Enrollment
352
Elementary
DISTRICT 378 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340183002000
Franklin Elementary School
85 Curtis Street, Bloomfield, NJ 07003 · (973) 680-8560 · Essex County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL352 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 72% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- BTest 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
10.5:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
168 students
DISTRICT 45% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 56 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 54 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (54).
Student demographics
64%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
Based on grade levels within Bloomfield Township School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
63.3%
NJ avg 53.1% . +1.9pp since 2023
Math
46.7%
NJ avg 41.6% . +0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.3% | 46.7% |
| 2023-24 | 61.4% | 46.0% |
% 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
51.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 (51.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Elementary School this school | 352 | 47.7% | 51.0% |
| Robert Gordon Elementary School ROSELLE PARK | 325 | 49.5% | 33.0% |
| Ernest J. Finizio Jr. - Aldene School ROSELLE PARK | 287 | 53.3% | 38.4% |
| Sixteenth Avenue School ELMWOOD PARK | 410 | 53.2% | 32.8% |
| Sherman Elementary School ROSELLE PARK | 364 | 39.6% | 49.0% |
| Netcong Elementary School NETCONG | 295 | 48.8% | 39.2% |
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 Essex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #499 of 1,290 | #47 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.7% | #653 of 1,319 ▼ 11 | #56 of 141 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.3% | #415 of 1,319 ▲ 5 | #47 of 141 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 352 | #888 of 1,562 | #105 of 162 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.5:1 | #487 of 1,390 | #20 of 140 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.5% | #344 of 1,392 | #23 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.7% | #615 of 1,481 | #85 of 142 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.5% | #718 of 798 | #65 of 73 |
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
+2 (+1%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 378
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 10.0:1
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 | 33.5 | 10.5:1 | 48% (168) |
| 2023-24 | 354 | 37 | 9.6:1 | 37% (132) |
| 2022-23 | 345 | 34 | 10.2:1 | 37% (126) |
| 2020-21 | 350 | 35 | 10.0:1 | 35% (122) |
| 2017-18 | 361 | 31.8 | 11.3:1 | 38% (136) |
| 2015-16 | 338 | 27 | 12.5:1 | 43% (146) |
| 2010-11 | 381 | 21 | 18.1:1 | 31% (117) |
| 2000-01 | 412 | 18 | 22.9:1 | 17% (71) |
| 1990-91 | 378 | 17 | 22.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Franklin Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (361 to 352); teachers up 5% (31.8 to 33.5).
About Franklin Elementary School
Franklin Elementary School is an elementary school with a street address in Bloomfield, New Jersey. School enrollment was 352 students in 2024-25, in kindergarten through 6.
The 11 schools in Bloomfield Township School District enroll 6,400 students altogether, Franklin Elementary School among them.
At 52%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Franklin Elementary School combined. It is also 25% White, 14% Black, 6% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Essex County's residents are about 25% Hispanic, 27 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Franklin Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 64%.
With 33.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Franklin Elementary School was 10.5:1. The 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey is higher than this school's figure. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 48%.
The allk12 Grade for Franklin Elementary School is B+. Compared with New Jersey public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 72% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The model predicts 40.0% for a school in New Jersey with Franklin Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Franklin Elementary School posts 51.0%.
Federal survey data for Essex County show that median household income is about $80,789, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Franklin Elementary School is among the 249 public schools in Essex County.
The Early Childhood Center @ Forest Glen is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Franklin Elementary School is 2nd of 6 on proficiency.
The federal government classifies Franklin Elementary School's location as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment went from 350 in 2020-21 to 352 in 2024-25, a change of 2 students.
Discussion on this page can cover sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Essex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
863,002
Census ACS
Median income
$80,789
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
249
145,473 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bloomfield Township School District
- Bloomfield High SchoolHigh · 2,055 students
- Bloomfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 944 students
- Fairview Elementary SchoolElementary · 499 students
- Demarest Elementary SchoolElementary · 482 students
- Berkeley Elementary SchoolElementary · 453 students
- Oak View Elementary SchoolElementary · 399 students
Other schools in Bloomfield
- Bloomfield High SchoolHigh · 2,055 students
- Bloomfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 944 students
- Fairview Elementary SchoolElementary · 499 students
- Demarest Elementary SchoolElementary · 482 students
- Berkeley Elementary SchoolElementary · 453 students
- Oak View Elementary SchoolElementary · 399 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
- The Early Childhood Center @ Forest Glen0.3 mi · 158
- Lincoln School0.8 mi · 446
- Bloomfield High School0.9 mi · 2,055
- Forest Avenue School0.9 mi · 127
- Central School1.0 mi · 127
- Fairview Elementary School1.1 mi · 499
Frequently asked questions
About Franklin Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Franklin Elementary School?
Franklin Elementary School enrolls approximately 352 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Franklin Elementary School serve?
Franklin Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Franklin Elementary School?
Approximately 10.5:1 students per teacher at Franklin Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Franklin Elementary School?
Student demographics at Franklin Elementary School are roughly 25% White, 52% Hispanic, 14% Black, 6% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Franklin Elementary School in?
Franklin Elementary School is part of Bloomfield Township School District.
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