Enrollment
262
Elementary
DISTRICT 248 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PEARL RIVER UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362256003175
FRANKLIN AVENUE SCHOOL
48 FRANKLIN AVE, PEARL RIVER, NY 10965 · (845) 620-3965 · Rockland County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL262 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 68% of New York 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.
- BBeats 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 York public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
82 students
DISTRICT 20% · STATE 58%
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 | 49 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 23% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 20% smaller than its 4th grade class (61).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 72% · 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
Based on grade levels within PEARL RIVER UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
62.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
67.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.0% | 67.0% |
| 2023-24 | 58.0% | 68.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. 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
63.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% typical for New York 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 York'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 AVENUE SCHOOL
FRANKLIN AVENUE SCHOOL's state test result (63.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRANKLIN AVENUE SCHOOL this school | 262 | 31.3% | 63.8% |
| CENTRE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EAST ROCKAWAY | 239 | 31.8% | 56.3% |
| EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LONG BEACH | 271 | 27.3% | 57.7% |
| BOYLE ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PORT JEFFERSON STA | 306 | 31.0% | 41.3% |
| J V FORRESTAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BEACON | 234 | 32.1% | 53.0% |
| VASSAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL POUGHKEEPSIE | 294 | 27.2% | N/A |
Matched among New York 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 AVENUE SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Rockland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.8% | #607 of 2,335 | #8 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #822 of 2,342 ▼ 186 | #12 of 33 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #865 of 2,343 ▼ 281 | #13 of 33 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 262 | #2,184 of 2,585 | #35 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #713 of 2,338 | #12 of 35 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.1% | #938 of 2,388 | #23 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.3% | #1,940 of 2,534 | #19 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.6% | #728 of 1,757 | #1 of 18 |
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
262
-11 (-4%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 360
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 262 | 24.4 | 10.7:1 | 31% (82) |
| 2023-24 | 264 | 24.5 | 10.8:1 | 26% (69) |
| 2022-23 | 263 | 23.4 | 11.2:1 | 24% (63) |
| 2020-21 | 273 | 21 | 13.0:1 | 17% (47) |
| 2017-18 | 318 | 19 | 16.7:1 | 17% (54) |
| 2015-16 | 325 | 17 | 19.1:1 | 14% (46) |
| 2010-11 | 323 | 18 | 17.9:1 | 3% (9) |
| 2000-01 | 301 | 17 | 17.7:1 | 2% (6) |
| 1990-91 | 360 | 22 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FRANKLIN AVENUE SCHOOL.
About FRANKLIN AVENUE SCHOOL
FRANKLIN AVENUE SCHOOL is a small elementary school in PEARL RIVER UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, located in PEARL RIVER, New York. It covers kindergarten through 4, with a total enrollment of 262 students. Enrollment is 41% lower than the average for elementary schools in New York, which is about 443.
FRANKLIN AVENUE SCHOOL is one school in PEARL RIVER UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, a system of 5 schools with 2,148 students.
White students account for 58% of enrollment at FRANKLIN AVENUE SCHOOL. Other groups make up 32% Hispanic, 6% Asian, and 3% multiracial. FRANKLIN AVENUE SCHOOL has a diversity index of 56%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school has about 10.7 students per teacher and 24.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. That ratio is under the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 31%. Public schools in Rockland County average 48%.
FRANKLIN AVENUE SCHOOL is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 68% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
FRANKLIN AVENUE SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (63.8%) and its predicted rate (63.5%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New York schools.
Rockland County has about 341,883 residents, and median household income is about $109,959, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Rockland County number 66 and enroll about 41,335.
The closest other public school is PEARL RIVER HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 71.1% on proficiency, and FRANKLIN AVENUE SCHOOL is below that at 63.8%.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 273 to 262. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 13.0:1; by 2024-25 it was 10.7:1.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Rockland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
341,883
Census ACS
Median income
$109,959
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
66
41,335 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PEARL RIVER UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- PEARL RIVER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 904 students
- PEARL RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 501 students
- EVANS PARK SCHOOLElementary · 291 students
- LINCOLN AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 190 students
Other schools in PEARL RIVER
- PEARL RIVER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 904 students
- PEARL RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 501 students
- EVANS PARK SCHOOLElementary · 291 students
- LINCOLN AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 190 students
Nearby schools
- PEARL RIVER HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 904
- EVANS PARK SCHOOL0.7 mi · 291
- LINCOLN AVENUE SCHOOL0.7 mi · 190
- PEARL RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 501
- Memorial Elementary School1.4 mi · 532
- Fieldstone Middle School1.6 mi · 443
Frequently asked questions
About FRANKLIN AVENUE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at FRANKLIN AVENUE SCHOOL?
FRANKLIN AVENUE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 262 students in grades KG-04.
Is FRANKLIN AVENUE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
FRANKLIN AVENUE SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at FRANKLIN AVENUE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at FRANKLIN AVENUE SCHOOL is approximately 10.7:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at FRANKLIN AVENUE SCHOOL?
At FRANKLIN AVENUE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 58% White, 32% Hispanic, 2% Black, 6% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees FRANKLIN AVENUE SCHOOL?
FRANKLIN AVENUE SCHOOL is overseen by PEARL RIVER UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Rockland County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.