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What's one thing Franklin Park School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
671
Elementary
DISTRICT 491 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340549005200
Franklin Park School
30 Eden Street, Franklin Park, NJ 08823 · (732) 297-5666 · Somerset County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL671 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 51% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- B-Test 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
9.3:1
72 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.5:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
303 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 193 | 29% |
| Kindergarten | 86 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is 12% larger than its 5th grade class (77).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
55.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . -0.2pp since 2023
Math
47.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . +7.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.0% | 47.6% |
| 2023-24 | 55.2% | 39.9% |
% 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
44.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.5%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Park School
Franklin Park School's state test result (44.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Park School this school | 671 | 45.2% | 44.3% |
| Grandview Elementary School PISCATAWAY | 579 | 43.5% | 43.9% |
| John Adams NORTH BRUNSWICK | 561 | 43.3% | 42.0% |
| Arbor Elementary School PISCATAWAY | 528 | 55.7% | 39.7% |
| Rafael Cordero y Molina JERSEY CITY | 794 | 38.9% | 39.1% |
| B. Bernice Young Elementary School BURLINGTON | 681 | 44.2% | N/A |
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 Park School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Somerset County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.3% | #653 of 1,290 | #31 of 42 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.6% | #633 of 1,319 ▲ 108 | #30 of 42 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #593 of 1,319 ▼ 25 | #27 of 42 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 671 | #139 of 1,562 | #4 of 46 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.3:1 | #190 of 1,390 | #18 of 45 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.0% | #60 of 1,392 | #4 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.2% | #658 of 1,481 | #13 of 45 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.1% | #292 of 798 | #11 of 31 |
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
671
+33 (+5%) vs 2020
+319% since 1990-91, when it was 160
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
was 9.5:1
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 | 671 | 71.9 | 9.3:1 | 45% (303) |
| 2023-24 | 635 | 71.4 | 8.9:1 | 37% (237) |
| 2022-23 | 660 | 69.6 | 9.5:1 | 37% (244) |
| 2020-21 | 638 | 67 | 9.5:1 | 32% (207) |
| 2017-18 | 781 | 76.5 | 10.2:1 | 31% (241) |
| 2015-16 | 814 | 74 | 11.0:1 | 23% (191) |
| 2010-11 | 1,030 | 63 | 16.4:1 | 20% (202) |
| 2000-01 | 1,001 | 64 | 15.6:1 | 23% (230) |
| 1990-91 | 160 | 10 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Franklin Park School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (781 to 671); teachers down 6% (76.5 to 71.9).
About Franklin Park School
Franklin Park School serves students in Franklin Park, New Jersey, as a high-enrollment elementary school. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 671 students. Elementary schools in New Jersey average about 405 students, which makes this school 66% bigger than average.
A total of 10 schools make up Franklin Township Public School District, with 6,950 students enrolled.
The largest group at Franklin Park School is Black students, at 32%. The school is also 30% Asian, 27% Hispanic, 8% White, and 2% multiracial. That is higher than the 10% Black share among all Somerset County residents. The diversity index for Franklin Park School is 73%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Staffing at Franklin Park School comes to 71.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 9.3:1. Elementary schools in New Jersey average 11.4:1, 2.1 more students per teacher than here. Franklin Park School counts 45% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 28% average among public schools in Somerset County.
On the allk12 Grade, Franklin Park School lands at B-, ahead of 51% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Franklin Park School is 2.9 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 44.3% actual, 41.5% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New Jersey.
In the surrounding county, Somerset County, median household income comes to about $140,374, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 58% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. The county's public schools total 84, with about 51,276 students.
A public school about 0.6 miles away, Claremont Elementary School, is the closest to Franklin Park School. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Franklin Park School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
From 638 students in 2020-21, enrollment rose to 671 by 2024-25.
The Franklin Park School discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Somerset County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
349,846
Census ACS
Median income
$140,374
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
58%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
84
51,276 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Franklin Township Public School District
- Franklin High SchoolHigh · 2,134 students
- Franklin Middle School at Sampson G. Smith CampusMiddle · 787 students
- Claremont Elementary SchoolElementary · 685 students
- Franklin Middle School at Hamilton Street CampusMiddle · 592 students
- Elizabeth Avenue SchoolElementary · 541 students
- Hillcrest SchoolElementary · 439 students
Other schools in Franklin Park
- Claremont Elementary SchoolElementary · 685 students
Nearby schools
- Claremont Elementary School0.6 mi · 685
- Brunswick Acres Elementary School0.9 mi · 448
- Greenbrook Elementary School1.2 mi · 392
- Cambridge Elementary School2.1 mi · 416
- North Brunswick Twp. Middle School2.6 mi · 754
- Constable Elementary School2.7 mi · 476
Frequently asked questions
About Franklin Park SchoolHow large is Franklin Park School?
Franklin Park School enrolls approximately 671 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Franklin Park School serve?
Franklin Park School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Franklin Park School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Franklin Park School is approximately 9.3:1 (72 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Franklin Park School?
At Franklin Park School, the student body is approximately 8% White, 27% Hispanic, 32% Black, 30% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Franklin Park School in?
Franklin Park School is part of Franklin Township Public School District.
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