Franklin Elementary School

As a moderately sized elementary school in Keene, New Hampshire, Franklin Elementary School instructs 234 students from grades K through 5, one of the schools within Keene School District.

Within Keene School District, which oversees 7 schools and 3,007 students, Franklin Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Franklin Elementary School reports that the largest single group is White, at 79% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 11% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian, 2% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 92%.

Looking at school resources, Franklin Elementary School shows 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 61% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Cheshire County's rate of about 30%.

After controlling for student poverty, Franklin Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of New Hampshire public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 24.0%; Franklin Elementary School posts 37.5%, +13.5 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Cheshire County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $83,329 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Cheshire County runs 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,365 students), of which Franklin Elementary School is one.

Gathering Waters Charter School (H) is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Franklin Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 46.5%.

Franklin Elementary School operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 5%: 247 students in 2018 compared to 234 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.