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What's something FRANKLIN EL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
442
Elementary
DISTRICT 406 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WICHITA FALLS ISD·NCES 484578005208
Franklin Elementary School
2112 SPEEDWAY AVE, WICHITA FALLS, TX 76308 · (940) 235-1156 · Wichita County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL442 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 72% of Texas 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.
- 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.
- A+Three-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 Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
231 students
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 65%
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 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 63% · 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
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
62.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +50.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
53.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +41.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 50 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 41 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 30.0% | 32.0% | 17.0% | 21.0% |
| Mathematics | 29.0% | 24.0% | 21.0% | 26.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 62.0% | 53.0% |
| 2024-25 | 57.0% | 48.0% |
| 2023-24 | 57.0% | 52.0% |
| 2022-23 | 17.0% | 39.0% |
| 2021-22 | 25.0% | 29.0% |
| 2020-21 | 12.0% | 12.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. 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
50.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% typical for Texas 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 Texas'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 (50.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Elementary School this school | 442 | 52.3% | 50.9% |
| Belmar Elementary School AMARILLO | 385 | 52.5% | 62.0% |
| Fowler Elementary School WICHITA FALLS | 490 | 53.3% | 57.7% |
| Bayshore Elementary School LA PORTE | 420 | 55.7% | 48.8% |
| Anahuac Primary School ANAHUAC | 406 | 56.9% | N/A |
| Victor H Hexter Elementary School DALLAS | 481 | 49.9% | 52.9% |
Matched among Texas 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 Texas | In Wichita County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.9% | #1,354 of 4,401 | #6 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #1,546 of 4,466 ▲ 324 | #8 of 19 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #1,301 of 4,466 ▲ 451 | #5 of 19 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +29.5pp | #165 of 3,998 | #2 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 442 | #3,107 of 4,938 | #12 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #2,354 of 4,622 | #11 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.5% | #848 of 4,628 | #8 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.3% | #3,489 of 4,789 | #18 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.1% | #2,211 of 2,838 | #11 of 15 |
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
442
-31 (-7%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 611
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 442 | 29.7 | 14.9:1 | 52% (231) |
| 2023-24 | 438 | 30 | 14.6:1 | 56% (244) |
| 2022-23 | 451 | 29.1 | 15.5:1 | 56% (254) |
| 2020-21 | 473 | 32 | 14.8:1 | 51% (240) |
| 2017-18 | 481 | 33.9 | 14.2:1 | 56% (267) |
| 2015-16 | 517 | 34 | 15.2:1 | 57% (296) |
| 2010-11 | 497 | 34 | 14.6:1 | 55% (274) |
| 2000-01 | 461 | 31 | 14.9:1 | 34% (158) |
| 1990-91 | 611 | 29 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Franklin Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (481 to 442); teachers down 13% (33.9 to 29.7).
About Franklin Elementary School
Franklin Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in WICHITA FALLS, Texas, one of the schools in WICHITA FALLS ISD. The school offers kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 442 students.
Franklin Elementary School falls under WICHITA FALLS ISD, which has 25 schools enrolling 16,226 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Franklin Elementary School is White, with 45% of students. Next come 34% Hispanic, 10% Black, and 10% multiracial. The county population is about 71% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Franklin Elementary School scores 66%.
Based on 29.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, Franklin Elementary School has a ratio of 14.9:1. The ratio is within a point of the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Income data for the school show 52% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 10 points below the 62% average for public schools in Wichita County.
Franklin Elementary School holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 72% of Texas public elementary schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Franklin Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 50.9%; the prediction is 51.4%.
The school's county is Wichita County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $63,524 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 25% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. Public schools in Wichita County number 53, with about 23,047 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Wichita Falls High School, is about 0.4 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Franklin Elementary School places 1st out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
For locale, NCES codes Franklin Elementary School as City: Mid-size.
Enrollment was 442 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 473.
People who know Franklin Elementary School can post here about open houses, carpools, and field trips. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Wichita County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
129,996
Census ACS
Median income
$63,524
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
53
23,047 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WICHITA FALLS ISD
- Legacy High SchoolHigh · 1,857 students
- Memorial High SchoolHigh · 1,650 students
- Rider High SchoolHigh · 1,569 students
- Wichita Falls High SchoolHigh · 1,243 students
- Barwise Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,164 students
- McNiel Middle SchoolMiddle · 996 students
Other schools in WICHITA FALLS
- Legacy High SchoolHigh · 1,857 students
- Memorial High SchoolHigh · 1,650 students
- Rider High SchoolHigh · 1,569 students
- Wichita Falls High SchoolHigh · 1,243 students
- Barwise Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,164 students
- McNiel Middle SchoolMiddle · 996 students
Other Franklin Elementary schools
74 other US public schools in 22 states are named Franklin Elementary. Franklin Elementary School is the 24th largest of the 75.
- Franklin Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 676 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 409 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 218 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolKEARNY, NJ · 950 students
- Franklin ElementaryElk Grove, CA · 932 students
Nearby schools
- Wichita Falls High School0.4 mi · 1,243
- Zundelowitz Elementary School0.6 mi · 514
- Brook Village Early Childhood0.6 mi · 196
- Premier H S - Wichita Falls0.7 mi · 88
- Crockett Elementary School1.1 mi · 477
- Barwise Middle School1.4 mi · 1,164
Frequently asked questions
About Franklin Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Franklin Elementary School?
Franklin Elementary School enrolls approximately 442 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Franklin Elementary School serve?
Franklin Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Franklin Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Franklin Elementary School is approximately 14.9:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Franklin Elementary School?
At Franklin Elementary School, the student body is approximately 45% White, 34% Hispanic, 10% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Franklin Elementary School?
Franklin Elementary School is overseen by WICHITA FALLS ISD in Wichita County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.