Enrollment
293
Elementary
STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340546002990
Franklin Township School
226 QUAKERTOWN ROAD, QUAKERTOWN, NJ 08868 · (908) 735-7929 · Hunterdon County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL293 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 51% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
9.7:1
30 FTE teachers
STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
52 students
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 26 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 31 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 28 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 27 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 36 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 39 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 25 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 17 | 6% |
| Grade 8 | 27 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 37% larger than its 8th grade class (27).
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
58.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . +9.1pp since 2023
Math
53.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . -5.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.8% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 49.7% | 58.8% |
% 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
53.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.5%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Township School
Franklin Township School's state test result (53.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Township School this school | 293 | 17.7% | 53.5% |
| Maple Road Elementary School WEST MILFORD | 303 | 17.5% | 44.0% |
| Betty McElmon Elementary School West Long Branch | 320 | 19.7% | 62.5% |
| Wesley D Tisdale Elementary School RAMSEY | 302 | 15.6% | 71.2% |
| Middle Road School HAZLET | 285 | 17.5% | 57.7% |
| Leonardo Elementary School LEONARDO | 283 | 15.2% | 50.3% |
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 Township School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Hunterdon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.5% | #454 of 1,290 | #13 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #536 of 1,319 ▼ 133 | #13 of 23 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.8% | #512 of 1,319 ▲ 155 | #12 of 23 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 293 | #1,134 of 1,562 | #15 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.7:1 | #269 of 1,390 | #18 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.1% | #1,022 of 1,392 | #14 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.7% | #1,073 of 1,481 | #13 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.7% | #483 of 545 | #14 of 14 |
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
293
+40 (+16%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 280
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
was 9.7:1
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 | 293 | 30.2 | 9.7:1 | 18% (52) |
| 2023-24 | 271 | 32.2 | 8.4:1 | 6% (17) |
| 2022-23 | 280 | 31.7 | 8.8:1 | 10% (28) |
| 2020-21 | 253 | 26 | 9.7:1 | 4% (9) |
| 2017-18 | 288 | 30.6 | 9.4:1 | 2% (7) |
| 2015-16 | 293 | 29 | 10.1:1 | 2% (7) |
| 2010-11 | 304 | 19 | 16.0:1 | 2% (5) |
| 2000-01 | 365 | 28 | 13.0:1 | 0% (1) |
| 1990-91 | 280 | 22 | 12.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Franklin Township School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (288 to 293); teachers down 1% (30.6 to 30.2).
About Franklin Township School
Franklin Township School is a low-enrollment elementary school for students in QUAKERTOWN, New Jersey. Students in pre-K through 8 attend the school, which enrolls 293 students. The average among elementary schools in New Jersey is roughly 405 students; this school is 28% smaller than that.
Federal records list Franklin Township School District as the district for Franklin Township School.
White students make up a majority at Franklin Township School, at 74%. The next largest groups are 21% Hispanic and 3% Asian. The school's diversity index is 41%, meaning two students picked at random have a 41% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at the school number 30.2 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 9.7:1. This ratio sits 1.7 below the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. Roughly 18% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. That tracks the 16% average for public schools in Hunterdon County.
Measured against New Jersey public elementary schools, Franklin Township School receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Franklin Township School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 53.5%, compared with a predicted 56.5%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New Jersey schools on BeatsExpectations.
Census Bureau estimates for Hunterdon County show that the median household income is $141,715, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 3%. There are 55 public schools in Hunterdon County, enrolling about 18,056 students in all.
Nearest public school: Delaware Valley Regional High School, about 3.1 miles away. Within five miles are 6 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Franklin Township School places 3rd out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Fringe, or in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment climbed 16% from its 2020-21 level of 253.
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Hunterdon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
130,160
Census ACS
Median income
$141,715
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
55
18,056 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other Franklin Township schools
One other US public school is named Franklin Township. Franklin Township School is the largest of the 2.
- Franklin Township SchoolWASHINGTON, NJ · 251 students
Nearby schools
- Delaware Valley Regional High School3.1 mi · 705
- Alexandria Township School3.4 mi · 417
- Union Township Elementary School4.3 mi · 259
- Union Township Middle School4.6 mi · 246
- Patrick McGaheran4.8 mi · 368
- Francis A. Desmares Elementary School4.8 mi · 421
Frequently asked questions
About Franklin Township SchoolHow large is Franklin Township School?
Franklin Township School enrolls approximately 293 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Franklin Township School serve?
Franklin Township School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Franklin Township School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Franklin Township School is approximately 9.7:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Franklin Township School?
At Franklin Township School, the student body is approximately 74% White, 21% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Franklin Township School?
Franklin Township School is overseen by Franklin Township School District in Hunterdon County.
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