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What's one thing Franklin Elementary School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
509
Elementary
DISTRICT 672 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH BERGEN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341146002884
Franklin Elementary School
5211 Columbia Avenue, N BERGEN, NJ 07047 · (201) 974-7007 · Hudson County
GRADES 01–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL509 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 35% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
11.3:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
391 students
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 41%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 102 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 59 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 53 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 50 | 10% |
This year's 1st grade class (73) is 46% larger than its 8th grade class (50).
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
38.2%
NJ avg 53.1% . -0.2pp since 2023
Math
24.8%
NJ avg 41.6% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.2% | 24.8% |
| 2023-24 | 38.4% | 22.8% |
% 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
28.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.1%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 (28.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Elementary School this school | 509 | 76.8% | 28.3% |
| John F Kennedy Elementary School N BERGEN | 576 | 77.1% | 29.5% |
| Ignacio Cruz Early Childhood Center PERTH AMBOY | 577 | 76.8% | N/A |
| James J. Flynn Elementary School PERTH AMBOY | 599 | 75.1% | 22.5% |
| Academy Street Elementary School DOVER | 509 | 83.3% | 17.5% |
| Public School Number Two WEST NEW YORK | 621 | 76.7% | 38.6% |
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 Hudson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.3% | #997 of 1,290 | #69 of 84 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.8% | #1,068 of 1,319 ▼ 19 | #69 of 84 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.2% | #969 of 1,319 ▼ 55 | #67 of 84 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 509 | #388 of 1,562 | #50 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #697 of 1,390 | #43 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.9% | #1,334 of 1,392 | #73 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.8% | #256 of 1,481 | #34 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.2% | #226 of 798 | #26 of 61 |
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
509
-51 (-9%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 569
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 509 | 45 | 11.3:1 | 77% (391) |
| 2023-24 | 524 | 48.1 | 10.9:1 | 82% (428) |
| 2022-23 | 533 | 48.6 | 11.0:1 | 67% (359) |
| 2020-21 | 560 | 46 | 12.2:1 | 59% (332) |
| 2017-18 | 615 | 41.8 | 14.7:1 | 51% (313) |
| 2015-16 | 616 | 43 | 14.3:1 | 64% (397) |
| 2010-11 | 634 | 41 | 15.5:1 | 55% (348) |
| 2000-01 | 721 | 37 | 19.5:1 | 55% (396) |
| 1990-91 | 569 | 32 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Franklin Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (615 to 509); teachers up 8% (41.8 to 45).
About Franklin Elementary School
Franklin Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in N BERGEN, New Jersey. The school had 509 students in grades 1 through 8 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for elementary schools in New Jersey is about 405, so this school runs 26% above that.
North Bergen School District operates 8 schools. Combined enrollment is 7,031 students.
The student body at Franklin Elementary School is 92% Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 4% White and 3% Asian. Among all residents of Hudson County, the Hispanic share is about 41%. The school's diversity index is 16%, meaning two students picked at random have a 16% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.3:1 at Franklin Elementary School, with 45 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is close to the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 77%. Compared with the 68% average for public schools in Hudson County, the school's rate is higher.
allk12 grades Franklin Elementary School a C+. The grade compares the school only with New Jersey public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Franklin Elementary School would be expected to post about 24.1%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 28.3%.
Federal survey data for Hudson County show that the median household income is $91,795, roughly 49% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 130 public schools in Hudson County, enrolling about 86,216 students in all.
The shortest distance from Franklin Elementary School to another public school is about 0.4 miles, to Public School Number Three. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Franklin Elementary School comes in 8th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is down 9% from 2020-21, when Franklin Elementary School had 560 students, to 2024-25, when it had 509.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Franklin Elementary School covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Hudson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
718,323
Census ACS
Median income
$91,795
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
130
86,216 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in North Bergen School District
- North Bergen High SchoolHigh · 2,328 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,193 students
- Horace Mann Elementary SchoolElementary · 978 students
- Robert Fulton Elementary SchoolElementary · 938 students
- John F Kennedy Elementary SchoolElementary · 576 students
- McKinley Elementary SchoolElementary · 296 students
Other schools in N BERGEN
- North Bergen High SchoolHigh · 2,328 students
- John F Kennedy Elementary SchoolElementary · 576 students
Other Franklin Elementary schools
74 other US public schools in 22 states are named Franklin Elementary. Franklin Elementary School is the 16th largest of the 75.
- Franklin Elementary SchoolKEARNY, NJ · 950 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolNEWARK, NJ · 725 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolRAHWAY, NJ · 658 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolWestfield, NJ · 509 students
- Franklin ElementaryUNION, NJ · 453 students
Nearby schools
- Public School Number Three0.4 mi · 506
- Lincoln Elementary School0.7 mi · 1,193
- Public School Number One0.7 mi · 758
- Public School Number Five0.8 mi · 570
- Early Childhood School0.8 mi · 395
- Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School0.8 mi · 871
Frequently asked questions
About Franklin Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Franklin Elementary School?
Franklin Elementary School enrolls approximately 509 students in grades 01-08.
What grades does Franklin Elementary School serve?
Franklin Elementary School serves grades 01-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Franklin Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Franklin Elementary School is approximately 11.3:1 (45 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Franklin Elementary School?
Student demographics at Franklin Elementary School are roughly 4% White, 92% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Franklin Elementary School?
Franklin Elementary School is overseen by North Bergen School District in Hudson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.