Franklin Elementary School

Franklin Elementary School, a medium-sized primary school in BERGENFIELD, New Jersey, overseen by Bergenfield Borough School District, caters to 352 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 7 schools in Bergenfield Borough School District (3,600 students total), Franklin Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Franklin Elementary School lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 19% Asian, 13% White, 11% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 23% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 38% of students at Franklin Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Bergen County runs at roughly 28%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Franklin Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.5%, the actual is 55.4%, a residual of +9.9 points.

Around the school, census data for Bergen County shows median household earnings sit near $124,884, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Bergen County's 291 public schools (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students), Franklin Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Bergenfield High School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Franklin Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Franklin Elementary School at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 53.9%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Franklin Elementary School has grew 4%, going from 338 students in 2018 to 352 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share shrank from 27% to 19%.

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