Franklin Elementary School

Franklin Elementary School is one of the big elementary campuss in NEWARK, New Jersey, one of the schools within Newark Public School District, with 725 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Franklin Elementary School sits 79% above that benchmark.

Newark Public School District runs 65 schools in total, collectively educating 41,502 students. Franklin Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Franklin Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (86%). The remainder looks like 11% Black. By comparison, Essex County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Franklin Elementary School has 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.2:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 91% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Essex County (around 54%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

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 16.3%, the actual is 21.0%, a residual of +4.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Essex County shows median household income runs about $80,789, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Franklin Elementary School is one of 249 public schools in Essex County (combined enrollment of about 145,473 students).

Barringer High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Franklin Elementary School at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 22.7%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Franklin Elementary School has ticked up 44%, going from 504 students in 2018 to 725 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 17% to 11%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 11.0:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.

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