Franklin Elementary School

Set in Westfield, New Jersey, Franklin Elementary School is a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school, run under Westfield Public School District. It educates 509 students across grades 1 through 5. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 26% bigger than typical.

Franklin Elementary School is one of 10 schools operated by Westfield Public School District, a district that educates 5,838 students overall.

On demographics, Franklin Elementary School logs that 76% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder reads as 10% Asian, 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 39%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Franklin Elementary School lists 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. Around 1% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Union County (around 52%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Franklin Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 65.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 75.2%.

In the area at large, Union County reports that median household earnings sit near $103,202, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Union County runs 180 public schools (combined enrollment of about 99,046 students), of which Franklin Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Roosevelt Intermediate School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Franklin Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Franklin Elementary School comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 68.1%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 14%: 590 students in 2018 compared to 509 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 82% to 76% over that span.

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