Enrollment
352
Elementary
DISTRICT 320 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BERGENFIELD BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340150000270
Franklin Elementary School
2 N FRANKLIN AVENUE, BERGENFIELD, NJ 07621 · (201) 385-8581 · Bergen County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL352 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 74% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
15.2:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
133 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 41%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 30 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (53).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
Based on grade levels within Bergenfield Borough School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
65.3%
NJ avg 53.1% . +8.8pp since 2023
Math
66.7%
NJ avg 41.6% . +11.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.3% | 66.7% |
| 2023-24 | 56.5% | 54.8% |
% 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
55.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.5%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Franklin Elementary School
Franklin Elementary School's state test result (55.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Elementary School this school | 352 | 37.8% | 55.4% |
| Lincoln Elementary School BERGENFIELD | 443 | 37.9% | 66.7% |
| Jefferson Elementary School BERGENFIELD | 291 | 36.1% | 51.3% |
| Washington Elementary School BERGENFIELD | 253 | 39.5% | 52.4% |
| John F. Kennedy Primary School Raritan | 431 | 41.1% | 48.5% |
| Washington Elementary School LITTLE FERRY | 469 | 46.1% | 46.1% |
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 Franklin Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.4% | #420 of 1,290 | #90 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.7% | #297 of 1,319 ▲ 175 | #74 of 149 ▲ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.3% | #378 of 1,319 ▲ 163 | #96 of 149 ▲ 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 352 | #887 of 1,562 | #75 of 173 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #1,310 of 1,390 | #146 of 151 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.9% | #328 of 1,392 | #38 of 151 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.8% | #744 of 1,481 | #54 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.1% | #404 of 545 | #48 of 64 |
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
352
+7 (+2%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 341
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 352 | 23.1 | 15.2:1 | 38% (133) |
| 2023-24 | 372 | 24.4 | 15.3:1 | 28% (105) |
| 2022-23 | 346 | 22.9 | 15.1:1 | 31% (106) |
| 2020-21 | 345 | 21 | 16.4:1 | 22% (77) |
| 2017-18 | 338 | 21.4 | 15.8:1 | 30% (103) |
| 2015-16 | 352 | 24 | 14.7:1 | 30% (107) |
| 2010-11 | 336 | 22 | 15.3:1 | 29% (99) |
| 2000-01 | 467 | 23 | 20.3:1 | 8% (39) |
| 1990-91 | 341 | 21 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Franklin Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (338 to 352); teachers up 8% (21.4 to 23.1).
About Franklin Elementary School
Franklin Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school for students in BERGENFIELD, New Jersey. The school reports 352 students in pre-K through 5.
A total of 7 schools make up Bergenfield Borough School District, with 3,600 students enrolled.
By race and ethnicity, Franklin Elementary School is 53% Hispanic. It is also 19% Asian, 13% White, 11% Black, and 3% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Bergen County is roughly 23% Hispanic. By the diversity index, Franklin Elementary School comes in at 65%.
With 23.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Franklin Elementary School was 15.2:1. Among elementary schools in New Jersey, the typical ratio is 11.4:1. Franklin Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 38%. The average for public schools in Bergen County is 28%.
Franklin Elementary School is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 74% of New Jersey public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Compared with New Jersey schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Franklin Elementary School's results are 9.9 points above predicted: 55.4% against 45.5%.
Franklin Elementary School is located in Bergen County, where median household income is about $124,884, roughly 53% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 291 public schools in Bergen County, with a combined enrollment of about 133,883.
The school nearest to Franklin Elementary School is Bergenfield High School, at a distance of about 0.3 miles. Within five miles of Franklin Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Franklin Elementary School places 4th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Federal data show 345 students in 2020-21 and 352 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 16.4:1 to 15.2:1.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Franklin Elementary School covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Bergenfield Borough School District
- Bergenfield High SchoolHigh · 1,239 students
- Roy W. Brown Middle SchoolMiddle · 761 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 443 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolElementary · 291 students
- Hoover Elementary SchoolElementary · 261 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 253 students
Other schools in BERGENFIELD
- Bergenfield High SchoolHigh · 1,239 students
- Roy W. Brown Middle SchoolMiddle · 761 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 443 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolElementary · 291 students
- Hoover Elementary SchoolElementary · 261 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 253 students
Other Franklin Elementary schools
74 other US public schools in 22 states are named Franklin Elementary. Franklin Elementary School is the 42nd largest of the 75.
- Franklin Elementary SchoolKEARNY, NJ · 950 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolNEWARK, NJ · 725 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolRAHWAY, NJ · 658 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolN BERGEN, NJ · 509 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolWestfield, NJ · 509 students
Nearby schools
- Bergenfield High School0.3 mi · 1,239
- Roy W. Brown Middle School0.5 mi · 761
- Washington Elementary School0.6 mi · 253
- David E. Owens Middle School0.8 mi · 523
- Lincoln Elementary School0.8 mi · 443
- Lincoln Elementary School0.9 mi · 172
Frequently asked questions
About Franklin Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Franklin Elementary School?
Franklin Elementary School enrolls approximately 352 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Franklin Elementary School serve?
Franklin Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Franklin Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Franklin Elementary School is approximately 15.2:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Franklin Elementary School?
At Franklin Elementary School, the student body is approximately 13% White, 53% Hispanic, 11% Black, 19% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Franklin Elementary School public or private?
Franklin Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bergenfield Borough School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.