Franklin School

As a low-enrollment K-5 school in SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Franklin School works with 325 students from grades pre-K through 6, overseen by Salt Lake District. By comparison, Utah's public schools average about 491 students each, so Franklin School sits 34% below that benchmark.

Franklin School is one of 39 schools operated by Salt Lake District, a district that caters to 20,086 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Franklin School reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 64% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 14% White, 6% Pacific Islander, 6% Black, 5% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 21%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.8:1 average. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Salt Lake County (around 34%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Franklin School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 11.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 18.6%.

In the broader community, census data for Salt Lake County shows median household income runs about $97,494, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Salt Lake County runs 325 public schools (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students), of which Franklin School is one.

Edison School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Franklin School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 31.3%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 20%: 406 students in 2018 compared to 325 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 20% to 14% across the same window.

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