Enrollment
223
Elementary
DISTRICT 406 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LIBERTY 53·NCES 291854001005
FRANKLIN ELEM.
201 W MILL, LIBERTY, MO 64068 · (816) 736-5440 · Clay County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL223 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
79 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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 | 26 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 37 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 35 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (26) is 37% smaller than its 5th grade class (41).
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
53.9%
MO avg 44.9% . -4.7pp since 2021
Math
40.6%
MO avg 43.8% . -12.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 24.7% | 29.2% | 30.0% | 15.9% |
| Math | 18.5% | 22.1% | 34.5% | 24.7% |
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 | 53.9% | 40.6% |
| 2023-24 | 48.8% | 44.0% |
| 2022-23 | 48.5% | 40.9% |
| 2021-22 | 58.6% | 53.5% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. 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
44.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.6%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% typical for Missouri 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 Missouri'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 ELEM.
FRANKLIN ELEM.'s state test result (44.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRANKLIN ELEM. this school | 223 | 35.4% | 44.6% |
| OSAGE BEACH ELEMENTARY OSAGE BEACH | 219 | 40.6% | 44.1% |
| RISE Elementary NEOSHO | 230 | 42.2% | 36.0% |
| EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER Republic | 234 | 38.0% | N/A |
| MIDWAY ELEM. CLEVELAND | 227 | 37.0% | 38.3% |
| ARCHIE ELEMENTARY ARCHIE | 291 | 34.7% | 30.7% |
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 Clay County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.6% | #429 of 1,002 | #24 of 41 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.6% | #544 of 1,019 ▼ 87 | #31 of 41 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.9% | #261 of 1,018 ▲ 88 | #18 of 41 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -8.8pp | #97 of 943 | #3 of 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 223 | #906 of 1,294 | #40 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #198 of 950 | #6 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.7% | #466 of 953 | #30 of 41 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.4% | #875 of 1,165 | #26 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.4% | #135 of 684 | #5 of 34 |
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
223
-41 (-16%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 290
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 223 | 19.5 | 11.4:1 | 35% (79) |
| 2023-24 | 255 | 19 | 13.4:1 | 39% (99) |
| 2022-23 | 245 | 17.2 | 14.3:1 | 38% (93) |
| 2020-21 | 264 | 21 | 12.6:1 | 33% (87) |
| 2017-18 | 291 | 20.3 | 14.4:1 | 29% (85) |
| 2015-16 | 307 | 21 | 14.6:1 | 37% (114) |
| 2010-11 | 291 | 18 | 16.2:1 | 35% (103) |
| 2000-01 | 235 | 16 | 14.7:1 | 19% (44) |
| 1990-91 | 290 | 16 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FRANKLIN ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (291 to 223); teachers down 4% (20.3 to 19.5).
About FRANKLIN ELEM.
As a small elementary school, FRANKLIN ELEM. serves students in LIBERTY, Missouri. It reports enrollment of 223 students in kindergarten through 5. Across elementary schools in Missouri, the average enrollment is about 315.
LIBERTY 53 serves 11,826 students across 18 schools.
Of every 100 students at FRANKLIN ELEM., about 77 are White. It is also 10% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 5% Black. Among Clay County residents, the White share is about 79%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, FRANKLIN ELEM. scores 39%.
Its staff includes 19.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 11.4 students per teacher. Compared with the 12.4:1 average for elementary schools in Missouri, this school's ratio is lower. Roughly 35% of students at FRANKLIN ELEM. can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Clay County is close, at 35%.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For FRANKLIN ELEM., the prediction is 46.6% and the result is 44.6%.
Clay County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $88,468, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Clay County's 80 public schools enroll about 41,553 students and include FRANKLIN ELEM..
Measured in a straight line, HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL is about 0.4 miles from FRANKLIN ELEM.. The five-mile area around FRANKLIN ELEM. holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 50.1% proficiency; FRANKLIN ELEM. posts 44.6%.
In the federal locale system, FRANKLIN ELEM. is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 223, from 264 in 2020-21. The ratio of students to teachers went from 12.6:1 to 11.4:1 over the same years.
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Clay County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
258,122
Census ACS
Median income
$88,468
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
80
41,553 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LIBERTY 53
- LIBERTY NORTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,262 students
- LIBERTY HIGHHigh · 1,842 students
- SOUTH VALLEY MIDDLEMiddle · 809 students
- SHOAL CREEK ELEM.Elementary · 795 students
- HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 757 students
- DISCOVERY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 678 students
Other schools in LIBERTY
- LIBERTY NORTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,262 students
- LIBERTY HIGHHigh · 1,842 students
- SOUTH VALLEY MIDDLEMiddle · 809 students
- HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 757 students
- DISCOVERY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 678 students
- LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 609 students
Other FRANKLIN Elementary schools
74 other US public schools in 22 states are named FRANKLIN Elementary. FRANKLIN ELEM. is the 68th largest of the 75.
- FRANKLIN ELEM.CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO · 241 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
- HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.4 mi · 757
- RIDGEVIEW ELEM.0.6 mi · 331
- MANOR HILL ELEM.0.9 mi · 265
- LILLIAN SCHUMACHER ELEM.1.0 mi · 443
- LIBERTY HIGH1.4 mi · 1,842
- LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL1.7 mi · 609
Frequently asked questions
About FRANKLIN ELEM.How many students attend FRANKLIN ELEM.?
FRANKLIN ELEM. enrolls approximately 223 students in grades KG-05.
Is FRANKLIN ELEM. an elementary, middle, or high school?
FRANKLIN ELEM. is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at FRANKLIN ELEM.?
The student-to-teacher ratio at FRANKLIN ELEM. is approximately 11.4:1 (20 FTE teachers).
How diverse is FRANKLIN ELEM.?
FRANKLIN ELEM. reports a student body of 77% White, 10% Hispanic, 5% Black, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees FRANKLIN ELEM.?
FRANKLIN ELEM. is overseen by LIBERTY 53 in Clay County.
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