Enrollment
245
Elementary
DISTRICT 253 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WADSWORTH CITY·NCES 391002901892
Franklin Elementary School
200 Takacs Dr, Wadsworth, OH 44281 · (330) 335-1470 · Medina County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL245 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 60% of Ohio 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.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Ohio public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
64 students
DISTRICT 34% · STATE 43%
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 | 42 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 24% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 18% smaller than its 4th grade class (51).
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 54% · 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 Elementary School→Central Intermediate School→Wadsworth Middle School→Wadsworth High School
Based on grade levels within Wadsworth City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
80.3%
OH avg 59.8% . +1.3pp since 2021
Math
80.3%
OH avg 56.1% . -2.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.3% | 80.3% |
| 2023-24 | 73.9% | 77.5% |
| 2022-23 | 75.7% | 69.8% |
| 2021-22 | 79.0% | 82.8% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. 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
78.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
78.9%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 79% typical for Ohio 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 Ohio'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 Elementary School
Franklin Elementary School's state test result (78.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Elementary School this school | 245 | 26.1% | 78.0% |
| Park Elementary School Chardon | 224 | 29.5% | 88.4% |
| Raymond Elementary School Raymond | 243 | 26.3% | 77.1% |
| Chardon Early Learning Center Chardon | 219 | 28.3% | N/A |
| Munson Elementary School Chardon | 238 | 31.5% | 86.7% |
| JOHNSTOWN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL Johnstown | 273 | 30.4% | 79.6% |
Matched among Ohio 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 Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Medina County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #291 of 673 | #14 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.3% | #372 of 1,569 ▲ 50 | #14 of 23 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.3% | #254 of 1,569 ▲ 303 | #11 of 23 ▲ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.6pp | #427 of 1,514 | #3 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 245 | #1,467 of 1,808 | #21 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #530 of 1,582 | #6 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.0% | #1,137 of 1,590 | #18 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.1% | #569 of 767 | #12 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.1% | #494 of 561 | #9 of 9 |
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
245
+10 (+4%) vs 2020
+39% since 1990-91, when it was 176
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 21.4:1
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 | 245 | 15 | 16.4:1 | 26% (64) |
| 2023-24 | 248 | 15 | 16.6:1 | 27% (68) |
| 2022-23 | 242 | 12.9 | 18.8:1 | 21% (50) |
| 2020-21 | 235 | 11 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 240 | 11.3 | 21.2:1 | 25% (60) |
| 2015-16 | 263 | 11 | 23.9:1 | 29% (77) |
| 2010-11 | 297 | 13 | 22.9:1 | 36% (108) |
| 2000-01 | 332 | 16 | 20.8:1 | 17% (56) |
| 1990-91 | 176 | 6 | 29.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Franklin Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (240 to 245); teachers up 32% (11.3 to 15).
About Franklin Elementary School
Located in Wadsworth, Ohio, Franklin Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school. The school has 245 students in 2024-25 across kindergarten through 4. Elementary schools in Ohio have about 404 students on average; enrollment here is 39% lower.
Franklin Elementary School is one school in a 10-school district, Wadsworth City, which enrolls 4,275 students.
Franklin Elementary School is 89% White by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 5% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. That is in line with Medina County, where about 92% of residents are White. The diversity index for Franklin Elementary School is 21%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Classroom staffing at Franklin Elementary School totals 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.4:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Ohio average 17.9:1. Federal data show 26% of students (64) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Medina County is close, at 26%.
Among Ohio public elementary schools, Franklin Elementary School outscored 60%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Franklin Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Ohio schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 78.0% and a predicted 78.9%.
The school is in Medina County, where median household income comes to about $94,968, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Medina County counts 49 public schools with about 25,243 students.
Central Intermediate School is about 0.8 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 78.7% on proficiency, and Franklin Elementary School is below that at 78.0%.
NCES describes the area around Franklin Elementary School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 10 students, from 235 to 245. Federal data show the ratio falling from 21.4:1 to 16.4:1.
The allk12 page for Franklin Elementary School lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Medina County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
183,660
Census ACS
Median income
$94,968
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
49
25,243 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wadsworth City
- Wadsworth High SchoolHigh · 1,540 students
- Central Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 606 students
- Wadsworth Middle SchoolMiddle · 606 students
- Overlook Elementary SchoolElementary · 390 students
- Isham Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 342 students
- Valley View Elementary SchoolElementary · 319 students
Other schools in Wadsworth
- Wadsworth High SchoolHigh · 1,540 students
- Sharon Elementary SchoolElementary · 627 students
- Central Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 606 students
- Wadsworth Middle SchoolMiddle · 606 students
- Overlook Elementary SchoolElementary · 390 students
- Isham Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 342 students
Other Franklin Elementary schools
74 other US public schools in 22 states are named Franklin Elementary. Franklin Elementary School is the 62nd largest of the 75.
- Franklin Elementary SchoolMassillon, OH · 480 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolDelphos, OH · 370 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolKEARNY, NJ · 950 students
- Franklin ElementaryElk Grove, CA · 932 students
- Franklin ElementaryModesto, CA · 777 students
Nearby schools
- Central Intermediate School0.8 mi · 606
- Wadsworth High School1.0 mi · 1,540
- Wadsworth City School District Online Academy1.1 mi · 4
- Grizzly Academy1.1 mi · 28
- Wadsworth Middle School1.1 mi · 606
- Isham Memorial Elementary School1.2 mi · 342
Frequently asked questions
About Franklin Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Franklin Elementary School?
Franklin Elementary School enrolls approximately 245 students in grades KG-04.
What grades does Franklin Elementary School serve?
Franklin Elementary School serves grades KG-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Franklin Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Franklin Elementary School is approximately 16.4:1 (15 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Franklin Elementary School?
At Franklin Elementary School, the student body is approximately 89% White, 5% Hispanic, 2% Black, 5% Two or more.
Is Franklin Elementary School public or private?
Franklin Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wadsworth City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.