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If you could change one rule at Benjamin Franklin School No. 13, what would it be?
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Enrollment
392
Elementary
DISTRICT 639 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELIZABETH PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 340459005506
Benjamin Franklin School No. 13
248 RIPLEY PL, ELIZABETH, NJ 07206 · (908) 436-5700 · Union County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL392 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 7% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
345 students
DISTRICT 83% · 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 | 27 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 31 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 37 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (27) is 27% smaller than its 8th grade class (37).
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · 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
19.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . -4.6pp since 2023
Math
8.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . -0.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.0% | 8.6% |
| 2023-24 | 23.6% | 9.5% |
% 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
12.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 18% 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 School No. 13
Benjamin Franklin School No. 13's state test result (12.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Franklin School No. 13 this school | 392 | 88.0% | 12.8% |
| Central Elementary School Orange | 369 | 86.7% | N/A |
| Lalor Elementary School HAMILTON | 351 | 83.2% | 14.9% |
| John Marshal School No. 20 ELIZABETH | 452 | 87.6% | 22.4% |
| Paul S. Robeson Elementary School TRENTON | 390 | 81.8% | 3.9% |
| iPrep Academy School No 8 Elizabeth | 397 | 90.2% | 29.5% |
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 School No. 13 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Union County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.8% | #1,225 of 1,290 | #91 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.6% | #1,273 of 1,319 ▼ 14 | #93 of 93 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #1,236 of 1,319 ▼ 70 | #89 of 93 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 392 | #728 of 1,562 | #60 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #587 of 1,390 | #19 of 103 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.2% | #1,071 of 1,392 | #80 of 103 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.0% | #80 of 1,481 | #6 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.9% | #325 of 798 | #13 of 58 |
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
392
-51 (-12%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 402
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 392 | 36 | 10.9:1 | 88% (345) |
| 2023-24 | 382 | 33 | 11.6:1 | 86% (329) |
| 2022-23 | 434 | 33 | 13.2:1 | 88% (381) |
| 2020-21 | 443 | 39 | 11.4:1 | 86% (381) |
| 2017-18 | 450 | 39 | 11.5:1 | 90% (405) |
| 2015-16 | 473 | 35 | 13.5:1 | 92% (437) |
| 2010-11 | 411 | 30 | 13.7:1 | 94% (386) |
| 2000-01 | 476 | 40 | 11.9:1 | 87% (415) |
| 1990-91 | 402 | 24 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Benjamin Franklin School No. 13.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (450 to 392); teachers down 8% (39 to 36).
About Benjamin Franklin School No. 13
Benjamin Franklin School No. 13 is classified as an elementary school. It is located in ELIZABETH, New Jersey. It enrolls 392 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 8.
Benjamin Franklin School No. 13 is one school in Elizabeth Public Schools, a system of 37 schools with 27,580 students.
More than half of the students at Benjamin Franklin School No. 13 are Hispanic (75%). Beyond that, enrollment is 20% Black and 5% White. In Union County overall, about 35% of residents are Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Benjamin Franklin School No. 13 scores 39%.
The school has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 10.9 students per teacher. The 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey is close to this figure. Of all students at Benjamin Franklin School No. 13, 88% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Union County average 52%.
Among New Jersey public elementary schools, Benjamin Franklin School No. 13 outscored 7%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Benjamin Franklin School No. 13 would be expected to post about 18.0%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 12.8%.
In Union County, median household income comes to about $103,202, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county's public schools total 180, with about 99,046 students.
Of the public schools around it, Benjamin Franklin School No. 13 is closest to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Early Childhood Center No 52, about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 30.7% on proficiency, and Benjamin Franklin School No. 13 is below that at 12.8%.
The federal government classifies Benjamin Franklin School No. 13's location as Suburb: Large.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 392, from 443 in 2020-21.
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Union County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
579,290
Census ACS
Median income
$103,202
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
180
99,046 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Elizabeth Public Schools
- John E. Dwyer Technology AcademyHigh · 1,348 students
- Admiral William F. Halsey Jr. Health & Public Safety AcademyHigh · 1,272 students
- Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell AcademyHigh · 1,268 students
- Thomas Jefferson Arts AcademyHigh · 1,144 students
- William F. Halloran School No.22Middle · 1,140 students
- Terence C. Reilly School No 7Middle · 1,130 students
Other schools in ELIZABETH
- John E. Dwyer Technology AcademyHigh · 1,348 students
- Admiral William F. Halsey Jr. Health & Public Safety AcademyHigh · 1,272 students
- Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell AcademyHigh · 1,268 students
- Thomas Jefferson Arts AcademyHigh · 1,144 students
- William F. Halloran School No.22Middle · 1,140 students
- Terence C. Reilly School No 7Middle · 1,130 students
Nearby schools
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Early Childhood Center No 520.2 mi · 301
- iPrep Academy School No 80.3 mi · 397
- Jerome Dunn Academy No 90.5 mi · 856
- George Washington Academy School No. 10.5 mi · 595
- John Marshal School No. 200.5 mi · 452
- Simon Youth Academy0.6 mi · 4
Frequently asked questions
About Benjamin Franklin School No. 13What is the total enrollment at Benjamin Franklin School No. 13?
Benjamin Franklin School No. 13 enrolls approximately 392 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Benjamin Franklin School No. 13 serve?
Benjamin Franklin School No. 13 serves grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Benjamin Franklin School No. 13 have?
Benjamin Franklin School No. 13 employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Benjamin Franklin School No. 13?
At Benjamin Franklin School No. 13, the student body is approximately 5% White, 75% Hispanic, 20% Black.
Is Benjamin Franklin School No. 13 public or private?
Benjamin Franklin School No. 13 is a public K-12 school, overseen by Elizabeth Public Schools.
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