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Enrollment
619
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EDISON TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340450003336
Benjamin Franklin Elementary School
2485 WOODBRIDGE AVENUE, EDISON, NJ 08817 · (732) 650-5300 · Middlesex County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL619 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
298 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 41%
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 | 94 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 130 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 105 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 102 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (94) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (102).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 71% · 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
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
47.4%
NJ avg 53.1% . +1.7pp since 2023
Math
49.8%
NJ avg 41.6% . +10.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.4% | 49.8% |
| 2023-24 | 45.7% | 39.3% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. 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
40.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.8%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% typical for New Jersey 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 New Jersey'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 Benjamin Franklin Elementary School
Benjamin Franklin Elementary School's state test result (40.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Franklin Elementary School this school | 619 | 48.1% | 40.8% |
| Jotham W. Wakeman School JERSEY CITY | 617 | 45.2% | 65.0% |
| Washington Elementary School EDISON | 630 | 41.1% | 48.7% |
| Randolphville Elementary School PISCATAWAY | 465 | 43.7% | 61.5% |
| Piscataway Township Schools Children's Corner Piscataway | 616 | 36.2% | N/A |
| Martin Luther King Elementary School PISCATAWAY | 488 | 38.9% | 57.3% |
Matched among New Jersey 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 Benjamin Franklin Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Middlesex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #728 of 1,290 | #74 of 111 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.8% | #585 of 1,319 ▲ 166 | #62 of 111 ▲ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #781 of 1,319 ▼ 6 | #67 of 111 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 619 | #203 of 1,562 | #21 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #1,029 of 1,390 | #88 of 120 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.9% | #92 of 1,392 | #24 of 121 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.1% | #608 of 1,481 | #43 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.5% | #492 of 545 | #25 of 30 |
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
619
+23 (+4%) vs 2020
+6% since 1990-91, when it was 586
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 619 | 48.8 | 12.7:1 | 48% (298) |
| 2023-24 | 620 | 50 | 12.4:1 | 45% (280) |
| 2022-23 | 625 | 49.5 | 12.6:1 | 42% (262) |
| 2020-21 | 596 | 47 | 12.7:1 | 21% (127) |
| 2017-18 | 610 | 49 | 12.4:1 | 39% (235) |
| 2015-16 | 618 | 49 | 12.6:1 | 33% (201) |
| 2010-11 | 573 | 45 | 12.7:1 | 28% (158) |
| 2000-01 | 621 | 40 | 15.5:1 | 20% (124) |
| 1990-91 | 586 | 28 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Benjamin Franklin Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (610 to 619); teachers unchanged (49 to 48.8).
About Benjamin Franklin Elementary School
Benjamin Franklin Elementary School is a large elementary school in EDISON, New Jersey. It is open to students in kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 619 students. It has 53% more students than the average for elementary schools in New Jersey (about 405).
Edison Township School District enrolls 16,617 students in 19 schools, including Benjamin Franklin Elementary School.
At Benjamin Franklin Elementary School, Asian students make up the biggest share, 42%. Enrollment also includes 25% Hispanic, 15% Black, 14% White, and 4% multiracial. Among people living in Middlesex County, the Asian share is about 26%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 72%.
Based on 48.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, Benjamin Franklin Elementary School has a ratio of 12.7:1. The gap from the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey is 1.2 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 48%.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Benjamin Franklin Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of New Jersey schools: 40.8% actual against 39.8% predicted.
Looking at the county, Middlesex County, the median household earns about $111,549 a year, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Benjamin Franklin Elementary School, Middlesex County has 214 public schools.
Edison Academy Magnet School is the nearest public school to Benjamin Franklin Elementary School, about 0.6 miles away. Within five miles of Benjamin Franklin Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 40.8% is below the 48.8% average for nearby schools.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The school's enrollment rose 4% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
Benjamin Franklin Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Middlesex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
871,290
Census ACS
Median income
$111,549
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
214
129,255 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Edison Township School District
- John P. Stevens High SchoolHigh · 2,687 students
- Edison High SchoolHigh · 2,393 students
- Woodrow Wilson Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,206 students
- Herbert Hoover Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,060 students
- Thomas Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 954 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 946 students
Other schools in EDISON
- John P. Stevens High SchoolHigh · 2,687 students
- Edison High SchoolHigh · 2,393 students
- Woodrow Wilson Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,206 students
- Herbert Hoover Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,060 students
- Thomas Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 954 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 946 students
Other Benjamin Franklin Elementary schools
13 other US public schools in 7 states are named Benjamin Franklin Elementary. Benjamin Franklin Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 14.
- Benjamin Franklin Elementary SchoolPENNSAUKEN, NJ · 418 students
- Benjamin Franklin ElementaryRiverside, CA · 767 students
- Benjamin Franklin ElementaryCorona, CA · 673 students
- Benjamin Franklin ElementaryLa Quinta, CA · 627 students
- Benjamin Franklin ElementaryGlendale, CA · 608 students
Nearby schools
- Edison Academy Magnet School0.6 mi · 173
- Edison Early Learning Center0.6 mi · 52
- Edison High School0.7 mi · 2,393
- Washington Elementary School1.0 mi · 630
- Lincoln Elementary School1.1 mi · 946
- Lindeneau Elementary School1.5 mi · 446
Frequently asked questions
About Benjamin Franklin Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Benjamin Franklin Elementary School?
Benjamin Franklin Elementary School enrolls approximately 619 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Benjamin Franklin Elementary School serve?
Benjamin Franklin Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Benjamin Franklin Elementary School have?
Benjamin Franklin Elementary School employs 49 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
How diverse is Benjamin Franklin Elementary School?
Benjamin Franklin Elementary School reports a student body of 14% White, 25% Hispanic, 15% Black, 42% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Benjamin Franklin Elementary School public or private?
Benjamin Franklin Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Edison Township School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.