | 432 | 26 | 16.6:1 | 81% (350) |
| 1990-91 | 475 | 26 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Franklinton Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (480 to 389); teachers up 17% (24 to 28).
About Franklinton Elementary School
Franklinton Elementary School, located in Franklinton, Louisiana, is a mid-sized middle-grades school. The school runs grades 4 through 6 and enrolls 389 students.
Franklinton Elementary School is run by Washington Parish, whose 10 schools enroll 4,523 students.
More than half of the students at Franklinton Elementary School are White (53%). The remaining shares are 33% Black, 8% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Washington Parish's population at about 63%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Franklinton Elementary School scores 60%.
Staffing at Franklinton Elementary School comes to 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 13.9:1. The school's 13.9:1 compares with an average of 41.0:1 for middle schools in Louisiana. On the income side, 74% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Washington Parish average a similar 76%.
On the allk12 Grade, Franklinton Elementary School lands at C, ahead of 27% of Louisiana public middle schools.
Schools in Louisiana with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 31.4%. Franklinton Elementary School scores 24.8%.
In Washington Parish, home to about 45,120 people, the median household earns about $45,380 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 13% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 19%. Franklinton Elementary School shares Washington Parish with 13 other public schools.
A public school about 0.4 miles away, Franklinton High School, is the closest to Franklinton Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 3 other public schools. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Franklinton Elementary School ranks 6th on proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Franklinton Elementary School as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 11 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The ratio was 19.1:1 in 2020-21 and 13.9:1 in 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Washington Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
45,120
Census ACS
Median income
$45,380
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
13%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
6,326 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Washington Parish
- Pine SchoolHigh · 738 students
- Thomas Elementary SchoolElementary · 721 students
- Franklinton High SchoolHigh · 649 students
- Franklinton Primary SchoolElementary · 567 students
- Mt. Hermon SchoolCombined · 373 students
- Franklinton Junior High SchoolMiddle · 312 students
Other schools in Franklinton
- Pine SchoolHigh · 738 students
- Thomas Elementary SchoolElementary · 721 students
- Franklinton High SchoolHigh · 649 students
- Franklinton Primary SchoolElementary · 567 students
- Franklinton Junior High SchoolMiddle · 312 students
- Enon Elementary SchoolElementary · 263 students
Other Franklinton Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Franklinton Elementary. Franklinton Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Franklinton ElementaryFranklinton, NC · 470 students
Nearby schools
- Franklinton High School0.4 mi · 649
- Franklinton Primary School1.3 mi · 567
- Franklinton Junior High School2.0 mi · 312
- Pine School8.1 mi · 738
- Enon Elementary School9.0 mi · 263
- Thomas Elementary School9.6 mi · 721
Frequently asked questions
About Franklinton Elementary SchoolHow large is Franklinton Elementary School?
Franklinton Elementary School enrolls approximately 389 students in grades 04-06.
What grades does Franklinton Elementary School serve?
Franklinton Elementary School serves grades 04-06.
How many teachers does Franklinton Elementary School have?
Franklinton Elementary School employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Franklinton Elementary School?
Student demographics at Franklinton Elementary School are roughly 53% White, 8% Hispanic, 33% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Franklinton Elementary School in?
Franklinton Elementary School is part of Washington Parish.
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