Franklin Elementary

Franklin Elementary is one of the average-sized elementary campuss in UNION, New Jersey, overseen by Township of Union School District, with 453 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 4.

Across the 10 schools in Township of Union School District (7,845 students total), Franklin Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Franklin Elementary logs that Black students make up the majority at 64%. Beyond that, the school shows 21% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 5% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 20% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Franklin Elementary has 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Franklin Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 64% of students at Franklin Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Union County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Franklin Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.4%; this one delivers 27.3%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Union County) reports that median household income runs about $103,202, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Franklin Elementary is one of 180 public schools in Union County (combined enrollment of about 99,046 students).

Nearest neighbor: Deanna G. Taylor Academy, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Franklin Elementary comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 32.6%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Franklin Elementary has rose 7%, going from 424 students in 2018 to 453 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 16% to 21% across the same window.

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