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What's something Franklin Square Elementary/Middle does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
490
Elementary
DISTRICT 466 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240009000208
Franklin Square Elementary/Middle
1400 W Lexington Street, Baltimore, MD 21223 · (410) 396-0795 · Baltimore city
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL490 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
424 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 54%
Community
4
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 | 42 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 41 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 45 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 65 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 37% smaller than its 8th grade class (65).
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
20.8%
MD avg 50.6% . +6.9pp since 2023
Math
19.6%
MD avg 34.8% . +8.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 20.8% | 19.6% |
| 2023-24 | 13.9% | 11.1% |
% 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
16.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.0%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Square Elementary/Middle
Franklin Square Elementary/Middle's state test result (16.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Square Elementary/Middle this school | 490 | 86.5% | 16.4% |
| Cora L. Rice Elementary Landover | 516 | 89.7% | 32.6% |
| Sandalwood Elementary Baltimore | 440 | 83.0% | 46.6% |
| Hazelwood Elementary/Middle Baltimore | 524 | 82.4% | 29.0% |
| City Springs Elementary/Middle Baltimore | 483 | 88.2% | 24.6% |
| Beechfield Elementary/Middle Baltimore | 510 | 87.8% | 14.8% |
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 Square Elementary/Middle ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.4% | #827 of 853 | #83 of 104 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.6% | #747 of 853 ▲ 73 | #60 of 104 ▲ 28 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.8% | #812 of 853 ▲ 20 | #78 of 104 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 490 | #401 of 898 | #43 of 109 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #599 of 857 | #62 of 98 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.9% | #662 of 857 | #38 of 98 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.5% | #129 of 885 | #28 of 106 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.9% | #204 of 294 | #34 of 45 |
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
490
+154 (+46%) vs 2020
+21% since 1990-91, when it was 405
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 490 | 32.5 | 15.1:1 | 87% (424) |
| 2023-24 | 460 | 25.5 | 18.0:1 | 91% (417) |
| 2022-23 | 316 | 23 | 13.7:1 | 91% (288) |
| 2020-21 | 336 | 25 | 13.4:1 | 87% (293) |
| 2017-18 | 467 | 25 | 18.7:1 | 100% (467) |
| 2015-16 | 387 | 23 | 16.8:1 | 98% (380) |
| 2010-11 | 384 | 21 | 18.3:1 | 97% (373) |
| 2000-01 | 329 | 15 | 21.9:1 | 99% (325) |
| 1990-91 | 405 | 22 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Franklin Square Elementary/Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (467 to 490); teachers up 30% (25 to 32.5).
About Franklin Square Elementary/Middle
Among the schools in Baltimore, Maryland, is Franklin Square Elementary/Middle, a medium-sized elementary school. A federal count lists 490 students at the school, in pre-K through 8.
Baltimore City Public Schools has a total of 152 schools and 76,946 students, Franklin Square Elementary/Middle among them.
Roughly 78% of students at Franklin Square Elementary/Middle are Black. Other reported shares: 17% Hispanic and 3% White. Baltimore city's residents are about 59% Black, 18 points below the school's share. The school's diversity index is 37%, meaning two students picked at random have a 37% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The teaching staff at Franklin Square Elementary/Middle is 32.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 15.1:1. This ratio sits 1.2 above the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 87%. That is higher than the 74% average for public schools in Baltimore city.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Franklin Square Elementary/Middle, the prediction is 23.0% and the result is 16.4%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Baltimore city, the median household income is $62,177, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. Franklin Square Elementary/Middle is one of 156 public schools in the county.
The next-closest public school is Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy, less than a tenth of a mile away. Franklin Square Elementary/Middle is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Franklin Square Elementary/Middle at 6th of 7.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data put enrollment at 336 in 2020-21 and 490 in 2024-25; the school may have served different grades in those years. Its ratio of students to teachers was 13.4:1 in 2020-21, and 15.1:1 in 2024-25.
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Baltimore city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
573,243
Census ACS
Median income
$62,177
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
156
77,341 students
Quick facts
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Frequently asked questions
About Franklin Square Elementary/MiddleHow many students attend Franklin Square Elementary/Middle?
Franklin Square Elementary/Middle enrolls approximately 490 students in grades PK-08.
Is Franklin Square Elementary/Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Franklin Square Elementary/Middle is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Franklin Square Elementary/Middle have?
Franklin Square Elementary/Middle employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Franklin Square Elementary/Middle?
Student demographics at Franklin Square Elementary/Middle are roughly 3% White, 17% Hispanic, 78% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Franklin Square Elementary/Middle public or private?
Franklin Square Elementary/Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Baltimore City Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.