Enrollment
328
Elementary
DISTRICT 258 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SADDLE BROOK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341449000826
Franklin School
95 CALDWELL AVENUE, SADDLE BROOK, NJ 07663 · (201) 843-1142 · Bergen County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL328 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 14% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
13.7:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
112 students
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 50 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 10% smaller than its 6th grade class (50).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Franklin School→Saddle Brook Middle/High School
Based on grade levels within Saddle Brook School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
45.2%
NJ avg 53.1% . +8.1pp since 2023
Math
32.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . +4.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.2% | 32.6% |
| 2023-24 | 37.1% | 28.2% |
% 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
34.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.5%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 School
Franklin School's state test result (34.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin School this school | 328 | 34.1% | 34.5% |
| Durban Avenue Elementary School Hopatcong | 286 | 33.6% | N/A |
| Roosevelt School LYNDHURST | 295 | 34.6% | 44.4% |
| Normandy Park School MORRISTOWN | 371 | 33.7% | 59.3% |
| Helen I. Smith School SADDLE BROOK | 340 | 29.1% | 45.3% |
| Susan B. Anthony Elementary School North Arlington | 297 | 33.7% | 51.3% |
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 School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #867 of 1,290 | #130 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.6% | #922 of 1,319 ▲ 47 | #144 of 149 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.2% | #828 of 1,319 ▲ 116 | #137 of 149 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 328 | #993 of 1,562 | #96 of 173 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #1,191 of 1,390 | #133 of 151 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.6% | #364 of 1,392 | #43 of 151 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.1% | #791 of 1,481 | #60 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.1% | #353 of 545 | #36 of 64 |
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
328
+55 (+20%) vs 2020
+67% since 1990-91, when it was 196
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 328 | 24 | 13.7:1 | 34% (112) |
| 2023-24 | 312 | 23 | 13.6:1 | 28% (86) |
| 2022-23 | 300 | 24 | 12.5:1 | 19% (58) |
| 2020-21 | 273 | 24 | 11.4:1 | 25% (69) |
| 2017-18 | 309 | 21.5 | 14.4:1 | 29% (90) |
| 2015-16 | 295 | 19 | 15.5:1 | 26% (77) |
| 2010-11 | 251 | 14 | 17.9:1 | 18% (45) |
| 2000-01 | 263 | 15 | 17.5:1 | 11% (28) |
| 1990-91 | 196 | 11 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Franklin School.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (309 to 328); teachers up 12% (21.5 to 24).
About Franklin School
Franklin School is a low-enrollment elementary school located in SADDLE BROOK, New Jersey. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 328 students in kindergarten through 6.
A total of 5 schools make up Saddle Brook School District, with 1,836 students enrolled.
At Franklin School, the largest share of students is White, at 45%. The next largest groups are 39% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 5% Black, and 2% multiracial. The school's White share is 10 points below the 55% share among Bergen County residents. The school's diversity index is 64%, meaning two students picked at random have a 64% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Dividing enrollment by its 24 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 13.7:1. That is higher than the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. Eligible students account for 34% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program.
The allk12 Grade for Franklin School is D. Compared with New Jersey public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 14% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Franklin School scores 34.5% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 47.5%.
County data help place the school in context: in Bergen County, the median household income is $124,884, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 53% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Bergen County is home to 291 public schools and about 133,883 public school students.
Of nearby public schools, Washington School is the closest, at about 0.5 miles. Franklin School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 34.5% average proficiency ranks 6th among 6 nearby schools.
Federal data place Franklin School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, Franklin School's enrollment grew 20%, to 328. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 11.4:1 in 2020-21 to 13.7:1 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Bergen County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
962,316
Census ACS
Median income
$124,884
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
291
133,883 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Saddle Brook School District
- Saddle Brook Middle/High SchoolHigh · 806 students
- Helen I. Smith SchoolElementary · 340 students
- Salome H. Long Memorial SchoolElementary · 304 students
- Washington SchoolElementary · 58 students
Other schools in SADDLE BROOK
- Saddle Brook Middle/High SchoolHigh · 806 students
- Helen I. Smith SchoolElementary · 340 students
- Salome H. Long Memorial SchoolElementary · 304 students
- Washington SchoolElementary · 58 students
Other Franklin schools
9 other US public schools in 7 states are named Franklin. Franklin School is the 3rd largest of the 10.
- Franklin SchoolLYNDHURST, NJ · 196 students
- Franklin SchoolPROVO, UT · 398 students
- FranklinNorth Andover, MA · 383 students
- Franklin SchoolSALT LAKE CITY, UT · 325 students
- FranklinWest Newton, MA · 320 students
Nearby schools
- Washington School0.5 mi · 58
- Thomas Jefferson School #90.5 mi · 368
- Lodi High School0.6 mi · 906
- Garfield Public Preschool Annex0.6 mi · 105
- Garfield Public Preschool 3 at Headstart0.8 mi · 102
- Columbus School0.8 mi · 265
Frequently asked questions
About Franklin SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Franklin School?
Franklin School enrolls approximately 328 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Franklin School serve?
Franklin School serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Franklin School?
Approximately 13.7:1 students per teacher at Franklin School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Franklin School?
At Franklin School, the student body is approximately 45% White, 39% Hispanic, 5% Black, 7% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Franklin School?
Franklin School is overseen by Saddle Brook School District in Bergen County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.