Franklin Township School

Located at 52 ASBURY BROADWAY ROAD, in WASHINGTON, New Jersey, Franklin Township School is a low-enrollment K-5 school that educates 251 students (grades pre-K through 6), overseen by Franklin Township School District. Enrollment runs roughly 38% below the state mean of about 405.

Franklin Township School is one of 2 schools operated by Franklin Township School District, a district that caters to 544 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Franklin Township School records that the largest single group is White, at 70% of enrollment. Other groups include 17% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Black, 2% Asian.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 26% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Warren County (around 36%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Franklin Township School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.0%; this one delivers 49.1%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Warren County) records that median household income runs about $100,869, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Warren County runs 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,462 students), of which Franklin Township School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Warren County Vocational Technical School, around 1.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Franklin Township School. On composite proficiency, Franklin Township School comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 42.8%.

Franklin Township School operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 18%: 213 students in 2018 compared to 251 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 87% to 70%. Class-load math has grew: from 8.1:1 in 2018 to 9.3:1 in 2025.

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