Enrollment
127
Elementary
DISTRICT 243 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNIONTOWN AREA SD·NCES 422415006007
Franklin School
242 Buena Vista Road, Vanderbilt, PA 15486 · (724) 628-6030 · Fayette County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL127 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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 Pennsylvania public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
124 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 75%
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 | 18 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 15 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 16 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 21 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 21 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 22 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 14 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (18) is 29% larger than its 6th grade class (14).
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 59% · 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
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
49.4%
PA avg 51.1% . +3.8pp since 2023
Math
32.5%
PA avg 43.0% . -3.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 49 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 Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.4% | 32.5% |
| 2023-24 | 45.6% | 36.2% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. 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
46.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% typical for Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania'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 (46.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin School this school | 127 | 97.6% | 46.2% |
| Lurgan Elementary School Lurgan | 121 | 98.3% | 46.6% |
| Liberty-Curtin Elementary School Blanchard | 151 | 97.4% | 55.0% |
| Harmony Area Elementary School Westover | 141 | 91.5% | 58.4% |
| Jackson Elementary School Johnstown | 105 | 95.2% | 64.9% |
| Smedley Street School Oil City | 103 | 95.1% | N/A |
Matched among Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania | In Fayette County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.2% | #957 of 1,396 | #11 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.5% | #1,115 of 1,511 ▼ 89 | #14 of 21 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.4% | #757 of 1,511 ▲ 266 | #4 of 21 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 127 | #1,606 of 1,638 | #21 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.6% | #471 of 1,600 | #14 of 21 |
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
127
-11 (-8%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 195
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 127 | 9.4 | 13.6:1 | 98% (124) |
| 2023-24 | 130 | 10.1 | 12.9:1 | 98% (127) |
| 2022-23 | 146 | 9.8 | 15.0:1 | 93% (136) |
| 2020-21 | 138 | 9 | 15.3:1 | 78% (108) |
| 2017-18 | 152 | 9.1 | 16.7:1 | 46% (70) |
| 2015-16 | 151 | 9 | 16.8:1 | 38% (58) |
| 2010-11 | 139 | 11 | 12.6:1 | 35% (48) |
| 2000-01 | 181 | 9 | 20.1:1 | 52% (95) |
| 1990-91 | 195 | 9 | 21.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Franklin School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (152 to 127); teachers up 3% (9.1 to 9.4).
About Franklin School
Franklin School is one of the public schools in Vanderbilt, Pennsylvania. It is a small elementary school. A federal count lists 127 students at the school, in kindergarten through 6. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Pennsylvania) has about 443 students.
Franklin School is one school in Uniontown Area SD, a system of 9 schools with 2,485 students.
Franklin School's enrollment is 90% White. It is also 6% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. For comparison, Fayette County is about 90% White. Franklin School's diversity index is 19%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its 9.4 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 13.6:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Pennsylvania average 13.1:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 98%.
allk12 grades Franklin School a B-. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The model predicts 35.7% for a school in Pennsylvania with Franklin School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Franklin School posts 46.2%.
Census Bureau estimates for Fayette County show that the median household income is $58,236, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of people live in poverty. Franklin School is one of 39 public schools in the county.
The next-closest public school is Frazier Middle School, about 5.1 miles away. Franklin School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within ten miles. Franklin School ranks 4th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 46.2% against a local average of 45.0%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Distant, meaning it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 11 fewer students in 2024-25. The number of students per teacher fell from 15.3 to 13.6 over 4 years.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Fayette County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
125,997
Census ACS
Median income
$58,236
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
39
15,340 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Uniontown Area SD
- Uniontown Area SHSHigh · 716 students
- Ben Franklin SchoolElementary · 502 students
- Menallen SchoolElementary · 318 students
- Lafayette Elementary SchoolElementary · 283 students
- A J McMullen SchoolMiddle · 164 students
- Lafayette Middle SchoolMiddle · 150 students
Other Franklin schools
9 other US public schools in 7 states are named Franklin. Franklin School is the 10th largest of the 10.
- Franklin SchoolPROVO, UT · 398 students
- FranklinNorth Andover, MA · 383 students
- Franklin SchoolSADDLE BROOK, NJ · 328 students
- Franklin SchoolSALT LAKE CITY, UT · 325 students
- FranklinWest Newton, MA · 320 students
Nearby schools
- Frazier Middle School5.1 mi · 221
- Dunbar Twp Elementary School5.1 mi · 580
- Frazier High School5.1 mi · 309
- Frazier Elementary School5.1 mi · 425
- West Crawford Elementary School5.2 mi · 487
- Menallen School6.7 mi · 318
Frequently asked questions
About Franklin SchoolHow large is Franklin School?
Franklin School enrolls approximately 127 students in grades KG-06.
Is Franklin School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Franklin School is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Franklin School have?
Franklin School employs 9 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Franklin School?
Student demographics at Franklin School are roughly 90% White, 6% Hispanic, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Franklin School?
Franklin School is overseen by Uniontown Area SD in Fayette County.
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