Franklin Elementary School

Franklin Elementary School is a K-5 school of medium-sized scale in Bloomfield, New Jersey, run under Bloomfield Township School District, educateing 352 students in grades K through 6.

Franklin Elementary School is one of 11 schools operated by Bloomfield Township School District, a district that educates 6,400 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Franklin Elementary School logs that 52% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 25% White, 14% Black, 6% Asian, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 25% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Franklin Elementary School shows 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.5:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 48% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

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 40.0%, the actual is 51.0%, a residual of +11.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, Essex County reports that the typical household earns roughly $80,789 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Essex County's 249 public schools (combined enrollment of about 145,473 students), Franklin Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: The Early Childhood Center @ Forest Glen, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Franklin Elementary School. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Franklin Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 49.3%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Franklin Elementary School has held roughly steady, going from 361 students in 2018 to 352 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 42% to 52%.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.