FRANKLIN ELEM.

FRANKLIN ELEM. is an elementary campus of modestly sized scale in LIBERTY, Missouri, run under LIBERTY 53, educateing 223 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 29% smaller than the state mean of about 315.

Across the 18 schools in LIBERTY 53 (11,826 students total), FRANKLIN ELEM. accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, FRANKLIN ELEM. shows that White students make up the majority at 77%. Other groups include 10% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 5% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, FRANKLIN ELEM. has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. About 35% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, FRANKLIN ELEM. performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.6%, the actual is 35.8%, a residual of -14.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Clay County put median household earnings sit near $88,468, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Clay County runs 80 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,553 students), of which FRANKLIN ELEM. is one.

Nearest neighbor: HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts FRANKLIN ELEM. at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 50.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Trend over the last 7 years. FRANKLIN ELEM.'s enrollment has fell 23% since 2018, when it stood at 291 (now 223). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.