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What advice would you give to incoming students at Franklin Elementary?
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Enrollment
392
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240012000388
Franklin Elementary
33 Cockeysmill Rd, Reisterstown, MD 21136 · (410) 887-1111 · Baltimore County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL392 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% of Maryland public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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 Maryland public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
157 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 54%
Community
1
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 | 30 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 73% · 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
Test scores
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)English Language Arts
58.7%
MD avg 50.6% . -15.2pp since 2023
Math
53.1%
MD avg 34.8% . -8.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are down about 15 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.7% | 53.1% |
| 2023-24 | 73.9% | 61.5% |
% Proficient (Levels 3-4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: MCAP. 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
61.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.5%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% typical for Maryland 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 Maryland'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
Franklin Elementary's state test result (61.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Elementary this school | 392 | 40.1% | 61.8% |
| Rosemary Hills Elementary Silver Spring | 499 | 40.5% | N/A |
| Chevy Chase Elementary Chevy Chase | 434 | 34.8% | 64.5% |
| Longfellow Elementary Columbia | 446 | 43.3% | 44.3% |
| Pot Spring Elementary Timonium | 434 | 44.9% | 65.7% |
| Jeffers Hill Elementary Columbia | 406 | 44.1% | 41.6% |
Matched among Maryland 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 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.8% | #197 of 853 | #24 of 109 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.1% | #259 of 853 ▼ 94 | #30 of 109 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.7% | #310 of 853 ▼ 218 | #37 of 109 ▼ 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 392 | #609 of 898 | #79 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #522 of 857 | #34 of 108 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.4% | #67 of 857 | #7 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.1% | #620 of 885 | #84 of 110 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.1% | #342 of 551 | #50 of 84 |
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
392
-8 (-2%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 494
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 392 | 26.9 | 14.6:1 | 40% (157) |
| 2023-24 | 392 | 27.3 | 14.4:1 | 36% (141) |
| 2022-23 | 409 | 27.3 | 15.0:1 | 44% (179) |
| 2020-21 | 400 | 28 | 14.3:1 | 29% (115) |
| 2017-18 | 436 | 29.5 | 14.8:1 | 20% (88) |
| 2015-16 | 491 | 28 | 17.5:1 | 25% (121) |
| 2010-11 | 514 | 32 | 16.1:1 | 17% (86) |
| 2000-01 | 519 | 28 | 18.5:1 | 8% (42) |
| 1990-91 | 494 | 24 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Franklin Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (436 to 392); teachers down 9% (29.5 to 26.9).
About Franklin Elementary
Franklin Elementary is a small elementary school in Reisterstown, Maryland. It educates 392 students in pre-K through 5.
Baltimore County Public Schools counts 110,872 students in its 177 schools, and Franklin Elementary is one of them.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Franklin Elementary is White (37%). Other students are 28% Black, 20% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 6% Asian. That is lower than the 53% White share among all Baltimore County residents. By the diversity index, Franklin Elementary comes in at 73%.
Franklin Elementary counts 26.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 14.6 students for each one. Among elementary schools in Maryland, the typical ratio is 13.8:1. About 40% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 53% for public schools in Baltimore County.
The allk12 Grade for Franklin Elementary is A-. Compared with Maryland public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 81% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Franklin Elementary would be expected to post about 50.5%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 61.8%.
County data help place the school in context: in Baltimore County, median household income is about $91,768, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Franklin Elementary is among the 180 public schools in Baltimore County.
The nearest public school is Franklin Middle, at about 0.2 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Franklin Elementary places 2nd of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Franklin Elementary enrolled 400; in 2024-25, 392.
Discussion on this page can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Baltimore County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
850,796
Census ACS
Median income
$91,768
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
180
110,872 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Baltimore County Public Schools
- Dundalk HighHigh · 2,087 students
- Perry Hall HighHigh · 2,012 students
- Woodlawn HighHigh · 1,922 students
- Kenwood HighHigh · 1,900 students
- Dulaney HighHigh · 1,889 students
- Parkville HighHigh · 1,877 students
Other schools in Reisterstown
- Franklin HighHigh · 1,481 students
- Franklin MiddleMiddle · 1,150 students
- Reisterstown ElementaryElementary · 518 students
- Cedarmere ElementaryElementary · 502 students
- Glyndon ElementaryElementary · 476 students
- Chatsworth SchoolElementary · 301 students
Other Franklin Elementary schools
74 other US public schools in 22 states are named Franklin Elementary. Franklin Elementary is the 31st largest of the 75.
- Franklin Elementary SchoolKEARNY, NJ · 950 students
- Franklin ElementaryElk Grove, CA · 932 students
- Franklin ElementaryModesto, CA · 777 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolNEWARK, NJ · 725 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolSewickley, PA · 718 students
Nearby schools
- Franklin Middle0.2 mi · 1,150
- Chatsworth School0.3 mi · 301
- Reisterstown Elementary1.1 mi · 518
- Glyndon Elementary1.2 mi · 476
- Franklin High1.3 mi · 1,481
- Cedarmere Elementary2.1 mi · 502
Frequently asked questions
About Franklin ElementaryHow many students attend Franklin Elementary?
Franklin Elementary enrolls approximately 392 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Franklin Elementary serve?
Franklin Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Franklin Elementary?
Approximately 14.6:1 students per teacher at Franklin Elementary.
How diverse is Franklin Elementary?
Franklin Elementary reports a student body of 37% White, 20% Hispanic, 28% Black, 6% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Franklin Elementary?
Franklin Elementary is overseen by Baltimore County Public Schools in Baltimore County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.