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Franklin Elementary

1500 LINDY TERRACE, UNION, NJ 07083 · (908) 851-6450 · Union County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL453 STUDENTS
Enrollment
453
Elementary
DISTRICT 529 · STATE 405
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
288 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K5612%
Kindergarten7717%
Grade 18218%
Grade 27917%
Grade 37216%
Grade 48719%

This year's kindergarten class (77) is 11% smaller than its 4th grade class (87).

Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 71% · US 70%
White
225%
DISTRICT 15% · STATE 37% · US 43%
Hispanic
9621%
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 35% · US 30%
Black
29164%
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 14% · US 15%
Asian
286%
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 10% · US 6%
Two+
143%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 3% · US 5%
Native American
20%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 1%
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
Male
23351%
Female
22049%

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Test scores

NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding Expectations
English Language Arts
35.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . +5.7pp since 2023
Math
26.2%
NJ avg 41.6% . +8.6pp since 2023

What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.

NJSLA results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2535.5%26.2%
2023-2429.8%17.6%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
27.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.1pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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

Franklin Elementary's state test result (27.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Franklin Elementary this school45363.6%27.3%
J.C.Stuart ECDC
Willingboro
36564.1%N/A
Winslow Township Elementary School Three
SICKLERVILLE
46462.9%32.7%
Hawthorne Park Elementary School
WILLINGBORO
35467.5%28.6%
John Fenwick Academy
SALEM
38769.3%N/A
Henry B. Wilson Family School
CAMDEN
37766.8%6.6%
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 ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New JerseyIn Union County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
27.3%#1,017 of 1,290#64 of 92
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
26.2%#1,047 of 1,319
▲ 93
#58 of 93
▲ 20
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
35.5%#1,021 of 1,319
▲ 45
#66 of 93
▲ 6
Enrollment
ranked largest first
453#535 of 1,562#45 of 108
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
10.1:1#360 of 1,390#10 of 103
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
53.5%#702 of 1,392#45 of 103
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
63.6%#426 of 1,481#53 of 105
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+6.8%#331 of 545#20 of 42
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 2024-25
Enrollment
453
-12 (-3%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 611
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 12.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-254534510.1:164% (288)
2023-244654510.3:149% (230)
2022-234524410.3:131% (140)
2020-214653612.9:149% (229)
2017-184244010.6:133% (142)
2015-164334310.1:151% (219)
2010-115093713.8:143% (218)
2000-015533416.3:134% (188)
1990-916113020.4:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Franklin Elementary.

Since 2017-18: students up 7% (424 to 453); teachers up 13% (40 to 45).

About Franklin Elementary

Franklin Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school that serves part of UNION, New Jersey. It has an enrollment of 453 students in pre-K through 4.

Township of Union School District includes 10 schools. Together they enroll 7,845 students.

More than half of enrollment at Franklin Elementary is Black: 64%. The remaining shares are 21% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 5% White, and 3% multiracial. Union County as a whole is about 20% Black, so the school's share is higher. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 54%.

The school had 45 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 10.1:1. The gap from the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey is 1.4 students per teacher. The school reported 64% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The average for public schools in Union County is 52%.

Franklin Elementary is 4.1 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (27.3% versus 31.4%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New Jersey.

For the population of Union County, median household income comes to about $103,202, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Union County counts 180 public schools with about 99,046 students.

Franklin Elementary is about 0.7 miles from Deanna G. Taylor Academy, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Franklin Elementary ranks 5th on average proficiency.

On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.

Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Franklin Elementary had a net loss of 12 students, or 3%. The ratio of students to teachers went from 12.9:1 to 10.1:1 over the same years.

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Union County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
Franklin Elementary
District
Township of Union School District
Address
1500 LINDY TERRACE, UNION, NJ 07083
Phone
(908) 851-6450
County
Union County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–04
Total enrollment
453
Teachers (FTE)
45
Student–teacher ratio
10.1:1
Free and reduced lunch
288 (64%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
341650005754
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in Township of Union School District
Other schools in UNION
Other Franklin Elementary schools

74 other US public schools in 22 states are named Franklin Elementary. Franklin Elementary is the 23rd largest of the 75.

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Frequently asked questions

About Franklin Elementary
How large is Franklin Elementary?
Franklin Elementary enrolls approximately 453 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does Franklin Elementary serve?
Franklin Elementary serves grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Franklin Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Franklin Elementary is approximately 10.1:1 (45 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Franklin Elementary?
At Franklin Elementary, the student body is approximately 5% White, 21% Hispanic, 64% Black, 6% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Franklin Elementary public or private?
Franklin Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Township of Union School District.
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