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Enrollment
388
Elementary
DISTRICT 322 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MANKATO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 271878000873
FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY
1000 N BROAD ST, MANKATO, MN 56001 · (507) 345-4287 · Blue Earth County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL388 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 96% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- ATest 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 Minnesota public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
202 students
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 48%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 60% · 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
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
68.7%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
76.0%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 69 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 Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
Source: MCA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
64.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.1%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+27.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 37% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 28 points, placing it in Minnesota's top 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 (64.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY this school | 388 | 52.1% | 64.8% |
| New City School MINNEAPOLIS | 351 | 52.4% | 40.6% |
| KENNEDY ELEMENTARY MANKATO | 347 | 48.7% | 59.9% |
| Rosa Parks Elementary MANKATO | 425 | 56.2% | 41.6% |
| Lincoln Elementary School for Arts ANOKA | 432 | 55.3% | 39.4% |
| WESTWOOD ELEMENTARY BLOOMINGTON | 339 | 50.7% | 29.8% |
Matched among Minnesota 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 Minnesota | In Blue Earth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.8% | #78 of 844 | #2 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #58 of 844 | #4 of 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.7% | #65 of 844 | #2 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 388 | #509 of 1,130 | #5 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #222 of 769 | #3 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.4% | #250 of 796 | #3 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.1% | #308 of 942 | #2 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.2% | #277 of 499 | #7 of 8 |
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
388
-23 (-6%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 535
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 11.1:1
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 | 388 | 31.4 | 12.3:1 | 52% (202) |
| 2023-24 | 430 | 31.5 | 13.6:1 | 62% (265) |
| 2022-23 | 414 | 30.5 | 13.6:1 | 59% (246) |
| 2020-21 | 411 | 37 | 11.1:1 | 42% (171) |
| 2017-18 | 442 | 36.7 | 12.0:1 | 53% (236) |
| 2015-16 | 751 | 49 | 15.3:1 | 47% (356) |
| 2010-11 | 640 | 45 | 14.2:1 | 47% (298) |
| 2000-01 | 628 | 37 | 17.0:1 | 35% (221) |
| 1990-91 | 535 | 32 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (442 to 388); teachers down 14% (36.7 to 31.4).
About FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY
The public elementary school FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY is located in MANKATO, Minnesota. Enrollment totals 388 students across pre-K through 5.
District-wide, MANKATO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT has 22 schools and 8,219 students.
At FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY, 56% of students are White. The school is also 19% Black, 11% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 2% Asian. That is lower than the 85% White share among all Blue Earth County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 62%.
There are 31.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY, giving a ratio of 12.3:1. Elementary schools in Minnesota average 13.7:1, 1.4 more students per teacher than here. A total of 202 students, or 52%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Blue Earth County average 37%.
FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY earns an A+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 96% of Minnesota public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY beats its 37.1% prediction with 64.8%, a top-10% result in Minnesota.
For the population of Blue Earth County, median household income comes to about $74,477, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Blue Earth County's 31 public schools enroll about 9,034 students and include FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY.
Prairie Care Mankato is about 0.7 miles from FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY places 1st of 5 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Small. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment fell 6% over 4 years, reaching 388 in 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 11.1:1 in 2020-21, and 12.3:1 in 2024-25.
The FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Blue Earth County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
69,871
Census ACS
Median income
$74,477
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
31
9,034 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MANKATO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- MANKATO EAST SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,302 students
- MANKATO WEST SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,232 students
- Prairie Winds Middle SchoolMiddle · 887 students
- Dakota Meadows Middle SchoolMiddle · 852 students
- HOOVER ELEMENTARYElementary · 461 students
- Rosa Parks ElementaryElementary · 425 students
Other schools in MANKATO
- MANKATO EAST SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,302 students
- MANKATO WEST SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,232 students
- Prairie Winds Middle SchoolMiddle · 887 students
- Rosa Parks ElementaryElementary · 425 students
- WASHINGTON ELEMENTARYElementary · 376 students
- KENNEDY ELEMENTARYElementary · 347 students
Other Franklin Elementary schools
74 other US public schools in 22 states are named Franklin Elementary. FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY is the 33rd largest of the 75.
- Franklin Elementary SchoolROCHESTER, MN · 600 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolKEARNY, NJ · 950 students
- Franklin ElementaryElk Grove, CA · 932 students
- Franklin ElementaryModesto, CA · 777 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolNEWARK, NJ · 725 students
Nearby schools
- Prairie Care Mankato0.7 mi · 18
- Kato Public Charter School0.8 mi · 77
- BRIDGES COMMUNITY ELEMENTARY0.9 mi · 251
- SPECIAL EDUCATION1.0 mi · 233
- MONROE ELEMENTARY1.0 mi · 367
- WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY1.0 mi · 376
Frequently asked questions
About FRANKLIN ELEMENTARYHow many students attend FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY?
FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 388 students in grades PK-05.
Is FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 12.3:1 students per teacher at FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY.
How diverse is FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY?
FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 56% White, 11% Hispanic, 19% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY?
FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY is overseen by MANKATO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT in Blue Earth County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.