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Enrollment
962
Elementary
STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRANKLIN TOWNE CHARTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL·NCES 420081706985
Franklin Towne Charter Elementary School
4259 Richmond Street, Philadelphia, PA 19137 · (215) 289-3389 · Philadelphia County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL962 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 24% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- CTest 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.
- ·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
15.8:1
61 FTE teachers
STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
665 students
STATE 75%
Community
1
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 | 107 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 107 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 107 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 109 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 106 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 107 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 107 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 107 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 105 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (107) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (105).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
46.8%
PA avg 51.1% . -3.7pp since 2023
Math
29.9%
PA avg 43.0% . -0.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.8% | 29.9% |
| 2023-24 | 50.5% | 30.0% |
% 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
41.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Towne Charter Elementary School
Franklin Towne Charter Elementary School's state test result (41.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Towne Charter Elementary School this school | 962 | 69.1% | 41.5% |
| Clarke El Center Pottsville | 892 | 70.1% | 44.3% |
| Carbondale Elementary School Carbondale | 755 | 74.6% | 27.5% |
| Tamaqua Elementary School Tamaqua | 697 | 67.4% | 43.9% |
| North Schuylkill Elementary School Ashland | 1,064 | 59.4% | 37.7% |
| Pittston City Intrmd Center Pittston | 730 | 58.8% | 51.3% |
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 Towne Charter Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Philadelphia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #1,046 of 1,396 | #30 of 161 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.9% | #1,155 of 1,511 ▼ 39 | #46 of 193 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.8% | #824 of 1,511 ▲ 83 | #33 of 193 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 962 | #36 of 1,638 | #12 of 194 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #1,366 of 1,528 | #149 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.0% | #605 of 1,531 | #83 of 189 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.1% | #738 of 1,600 | #189 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.8% | #358 of 450 | #36 of 48 |
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
962
+12 (+1%) vs 2020
+180% since 2010-11, when it was 343
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 17.3:1
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 | 962 | 61 | 15.8:1 | 69% (665) |
| 2023-24 | 957 | 61 | 15.7:1 | 69% (665) |
| 2022-23 | 955 | 57 | 16.8:1 | 64% (611) |
| 2020-21 | 950 | 55 | 17.3:1 | 51% (488) |
| 2017-18 | 936 | 52 | 18.0:1 | 55% (519) |
| 2015-16 | 907 | 51 | 17.8:1 | 56% (507) |
| 2010-11 | 343 | 16 | 21.4:1 | 63% (217) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Franklin Towne Charter Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (936 to 962); teachers up 17% (52 to 61).
About Franklin Towne Charter Elementary School
Franklin Towne Charter Elementary School is a large elementary school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, one of the schools in Franklin Towne Charter Elementary School. Classes run from kindergarten through 8, and the school has 962 students. Against the 443-student average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, enrollment here is 117% higher.
The school serves as its own district in federal records.
White students account for 70% of enrollment at Franklin Towne Charter Elementary School. The remaining students are 18% Hispanic, 7% Black, 2% Asian, and 2% multiracial. Census figures show Philadelphia County is about 35% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Franklin Towne Charter Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 47%.
Its 61 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 15.8:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Pennsylvania is 13.1:1, lower than at this school. The school's lunch program data list 69% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is lower than the 95% average for public schools in Philadelphia County.
allk12 grades Franklin Towne Charter Elementary School a C-. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Franklin Towne Charter Elementary School, the prediction is 48.0% and the result is 41.5%.
Franklin Towne Charter Elementary School is located in Philadelphia County, where median household income is about $61,953, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 17% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 309 public schools in Philadelphia County, with a combined enrollment of about 182,005.
The school nearest to Franklin Towne Charter Elementary School is Bridesburg School, at a distance of about 0.5 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Franklin Towne Charter Elementary School is 2nd on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Franklin Towne Charter Elementary School is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. It is a charter school, open to the public and funded by taxpayers.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 962, starting from 950. The ratio of students to teachers went from 17.3:1 to 15.8:1 over the same years.
The Franklin Towne Charter Elementary School community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Philadelphia County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,579,706
Census ACS
Median income
$61,953
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
309
182,005 students
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Frequently asked questions
About Franklin Towne Charter Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Franklin Towne Charter Elementary School?
Franklin Towne Charter Elementary School enrolls approximately 962 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Franklin Towne Charter Elementary School serve?
Franklin Towne Charter Elementary School serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Franklin Towne Charter Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Franklin Towne Charter Elementary School is approximately 15.8:1 (61 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Franklin Towne Charter Elementary School?
At Franklin Towne Charter Elementary School, the student body is approximately 70% White, 18% Hispanic, 7% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Franklin Towne Charter Elementary School public or private?
Franklin Towne Charter Elementary School is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Franklin Towne Charter Elementary School.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.