Enrollment
241
Elementary
DISTRICT 355 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CAPE GIRARDEAU 63·NCES 290712000187
FRANKLIN ELEM.
1550 THEMIS, CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO 63701 · (573) 335-5456 · Cape Girardeau County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL241 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.6:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
241 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 54%
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 | 46 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 22% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 23% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 7% larger than its 4th grade class (43).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 52% · 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 CAPE GIRARDEAU 63. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
34.5%
MO avg 44.9% . +3.8pp since 2021
Math
52.5%
MO avg 43.8% . +19.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 35 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 Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 19 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 19.2% | 15.3% | 35.8% | 29.4% |
| Math | 28.2% | 24.3% | 19.2% | 28.2% |
Share of tested students at each MAP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
MAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.5% | 52.5% |
| 2023-24 | 39.2% | 47.3% |
| 2022-23 | 23.8% | 30.0% |
| 2021-22 | 30.7% | 33.4% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
43.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 22% typical for Missouri 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 21 points, placing it in Missouri'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 →
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FRANKLIN ELEM.'s state test result (43.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRANKLIN ELEM. this school | 241 | 100.0% | 43.0% |
| THOMAS BENTON ELEM. COLUMBIA | 232 | 100.0% | 31.1% |
| WARREN E. HEARNES ELEM. CHARLESTON | 276 | 100.0% | 14.5% |
| THORPE J. GORDON ELEM. JEFFERSON CITY | 294 | 100.0% | 41.5% |
| SOUTHEAST ELEM. SIKESTON | 250 | 100.0% | 28.1% |
| EAST ELEM. JEFFERSON CITY | 286 | 100.0% | 24.3% |
Matched among Missouri 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 ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Cape Girardeau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #464 of 1,002 | #8 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #281 of 1,019 ▲ 104 | #6 of 13 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #719 of 1,018 ▼ 106 | #9 of 13 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.5pp | #77 of 943 | #3 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 241 | #850 of 1,294 | #11 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.4:1 | #30 of 950 | #2 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.7% | #93 of 953 | #3 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #36 of 1,165 | #2 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.4% | #287 of 684 | #6 of 10 |
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
241
-16 (-6%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 413
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
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 | 241 | 25.7 | 9.4:1 | 100% (241) |
| 2023-24 | 224 | 26.4 | 8.5:1 | 100% (224) |
| 2022-23 | 217 | 28.5 | 7.6:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2020-21 | 257 | 26 | 9.9:1 | 99% (254) |
| 2017-18 | 285 | 27.8 | 10.3:1 | 88% (252) |
| 2015-16 | 292 | 28 | 10.4:1 | 90% (264) |
| 2010-11 | 285 | 22 | 12.9:1 | 88% (250) |
| 2000-01 | 311 | 23 | 13.5:1 | 52% (161) |
| 1990-91 | 413 | 24 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FRANKLIN ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (285 to 241); teachers down 7% (27.8 to 25.7).
About FRANKLIN ELEM.
FRANKLIN ELEM. runs as a small elementary school in CAPE GIRARDEAU, Missouri. Students in pre-K through 4 make up the school's enrollment of 241 students. Elementary schools in Missouri average about 315 students, which makes this school 23% below average.
CAPE GIRARDEAU 63 enrolls 4,310 students in 8 schools, including FRANKLIN ELEM..
The student body at FRANKLIN ELEM. has no majority group. Black students lead at 45%. The remaining shares are 32% White, 15% multiracial, and 7% Hispanic. Cape Girardeau County as a whole is about 7% Black, so the school's share is higher. A diversity index of 67% means there is a 67% chance two randomly chosen students at FRANKLIN ELEM. are from different groups.
The school's 25.7 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.4:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Missouri average 12.4:1. Income data for the school show 100% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 62% for public schools in Cape Girardeau County.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for FRANKLIN ELEM. is +20.6 points, in the top 10% of Missouri. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 43.0%, and the predicted rate is 22.4%.
In the wider Cape Girardeau County area, median household income comes to about $68,464, roughly 33% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cape Girardeau County's 27 public schools enroll about 11,025 students and include FRANKLIN ELEM..
Of the public schools around it, FRANKLIN ELEM. is closest to CLIPPARD ELEM., less than a tenth of a mile away. FRANKLIN ELEM. has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. FRANKLIN ELEM.'s average proficiency of 43.0% compares with 40.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Under the NCES locale system, FRANKLIN ELEM. is City: Small.
A 6% drop took enrollment from 257 in 2020-21 to 241 in 2024-25.
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Cape Girardeau County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
82,735
Census ACS
Median income
$68,464
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
27
11,025 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CAPE GIRARDEAU 63
- CENTRAL HIGHHigh · 1,278 students
- CENTRAL JR. HIGHMiddle · 633 students
- CENTRAL MIDDLEMiddle · 623 students
- JEFFERSON ELEM.Elementary · 494 students
- CLIPPARD ELEM.Elementary · 383 students
- ALMA SCHRADER ELEM.Elementary · 332 students
Other schools in CAPE GIRARDEAU
- CENTRAL HIGHHigh · 1,278 students
- CENTRAL JR. HIGHMiddle · 633 students
- CENTRAL MIDDLEMiddle · 623 students
- JEFFERSON ELEM.Elementary · 494 students
- CLIPPARD ELEM.Elementary · 383 students
- ALMA SCHRADER ELEM.Elementary · 332 students
Other FRANKLIN Elementary schools
74 other US public schools in 22 states are named FRANKLIN Elementary. FRANKLIN ELEM. is the 66th largest of the 75.
- FRANKLIN ELEM.LIBERTY, MO · 223 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
- CLIPPARD ELEM.0.0 mi · 383
- ALMA SCHRADER ELEM.0.8 mi · 332
- CENTRAL MIDDLE1.4 mi · 623
- CENTRAL JR. HIGH1.5 mi · 633
- JEFFERSON ELEM.2.2 mi · 494
- BLANCHARD ELEM.2.3 mi · 326
Frequently asked questions
About FRANKLIN ELEM.How many students attend FRANKLIN ELEM.?
FRANKLIN ELEM. enrolls approximately 241 students in grades PK-04.
Is FRANKLIN ELEM. an elementary, middle, or high school?
FRANKLIN ELEM. is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many teachers does FRANKLIN ELEM. have?
FRANKLIN ELEM. employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.4:1.
What is the student diversity at FRANKLIN ELEM.?
Student demographics at FRANKLIN ELEM. are roughly 32% White, 7% Hispanic, 45% Black, 0% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Who oversees FRANKLIN ELEM.?
FRANKLIN ELEM. is overseen by CAPE GIRARDEAU 63 in Cape Girardeau County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.