Franklin Elementary School

Franklin Elementary School is an elementary-level community of roomy scale in KEARNY, New Jersey, run under Kearny, instructing 950 students in grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 135% larger than typical.

Within Kearny, which oversees 7 schools and 5,388 students, Franklin Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Franklin Elementary School records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 73%. The remainder is composed of 20% White, 3% Black, 3% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Franklin Elementary School has 97 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. Around 73% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Franklin Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 26.0%, the actual is 30.7%, a residual of +4.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Hudson County) logs that median household income runs about $91,795, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Franklin Elementary School is one of 130 public schools in Hudson County (combined enrollment of about 86,216 students).

Nearest neighbor: Kearny High School, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Franklin Elementary School at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 25.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Franklin Elementary School's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 935 (now 950).

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