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Enrollment
725
Elementary
DISTRICT 638 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWARK PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341134002278
Franklin Elementary School
42 PARK AVE, NEWARK, NJ 07104 · (973) 268-5250 · Essex County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL725 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
661 students
DISTRICT 80% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 43 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 52 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 109 | 15% |
| Grade 7 | 78 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 78 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 33% smaller than its 8th grade class (78).
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
26.6%
NJ avg 53.1% . +1.1pp since 2023
Math
18.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . +0.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.6% | 18.6% |
| 2023-24 | 25.5% | 18.5% |
% 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
21.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
16.3%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 16% 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 (21.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Elementary School this school | 725 | 91.2% | 21.0% |
| Nicholas S. Lacorte-Peterstown School No. 3 ELIZABETH | 765 | 89.7% | 21.6% |
| Roberto Clemente Elementary School NEWARK | 742 | 86.7% | 21.2% |
| Indian Ave School BRIDGETON | 627 | 92.3% | 14.7% |
| Jerome Dunn Academy No 9 Elizabeth | 856 | 92.2% | 17.5% |
| Lindenwold School Four LINDENWOLD | 657 | 88.9% | 13.8% |
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 | 21.0% | #1,117 of 1,290 | #98 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.6% | #1,170 of 1,319 ▼ 49 | #108 of 141 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.6% | #1,156 of 1,319 ▼ 14 | #113 of 141 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 725 | #98 of 1,562 | #21 of 162 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #1,121 of 1,390 | #76 of 140 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.6% | #1,274 of 1,392 | #132 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.2% | #47 of 1,481 | #3 of 142 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +43.8% | #33 of 545 | #6 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
725
+109 (+18%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 1,072
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 725 | 55 | 13.2:1 | 91% (661) |
| 2023-24 | 737 | 55 | 13.4:1 | 90% (663) |
| 2022-23 | 745 | 61 | 12.2:1 | 84% (624) |
| 2020-21 | 616 | 51 | 12.1:1 | 81% (500) |
| 2017-18 | 504 | 46 | 11.0:1 | 82% (412) |
| 2015-16 | 568 | 48 | 11.8:1 | 87% (495) |
| 2010-11 | 498 | 35 | 14.2:1 | 97% (484) |
| 2000-01 | 657 | 52 | 12.6:1 | 98% (641) |
| 1990-91 | 1,072 | 65 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Franklin Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 44% (504 to 725); teachers up 20% (46 to 55).
About Franklin Elementary School
Franklin Elementary School is an elementary school located in NEWARK, New Jersey, in Essex County. The school's 725 students are in pre-K through 8. Enrollment is 79% higher than the average for elementary schools in New Jersey, which is about 405.
A total of 65 schools make up Newark Public School District, with 41,502 students enrolled.
The student body at Franklin Elementary School is 86% Hispanic. Other reported shares: 11% Black. Essex County's residents are about 25% Hispanic, 61 points below the school's share. The school's diversity index is 25%, meaning two students picked at random have a 25% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal staffing data show 55 full-time-equivalent teachers at Franklin Elementary School and a ratio of 13.2:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 91% of enrollment. The rate at public schools in Essex County averages 54%, lower than here.
Franklin Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 21.0%, compared with a predicted 16.3%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New Jersey schools on BeatsExpectations.
Franklin Elementary School is located in Essex County, where the median household income is $80,789, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Besides Franklin Elementary School, Essex County has 248 other public schools.
The closest other public school is Barringer High School, about 0.3 miles away. Franklin Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Franklin Elementary School ranks 3rd of 7 nearby schools, at 21.0% versus a 22.7% average.
The NCES locale for Franklin Elementary School is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 725 students in 2024-25, 109 more than the 616 it had in 2020-21. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 12.1:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.2:1.
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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 Newark Public School District
- East Side High SchoolHigh · 2,046 students
- Barringer High SchoolHigh · 1,894 students
- Ann Street SchoolElementary · 1,294 students
- Lafayette Street SchoolElementary · 1,213 students
- First Avenue SchoolElementary · 1,084 students
- Early Childhood School - NorthElementary · 1,076 students
Other schools in NEWARK
- North Star Academy Charter SchoolCombined · 6,714 students
- TEAM Academy Charter SchoolCombined · 6,406 students
- Great Oaks Legacy Charter SchoolCombined · 2,169 students
- East Side High SchoolHigh · 2,046 students
- Barringer High SchoolHigh · 1,894 students
- Marion P. Thomas Charter SchoolCombined · 1,410 students
Other Franklin Elementary schools
74 other US public schools in 22 states are named Franklin Elementary. Franklin Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 75.
- Franklin Elementary SchoolKEARNY, NJ · 950 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolRAHWAY, NJ · 658 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolN BERGEN, NJ · 509 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolWestfield, NJ · 509 students
- Franklin ElementaryUNION, NJ · 453 students
Nearby schools
- Barringer High School0.3 mi · 1,894
- Newark School of Global Studies0.3 mi · 377
- Technology High School0.3 mi · 662
- McKinley Elementary School0.4 mi · 917
- Branch Brook School0.4 mi · 60
- Early Childhood School - North0.4 mi · 1,076
Frequently asked questions
About Franklin Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Franklin Elementary School?
Franklin Elementary School enrolls approximately 725 students in grades PK-08.
Is Franklin Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Franklin Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many students per teacher at Franklin Elementary School?
Approximately 13.2:1 students per teacher at Franklin Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Franklin Elementary School?
Student demographics at Franklin Elementary School are roughly 1% White, 86% Hispanic, 11% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Franklin Elementary School public or private?
Franklin Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Newark Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.