Franklin Elementary School

Franklin Elementary School is a moderately sized primary school in N BERGEN, New Jersey, part of North Bergen School District. The school educates 509 students in grades 1 through 8. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Franklin Elementary School sits 26% larger than that benchmark.

North Bergen School District comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 7,031 students; Franklin Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, Franklin Elementary School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (92%). The remainder comes out to 4% White, 3% Asian. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Franklin Elementary School has 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.3:1. The state averages about 11.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 77% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Hudson County (around 68%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Franklin Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 24.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 28.3%.

In the broader community, census data for Hudson County shows the typical household earns roughly $91,795 per year, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Franklin Elementary School is one of 130 public schools in Hudson County (combined enrollment of about 86,216 students).

Nearest neighbor: Public School Number Three, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Franklin Elementary School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Franklin Elementary School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 34.0%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Franklin Elementary School has contracted 17%, going from 615 students in 2018 to 509 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 in 2025.

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