FRANKLIN EL

FRANKLIN EL, an average-sized K-5 school in WICHITA FALLS, Texas, operated by WICHITA FALLS ISD, enrolls 442 students, covering grades K through 5.

WICHITA FALLS ISD runs 25 schools in total, collectively educating 16,226 students. FRANKLIN EL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, FRANKLIN EL records that 45% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 34% Hispanic, 10% Black, 10% multiracial. By comparison, Wichita County as a whole is about 71% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, FRANKLIN EL has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Wichita County's rate of about 62%.

With demographic context factored in, FRANKLIN EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 53.0%.

Around the school, census data for Wichita County shows median household earnings sit near $63,524, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Wichita County's 53 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,047 students), FRANKLIN EL is one campus in the mix.

WICHITA FALLS H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around FRANKLIN EL. On composite proficiency, FRANKLIN EL comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 32.1%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 8%: 481 students in 2018 compared to 442 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share shrank from 40% to 34%.

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