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Enrollment
509
Elementary
DISTRICT 375 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WESTFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341776005770
Franklin Elementary School
700 Prospect Street, Westfield, NJ 07090 · (908) 789-4590 · Union County
GRADES 01–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL509 STUDENTS
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Scored higher than 88% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
13.0:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
1%
3 students
DISTRICT 2% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 105 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 98 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 115 | 23% |
| Grade 5 | 101 | 20% |
This year's 1st grade class (105) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (101).
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
78.7%
NJ avg 53.1% . -1.3pp since 2023
Math
82.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . +3.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.7% | 82.3% |
| 2023-24 | 80.0% | 78.6% |
% 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
75.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.8%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 (75.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Elementary School this school | 509 | 0.6% | 75.2% |
| Ridgewood Avenue School GLEN RIDGE | 540 | 0.6% | 79.6% |
| Dorchester Elementary School WOODCLIFF LAKE | 494 | 1.4% | 72.8% |
| Riverview Elementary School DENVILLE | 465 | 3.4% | 65.1% |
| Bear Tavern Elementary School TITUSVILLE | 461 | 4.3% | 70.0% |
| Shongum School RANDOLPH | 482 | 4.1% | 58.1% |
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 Union County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.2% | #82 of 1,290 | #10 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.3% | #62 of 1,319 ▲ 19 | #7 of 93 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.7% | #109 of 1,319 ▼ 27 | #8 of 93 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 509 | #389 of 1,562 | #39 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #1,084 of 1,390 | #75 of 103 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.9% | #1,027 of 1,392 | #77 of 103 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 0.6% | #1,478 of 1,481 | #105 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.7% | #303 of 798 | #12 of 58 |
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
509
-36 (-7%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 465
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 509 | 39.3 | 13.0:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2023-24 | 531 | 39.4 | 13.5:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2022-23 | 532 | 38 | 14.0:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2020-21 | 545 | 42 | 13.0:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2017-18 | 590 | 43.2 | 13.7:1 | 2% (9) |
| 2015-16 | 571 | 42 | 13.6:1 | 1% (6) |
| 2010-11 | 642 | 32 | 20.1:1 | 1% (5) |
| 2000-01 | 573 | 30 | 19.1:1 | 1% (3) |
| 1990-91 | 465 | 24 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Franklin Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (590 to 509); teachers down 9% (43.2 to 39.3).
About Franklin Elementary School
Franklin Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Westfield, New Jersey, (ZIP code 07090). Students in grades 1 through 5 attend, and enrollment is 509 students. The school's enrollment is 26% bigger than the 405 average for elementary schools in New Jersey.
Westfield Public School District, which runs Franklin Elementary School, has 10 schools and 5,838 students.
Franklin Elementary School's enrollment is 76% White. Enrollment also includes 10% Asian, 7% multiracial, and 6% Hispanic. Among people living in Union County, the White share is about 39%. The chance that two students picked at random at Franklin Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 41%.
The teaching staff at Franklin Elementary School is 39.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 13.0:1. That ratio is over the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 1%. Public schools in Union County average 52%.
Franklin Elementary School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 88% of New Jersey public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Franklin Elementary School would score about 65.8%. It scores 75.2%, 9.4 points above that figure.
Union County has about 579,290 residents, and median household income is about $103,202, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Union County number 180 and enroll about 99,046.
The shortest distance from Franklin Elementary School to another public school is about 0.5 miles, to Roosevelt Intermediate School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, Franklin Elementary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Franklin Elementary School had 545 students in 2020-21 and 509 in 2024-25, a 7% decrease.
The Franklin Elementary School community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Union County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
579,290
Census ACS
Median income
$103,202
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
180
99,046 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Westfield Public School District
- Westfield Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,776 students
- Thomas Edison Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 800 students
- Roosevelt Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 638 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolElementary · 467 students
- Tamaques Elementary SchoolElementary · 427 students
- Wilson Elementary SchoolElementary · 362 students
Other schools in Westfield
- Westfield Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,776 students
- Thomas Edison Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 800 students
- Roosevelt Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 638 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolElementary · 467 students
- Tamaques Elementary SchoolElementary · 427 students
- Wilson Elementary SchoolElementary · 362 students
Other Franklin Elementary schools
74 other US public schools in 22 states are named Franklin Elementary. Franklin Elementary School is the 16th 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 ElementaryUNION, NJ · 453 students
Nearby schools
- Roosevelt Intermediate School0.5 mi · 638
- Hillcrest Academy-North0.7 mi · 74
- Wilson Elementary School0.9 mi · 362
- McKinley Elementary School1.0 mi · 291
- Westfield Senior High School1.1 mi · 1,776
- Beechwood School1.1 mi · 265
Frequently asked questions
About Franklin Elementary SchoolHow large is Franklin Elementary School?
Franklin Elementary School enrolls approximately 509 students in grades 01-05.
What grades does Franklin Elementary School serve?
Franklin Elementary School serves grades 01-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Franklin Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Franklin Elementary School is approximately 13.0:1 (39 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Franklin Elementary School?
Franklin Elementary School reports a student body of 76% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 10% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Franklin Elementary School?
Franklin Elementary School is overseen by Westfield Public School District in Union County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.