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If you could change one rule at Benjamin Franklin Middle School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
463
Middle
DISTRICT 487 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TEANECK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341608000842
Benjamin Franklin Middle School
1315 TAFT ROAD, TEANECK, NJ 07666 · (201) 833-5451 · Bergen County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL463 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 54% of New Jersey public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public middle schools
Student : Teacher
8.9:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.8:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
242 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 105 | 23% |
| Grade 6 | 110 | 24% |
| Grade 7 | 128 | 28% |
| Grade 8 | 120 | 26% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Benjamin Franklin Middle School→Teaneck High School
Based on grade levels within Teaneck School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
56.2%
NJ avg 53.1% . +10.5pp since 2023
Math
32.1%
NJ avg 41.6% . -0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.2% | 32.1% |
| 2023-24 | 45.7% | 32.6% |
% 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
40.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.5%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Middle School
Benjamin Franklin Middle School's state test result (40.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Franklin Middle School this school | 463 | 52.3% | 40.0% |
| Thomas Jefferson Middle School TEANECK | 510 | 48.0% | 41.1% |
| Franklin Middle School at Hamilton Street Campus Somerset | 592 | 57.6% | 24.9% |
| Liberty Middle School WEST ORANGE | 559 | 46.2% | 44.5% |
| Jefferson Elementary UNION | 564 | 52.7% | 32.3% |
| Roosevelt Middle School W ORANGE | 457 | 43.8% | 46.2% |
Matched among New Jersey middle 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 Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #256 of 433 | #45 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.1% | #295 of 437 ▼ 21 | #46 of 53 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.2% | #248 of 437 ▲ 43 | #46 of 53 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 463 | #281 of 445 | #33 of 53 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.9:1 | #52 of 417 | #9 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.2% | #63 of 419 | #6 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.3% | #134 of 436 | #10 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.6% | #97 of 282 | #9 of 35 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
463
-93 (-17%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 480
Student : Teacher
8.9:1
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 | 463 | 52.2 | 8.9:1 | 52% (242) |
| 2023-24 | 485 | 58.4 | 8.3:1 | 51% (247) |
| 2022-23 | 518 | 60.4 | 8.6:1 | 45% (231) |
| 2020-21 | 556 | 56 | 9.9:1 | 44% (243) |
| 2017-18 | 542 | 57 | 9.5:1 | 48% (260) |
| 2015-16 | 503 | 54 | 9.3:1 | 7% (34) |
| 2010-11 | 559 | 41 | 13.6:1 | 38% (212) |
| 2000-01 | 621 | 41 | 15.2:1 | 18% (110) |
| 1990-91 | 480 | 39 | 12.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Benjamin Franklin Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (542 to 463); teachers down 9% (57 to 52.2).
About Benjamin Franklin Middle School
Benjamin Franklin Middle School is a small middle school in TEANECK, New Jersey. It is open to students in grades 5 through 8 and enrolls 463 students.
Teaneck School District enrolls 3,630 students, and its 8 schools include Benjamin Franklin Middle School.
The biggest share of students at Benjamin Franklin Middle School, 42%, is Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 35% Black, 10% Asian, 9% White, and 3% multiracial. In Bergen County overall, about 23% of residents are Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Benjamin Franklin Middle School scores 68%.
There are 52.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 8.9:1. Compared with the 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey, this school's ratio is lower. On the income side, 52% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 28% average for public schools in Bergen County, the school's rate is higher.
Benjamin Franklin Middle School holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 54% of New Jersey public middle schools.
Schools in New Jersey with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 37.5%. Benjamin Franklin Middle School scores 40.0%.
The school's county is Bergen County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $124,884 a year, roughly 53% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Bergen County number 291, with about 133,883 students.
Of the public schools around it, Benjamin Franklin Middle School is closest to John Greenleaf Whittier Elementary School, about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Benjamin Franklin Middle School at 6th of 7.
Benjamin Franklin Middle School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment decreased by 17% across 4 years, from 556 in 2020-21 to 463 in 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 9.9:1 to 8.9:1 over the same years.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Benjamin Franklin Middle School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Bergen County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
962,316
Census ACS
Median income
$124,884
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
291
133,883 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Teaneck School District
- Teaneck High SchoolHigh · 1,244 students
- Thomas Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 510 students
- John Greenleaf Whittier Elementary SchoolElementary · 361 students
- Nathaniel Hawthorne Elementary SchoolElementary · 334 students
- James Russell Lowell Elementary SchoolElementary · 320 students
- William Cullen Bryant SchoolElementary · 283 students
Other schools in TEANECK
- Teaneck High SchoolHigh · 1,244 students
- Thomas Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 510 students
- Teaneck Community Charter schoolElementary · 377 students
- John Greenleaf Whittier Elementary SchoolElementary · 361 students
- Nathaniel Hawthorne Elementary SchoolElementary · 334 students
- James Russell Lowell Elementary SchoolElementary · 320 students
Other Benjamin Franklin Middle schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named Benjamin Franklin Middle. Benjamin Franklin Middle School is the 7th largest of the 7.
- Benjamin Franklin Middle SchoolRIDGEWOOD, NJ · 627 students
- Benjamin Franklin MiddleRocky Mount, VA · 1,382 students
- Benjamin Franklin Middle SchoolValparaiso, IN · 823 students
- Benjamin Franklin Middle SchoolLevittown, PA · 754 students
- Benjamin Franklin Middle SchoolSpringfield, IL · 709 students
Nearby schools
- John Greenleaf Whittier Elementary School0.5 mi · 361
- Teaneck High School0.6 mi · 1,244
- James Russell Lowell Elementary School0.6 mi · 320
- William Cullen Bryant School0.8 mi · 283
- Theodora Smiley Lacey Elementary School0.9 mi · 115
- Bergen County Academies1.2 mi · 1,130
Frequently asked questions
About Benjamin Franklin Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Benjamin Franklin Middle School?
Benjamin Franklin Middle School enrolls approximately 463 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Benjamin Franklin Middle School serve?
Benjamin Franklin Middle School serves grades 05-08.
How many students per teacher at Benjamin Franklin Middle School?
Approximately 8.9:1 students per teacher at Benjamin Franklin Middle School.
How diverse is Benjamin Franklin Middle School?
Benjamin Franklin Middle School reports a student body of 9% White, 42% Hispanic, 35% Black, 10% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Benjamin Franklin Middle School?
Benjamin Franklin Middle School is overseen by Teaneck School District in Bergen County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.