Enrollment
270
Elementary
DISTRICT 267 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH PLAINFIELD SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341536003640
Franklin Elementary School
1000 FRANKLIN AVE, SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ 07080 · (908) 754-4620 · Middlesex County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL270 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 55% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
11.6:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
89 students
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 52 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 23% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 13% smaller than its 4th grade class (60).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Franklin Elementary School→Grant Elementary School→South Plainfield Middle School→South Plainfield High School
Based on grade levels within South Plainfield School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
49.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . +4.9pp since 2023
Math
60.8%
NJ avg 41.6% . +14.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 60.8% |
| 2023-24 | 44.1% | 46.6% |
% 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
49.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.1%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 (49.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Elementary School this school | 270 | 33.0% | 49.6% |
| Durban Avenue Elementary School Hopatcong | 286 | 33.6% | N/A |
| Nixon Elementary School LANDING | 261 | 37.2% | 40.3% |
| University Heights Elementary School HAMILTON | 308 | 33.8% | 40.9% |
| Franklin School SADDLE BROOK | 328 | 34.1% | 34.5% |
| Lincoln Elementary School ROCKAWAY | 272 | 27.9% | 47.5% |
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 Middlesex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.6% | #528 of 1,290 | #53 of 111 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.8% | #391 of 1,319 ▲ 234 | #33 of 111 ▲ 34 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #735 of 1,319 ▲ 71 | #61 of 111 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 270 | #1,224 of 1,562 | #108 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #772 of 1,390 | #69 of 120 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.1% | #183 of 1,392 | #43 of 121 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.0% | #809 of 1,481 | #74 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.5% | #195 of 545 | #10 of 30 |
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
270
+6 (+2%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 351
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 270 | 23.3 | 11.6:1 | 33% (89) |
| 2023-24 | 264 | 22.3 | 11.8:1 | 28% (75) |
| 2022-23 | 282 | 24.3 | 11.6:1 | 24% (69) |
| 2020-21 | 264 | 21 | 12.6:1 | 17% (45) |
| 2017-18 | 240 | 20.4 | 11.8:1 | 23% (55) |
| 2015-16 | 257 | 21 | 12.2:1 | 18% (47) |
| 2010-11 | 317 | 23 | 13.8:1 | 24% (77) |
| 2000-01 | 437 | 28 | 15.6:1 | 10% (45) |
| 1990-91 | 351 | 20 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Franklin Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 13% (240 to 270); teachers up 14% (20.4 to 23.3).
About Franklin Elementary School
Franklin Elementary School is a small elementary school in SOUTH PLAINFIELD, New Jersey, (ZIP code 07080). The school offers kindergarten through 4 and enrolls 270 students. That puts enrollment 33% below the 405-student average for elementary schools in New Jersey.
In South Plainfield School District, 9 schools enroll a combined 3,767 students.
The biggest share of students at Franklin Elementary School, 41%, is White. Beyond that, enrollment is 35% Hispanic, 10% Black, 7% Asian, and 5% multiracial. That is in line with Middlesex County, where about 41% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Franklin Elementary School scores 69%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Franklin Elementary School is 11.6:1, based on 23.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in New Jersey is similar, at 11.4:1. Lunch program data show 33% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Middlesex County, the average is 42%.
Among New Jersey public elementary schools, Franklin Elementary School outscored 55%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Franklin Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 49.6%, compared with a predicted 48.1%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New Jersey schools on BeatsExpectations.
In the wider Middlesex County area, median household income comes to about $111,549, roughly 46% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Middlesex County counts 214 public schools with about 129,255 students.
Franklin Elementary School's nearest public school is Clinton Elementary School (about 0.7 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Franklin Elementary School is 1st of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 264 to 270, a small change.
Use the discussion section to ask about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Franklin Elementary School. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Middlesex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
871,290
Census ACS
Median income
$111,549
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
214
129,255 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in South Plainfield School District
- South Plainfield High SchoolHigh · 1,044 students
- Grant Elementary SchoolMiddle · 568 students
- South Plainfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 553 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolElementary · 472 students
- John E. Riley Elementary SchoolElementary · 367 students
- John F Kennedy Elementary SchoolElementary · 256 students
Other schools in SOUTH PLAINFIELD
- South Plainfield High SchoolHigh · 1,044 students
- Grant Elementary SchoolMiddle · 568 students
- South Plainfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 553 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolElementary · 472 students
- John E. Riley Elementary SchoolElementary · 367 students
- John F Kennedy Elementary SchoolElementary · 256 students
Other Franklin Elementary schools
74 other US public schools in 22 states are named Franklin Elementary. Franklin Elementary School is the 57th largest of the 75.
- Franklin Elementary SchoolKEARNY, NJ · 950 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolNEWARK, NJ · 725 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolRAHWAY, NJ · 658 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolN BERGEN, NJ · 509 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolWestfield, NJ · 509 students
Nearby schools
- Clinton Elementary School0.7 mi · 386
- South Plainfield Middle School0.8 mi · 553
- The Queen City Academy Charter School0.8 mi · 378
- Arbor Elementary School0.9 mi · 528
- Washington Community School1.0 mi · 557
- Grant Elementary School1.0 mi · 568
Frequently asked questions
About Franklin Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Franklin Elementary School?
Franklin Elementary School enrolls approximately 270 students in grades KG-04.
Is Franklin Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Franklin Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
How many teachers does Franklin Elementary School have?
Franklin Elementary School employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Franklin Elementary School?
At Franklin Elementary School, the student body is approximately 41% White, 35% Hispanic, 10% Black, 7% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Franklin Elementary School public or private?
Franklin Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by South Plainfield School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.